Byron Allen gets the Colbert timeslot

[ted chittenden]

I'm posting the last two paragraphs of my last post on the "60 Minutes," debacle on this thread because I think they belong here as well.

And, now, given what has happened at "60 Minutes,", I think that Byron Allen's show has a better chance of surviving than "60 Minutes," does. This is not only because Mr. Allen is paying for the time himself but because there is an audience of people out there who want to hear comedy as an escape from all of their stresses and not as a way to shed light on them.

Don't believe me? I'm thinking now of a certain comedy show hosted by a talented country singer that the networks rejected because it was too corny but that became very successful in syndication. Though I didn't watch or listen to it, I can tell you that many members of my family, particularly on my dad's side, were great fans of Roy Clark and "hee-Haw,", and I think that Byron Allen's show, if he plays his cards right (and that's a big "if") could do the same during this season.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

I'm posting the last two paragraphs of my last post on the "60 Minutes," debacle on this thread because I think they belong here as well.

And, now, given what has happened at "60 Minutes,", I think that Byron Allen's show has a better chance of surviving than "60 Minutes," does. This is not only because Mr. Allen is paying for the time himself but because there is an audience of people out there who want to hear comedy as an escape from all of their stresses and not as a way to shed light on them.

Don't believe me? I'm thinking now of a certain comedy show hosted by a talented country singer that the networks rejected because it was too corny but that became very successful in syndication. Though I didn't watch or listen to it, I can tell you that many members of my family, particularly on my dad's side, were great fans of Roy Clark and "hee-Haw,", and I think that Byron Allen's show, if he plays his cards right (and that's a big "if") could do the same during this season.

Hee Haw was eons ago. There are so many differences in the world then and now that there’s no way this thing he’s putting on is going to be ever mentioned in the same universe.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

The alternative would be to actually find something to contradict that. Something factual.

Nah. The “alternative” is to laugh at taking the Post seriously. They have whatever is less than zero credibility.

Pelley on the other hand has a track record spanning decades. His credentials mop the floor with the bird cage liner that is the Post.

 

[IM42A]

And, now, given what has happened at "60 Minutes,", I think that Byron Allen's show has a better chance of surviving than "60 Minutes," does. This is not only because Mr. Allen is paying for the time himself but because there is an audience of people out there who want to hear comedy as an escape from all of their stresses and not as a way to shed light on them.

That's kind of what I thought of the few minutes that I watched Comics Unleased the other night. Just a chance to hear something at least mildly amusing without being subjected to an ongoing war against Donald Trump, which is what Colbert's show morphed into over time.

 

[Steel Nerves]

That's kind of what I thought of the few minutes that I watched Comics Unleased the other night. Just a chance to hear something at least mildly amusing without being subjected to an ongoing war against Donald Trump, which is what Colbert's show morphed into over time.

Not many, according the ratings, which are now lower than the May 22 premiere.

Kimmel, Fallon & Byron Allen Ratings Revealed: How Is CBS Doing Without Colbert?

The late night numbers are in.

www.yahoo.com

 

[TexasTom]

Not many, according the ratings, which are now lower than the May 22 premiere.

Kimmel, Fallon & Byron Allen Ratings Revealed: How Is CBS Doing Without Colbert?

The late night numbers are in.

www.yahoo.com

Yeah, I just saw that article, which gives the ratings for the following Monday, when Allen's pablum had to compete against new episodes of Kimmel and Fallon.

From the article, Kimmel had 2.185 million viewers (up 53% from last year), Fallon had 1.301 million viewers (up 10% from last year), and Comics Unleashed had a whopping...628,000 viewers (down 65%).

Maybe viewers will find Comics Unleashed over time and those ratings will rebound a little, but I doubt it. After all, Comics Unleashed has a long prior history as low-rated syndication fodder that stations used as filler. It wasn't the sort of programming that anyone actually looked for, but more something that people ended up watching if they were already on the channel and it didn't annoy them enough to make them switch to a different channel.