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Colbert's firing sent Late Show audience into nose-dive so bad it's crashing CBS: report (www.rawstory.com)

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe I'm old, but Byron Allen is pretty well known in comedy circles...

[-] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is me pre-googling this, and I was born in the early 80s: who in the fuck is Byron Allen? Never heard of him.

Ok. Im gonna go plop a Goog on it and answer my own question.

Edit: post-google, who the fuck is Byron Allen?

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

The guy who hosted the show that came on after the Late Late Show (Craig Ferguson. Or if you're extra old like me, Craig Kilborn)

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Tim Allen's brother obviously.

[-] isekaihero@ani.social 14 points 1 month ago

never heard of him

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

If you say so... I've heard of a handful of shows/projects he's worked on, but it sounds to me that after decades of grind, THIS is his big break aaand most people aren't happy about it. Not his fault obviously, but definitely a bad career decision if you ask me.

Also, we meet again prole 🤣

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

THIS is his big break

I don't think so... The guy is extremely wealthy, I think his big break happened decades ago. This is just him funding something he loves (comedy).

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

but it sounds to me that after decades of grind, THIS is his big break aaand most people aren’t happy about it

I didn't know anything about Byron Allen other than it was a nebulous name I instantly recognized probably from comedy shows 30 years ago.

But googling says he's a god damn BILLIONAIRE.

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago

Idk how old you are (I'm late 30's), but I'm a fan of comedy and have never heard of him. Maybe I don't remember his name because his style didn't interest me? I might know him if I saw him perform? He must not be that big of a name though, cause I don't like plenty of comedians, but I've still heard of them. But that's just personal anecdote, so I couldn't really say