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Byron Allen: From Paperboy To Billionaire + Joy Behar Leaves The View
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- Adam Carolla Show
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- Jun 1, 2026
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- 6260
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Summary
Byron Allen began his career as a stand-up comedian and became the youngest comic ever to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at just 18 years old. He later founded Allen Media Group (formerly Entertainment Studios), building it into a major media empire that owns dozens of television networks, local TV stations, and film distribution companies. Among his many accomplishments, Allen acquired The Weather Channel in a deal valued at approximately $300 million and has grown his company into one of the largest Black-owned media businesses in the United States. Check out Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. IN THE NEWS: Joy Behar announces a hiatus from The View, a truck driver confronts anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall after they block him from doing his job, a one-armed woman goes viral after quickly disproving a police officer’s claim that she was driving with a phone in her “right hand,” and Dame Helen Mirren is targeted in a shocking street confrontation by an anti-Israel activist. GET IT ON! FOR MORE WITH BYRON ALLEN: TV SHOWS: Comic’s Unleashed (CBS 11:35PM/Streaming on Paramount+) Funny You Should Ask (CBS 12:37AM/Streaming on Paramount+) FOR MORE WITH MIKE DAWSON: INSTAGRAM: @dawsangeles LIVE SHOWS: June 5 - Portland, OR June 6 - Portland, OR (2 shows) June 12 - Oklahoma City, OK (2 Shows) June 13 - Tulsa, OK (2 Shows) June 20 - Santa Ana, CA (KROQ Doc Screening) Thank you for supporting our sponsors: BetterHelp.com/carolla BetOnline Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/adam . Application times may vary. Rates may vary. ForThePeople.Com/ADAM Pluto.tv oreillyauto.com/ADAM See Privacy Policy…