CBS is already thinking about what could replace Byron Allen

According to Cheeks, the network isn’t ready to give up on late night, just the purportedly-unprofitable model of The Late Show. “I started in late night. I grew up in late night,” said Cheeks. “I believe in late night. I think the reality is that the reach is still there, but the reach is there primarily on YouTube, which is under monetized. So if we’re going to go back in that space, we have to go back in that space with a different financial model.” Cheeks and others at the network have been “developing other ideas,” though CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach quickly clarified that what might come after Allen’s contract are “just conversations at this point.” Surely, there must be a way to make television profitable!