Stephen Colbert still has seven months left of his Late Show on CBS , but at least one media mogul has his eye on his prime 11:30 p.m. timeslot.

Byron Allen , the comedian-turned media mogul, already has his Comics Unleashed show on CBS at 12: 30 a.m., but he said Wednesday that he is absolutely interested in 11:30 once Colbert exits next May.

“Let me be clear… if they are looking for a show, my hand is already up,” Allen said at Advertising Week New York Wednesday, in a conversation with LateNighter columnist Bill Carter, adding that his dream was to host the Tonight Show one day (Allen made his TV debut on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show ). “Fifty years I have been waiting for this moment, definitely I am going for it.”

Stephen Colbert still has seven months left of his

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