Byron Allen says ‘Comics Unleashed’ will avoid politics after taking over Trump-bashing Stephen Colbert’s slot on CBS

Tamara Ceaikovski

Byron Allen announced Saturday that his show, “Comics Unleashed,” will avoid politics when it moves into Stephen Colbert’s Friday late-night slot on CBS — arguing the show should focus on laughs rather than partisan commentary. “What I’m doing with ‘Comics Unleashed,’ we don’t talk about politics. We don’t talk about anything that’s topical,” Allen told CNN’s Michael Smerconish. “We don’t do anything that’s racist or sexist or antisemitic or homophobic. Just be funny and don’t offend.”