CBS cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and gave his slot to Byron Allen, who is paying for the two-hour slot.
Was Allen able to pay enough people to watch him? Nope. After a full week, the mogul who thinks he is funny is averaging 885,000 total viewers for his first half-hour show and 590,000 at 12:05a.
According to Late Nighter, that is an average of 737,000 viewers. How is that in comparison to what Colbert did? He was getting 2.7 million viewers for the first part of the season. Therefore, Allen lost two million viewers.
Who is the biggest loser? The local affils. I hope they revolt because, without them, CBS is in more trouble than it is now. And don’t get me started on what they are doing 60 Minutes.
