Founded by Byron Allen in 1993, ALLEN MEDIA GROUP (formerly Entertainment Studios) is a fully integrated, GLOBAL MEDIA, CONTENT & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2009
It's a huge win for the comedy community! Starting Friday, May 22nd, Byron Allen brings the funny back to late night. 11:35pm: Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 12:30pm: Funny You Should Ask It's a two hour comedy block CBS LATE NIGHT
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Byron Allen spoke to a standing room only crowd of 1,200 media, agency and brand executives at the DPAA VIDEO EVERYWHERE summit at Chelsea Piers today. “Direct to consumer is no longer a trend. It’s the new business,” said Allen. #DPAA
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A major milestone for COMICS UNLEASHED: Tuesday’s 11:35 p.m. episode drew 1.073M viewers and 161K adults 18–49, surpassing The Tonight Show’s full-hour average in both measures. Congratulations to Byron Allen and the entire team! Read here: tinyurl.com/2zfzbkhr
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Byron Allen knows the power of visual story-telling from out-of-home media to streaming and traditional programming. He will delve into this topic with DPAA leadership and industry peers during their VIDEO EVERYWHERE summit in New York. #DPAA #ByronAllen #AllenMediaGroup #OOHNYC
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Byron Allen spoke at today’s fifth annual AMAGI FAST Conference in Los Angeles about the future of media—and why streaming and a changing entertainment landscape offer more opportunities than challenges. @AmagiCorp #LAFAST2026 #ByronAllen #AllenMediaGroup
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Byron Allen hosted a special screening of his CBS special: 20th Anniversary of COMICS UNLEASHED with Byron Allen. He was joined by friends, family, industry insiders, comics and more. COMICS UNLEASHED 20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, Tues 9/29 at 9pm on CBS. Streaming on Paramount+.
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CBS announced today that the 20th anniversary special of COMICS UNLEASHED WITH BYRON ALLEN will air Tuesday, September 29! For two decades, Byron Allen has welcomed extraordinary comedians to our stage. We can’t wait to celebrate! #ByronAllen #CU20 #comicsunleashed #latenight
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“Allen’s shows hold their audiences better than the CBS lineup they replaced, and far better than the competition.” - LateNighter Byron Allen’s CBS late-night block, COMICS UNLEASHED + FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, is a winning combination! Read here: tinyurl.com/ydpvwtwu
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🎉 Allen Media Group congratulates Dillan Damodar on being named to @MediaPlayNews’ 40 Under 40! Dillan serves as VP of Operations & Distribution for Allen Media Group Motion Pictures and Freestyle Digital Media. Congratulations to all the honorees! tinyurl.com/479jzpdb
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Congrats on THREE Daytime Emmy Noms for Allen Media Group! Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Drama JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE WITH JUDGE MILIAN MATHIS COURT WITH JUDGE MATHIS Outstanding Travel & Adventure Program: THE LOVELY LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR #JusticeCentral #PetsTV #byronallen
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🌟 From all of us at Allen Media Group, wishing you a safe and happy Fourth of July filled with family, friends, and celebration. 🎆 🇺🇲
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#ByronAllen as interviewed by @latimes "A relentlessly driven, shrewd dealmaker and entrepreneur, Allen is used to defying skeptics and seeing opportunity in assets overlooked by others. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/38m5xcba #comicsunleashed #FYSA #LATimes #latenight
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Byron Allen & Allen Media Group, Comics Unleashed, and Funny You Should Ask, congratulate Adam Carolla for his STAR on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. Congratulations, Adam. You are an amazing force of creative energy and we love when you join us on #ComicsUnleashed and #FYSA
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Congratulations Byron. 34 years to the day from Johnny Carson’s final show…you hit the air in “THE time slot.”
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34 years ago tonight, Johnny Carson said his final good night on The Tonight Show. Tonight, Byron Allen, the youngest stand-up comedian ever to perform on Carson's stage, brings Pure Comedy to CBS Late Night. Watch Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. Weeknights at 11:35pm on @CBS
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Allen Media Group & @HBCUGoTV celebrate our colleague and legend, Charlie Neal. A Hall of Fame Broadcaster. The Voice of Black College Sports for five decades. Generous. Charismatic. A giant. We'll miss him deeply. RIP 🙏🏾 More on Charlie's career: tinyurl.com/5xwpefmz
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Byron Allen stopped by Breakfast Club He talks taking over late night, acquisitions like BuzzFeed, owning a stake in STARZ and more. Tap into the full conversation on Netflix Check out this clip: tinyurl.com/55jrrjmv
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After starting “Comics Unleashed” 20 years ago, Byron Allen is bringing the comedy talk show to late night, taking over Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” time slot starting this Friday. Allen shares about his start in comedy as a teenager and he explains how he feels about the cancellation of Colbert's show: “This isn’t show business. This is business of show."
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Byron Allen, “Mr. Show Biz,” broke down the BUSINESS of SHOW on CBS Mornings as Comics Unleashed moves to 11:35pm. Allen Media Group launches a 2-hour comedy block May 22 with Comics Unleashed + Funny You Should Ask, spotlighting a new economic model: tinyurl.com/3ehn4m9a
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BYRON ALLEN on BLOOMBERG’s The Close with Romaine Bostick today - all about #BUZZFEED and what it means for ALLEN MEDIA GROUP'S Local Now, free streaming platform. That and HUFFPost, Allen explained, will energize all these brands. tinyurl.com/wy7xzbta #ByronAllen #bloomberg
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#ByronAllen was all a-buzz about #BUZZFEED today on @CNBC POWER LUNCH. Allen highlighted how this new addition to AMG will enhance #THEWEATHERCHANNEL and #LOCALNOW, two of ALLEN MEDIA GROUP’s powerful entities. tinyurl.com/2dcfcrrn #CNBC #PowerLunch #AllenMediaGroup
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