It is rumored that CBS parted ways with Stephen Colbert at the urging of donald trump. And with that, the network decided to end doing late night original programming, something they started in 1993 with David Letterman.
So what will be filling The Late Show’s timeslot? They will air a two-hour block of Byron Allen shows, Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask.
Comics Unleashed has been used as filler at 12:35a between the end of The Late Late Show with James Corden and the start of After Midnight, and then it returned when that comedienne’s name I don’t remember left.
Today, CBS announced that Comics Unleashed will move to 11:35p and 12:05a, and then Funny You Should Ask will follow at 12:35a and 1:05a.
So get ready for lots of PSA and religious ads during that two-hour block, because who is going to want to advertise during those two shows? I also expect that the 11p local news will suffer because people used to tune into watch the news before Colbert.
Yes, it is cheaper to air this. But in the long run, I think it will be more expensive.
