New Delhi, April 7 -- Stephen Colbert's late-night show's 11:35 p.m. time slot on CBS has been sold to comedian Byron Allen, the network said on Monday, local time.

Beginning May 22, the day after the finale of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the late-night hour will be filled by "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen," Paramount Skydance-owned CBS said.

Comics Unleashed will air two back-to-back half-hour episodes nightly beginning.

Comics Unleashed has been airing at 12:35 a.m. since last September, when it moved into the slot after CBS cancelled game show "After Midnight."

"I truly appreciate CBS' confidence in me by picking up our two-hour comedy block of 'COMICS UNLEASHED' and 'FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK,' because the world can never...