David Letterman is sharing his thoughts on CBS replacing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed.
  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    33·
    1 month ago

    So if I understand this correctly. Byron Allen is buying the time slot, including ad time. So CBS gets a guaranteed amount of money so matter how good or bad “Comics Unleashed” and the other Byron Allen produced show are.

    Byron Allen loses money, unless he can sell ads to cover. Not too long ago McDonalds settled a discrimination lawsuit that included buying air time during Byron Allen shows.

    So yeah. CBS is spending nothing on the replacement. We’re basically just moving the infomercial time up to late night.

    • cheeseburger@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      You’re being down voted because Conan. Letterman and Conan (with a sprinkle of Craig Kilborn, personally) and late night is complete. It’s all dead now though.