Who Is Byron Allen? Meet the High-Powered Producer Taking Over Stephen Colbert's Time Slot
Colbert signed off with a star-studded farewell and a wormhole stunt after CBS canceled the top-rated late night show.
- On Friday, satirist Stephen Colbert concluded his nearly 11-year run on CBS's The Late Show with a whimsical finale featuring an interdimensional wormhole that consumed the Ed Sullivan Theater.
- CBS canceled the top-rated program last July, citing 'purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night' as parent company Paramount Global sought Federal Communications Commission approval for an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.
- During the finale, friend and mentor Jon Stewart joined Colbert to address the 'pretend wormhole,' telling him, 'You can stare it down and you can laugh.' Musical legends Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello also performed.
- The broadcast marked the final installment of The Late Show franchise, which aired from New York's Ed Sullivan Theater for close to 33 years, ending as Colbert and McCartney switched off the theater lights.
- Fellow hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and John Oliver—the 'Strike Force Five'—arrived to support Colbert, and McCartney's performance of the 1967 Beatles classic 'Hello, Goodbye' hinted Colbert may only be taking a short career break.
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Who Is Byron Allen? Meet the High-Powered Producer Taking Over Stephen Colbert's Time Slot
As we mourn the loss of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert following its last episode, media mogul and comedian Byron Allen is ready to lighten the mood with Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask.
Colbert Claims His Show Was 'The Joy Machine' And His Job Was To 'Feel The News'
Stephen Colbert began the final episode of CBS’s The Late Show by unwittingly highlighting how it all went wrong. Colbert told the audience that he viewed his show as “the joy machine” and that he thought his job was to “feel the news with you,” even if it was not actually that joyful. Later, during a sci-fi skit about the show being sucked into a black hole, Colbert was joined once again by his fellow late night hosts who suggested the black wh…
The program ended with a satirical skit featuring a group of famous comedians, who joked about how all talk shows will eventually disappear.
In Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Finale, the Void Swallowed Show Business Itself
Colbert signed off after getting absorbed into a metaphorical (and literal) black hole, and delivering this statement: “Paramount strongly believes in covering both sides of any black hole that is swallowing everything we know and love, and coverage must also include the positive aspects of the insatiable emptiness.”
Stephen Colbert made his last "Late Show". His last guest puts on a rather tired performance. But for Colbert's CBS station, which has put him in the fresh air, it gets even more frenzied.
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