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He is the founder of the U.S. media company <a href="/wiki/Allen_Media_Group" title="Allen Media Group">Allen Media Group</a> (formerly Entertainment Studios), which has interests in television production, broadcasting, film production, and digital media. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> and later moving to Los Angeles, he initially pursued a career in <a href="/wiki/Stand-up_comedy" title="Stand-up comedy">stand-up comedy</a>. After an appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show</a></i>, Allen began to expand into television work, including becoming a host for <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Real_People_(TV_program)" title="Real People (TV program)">Real People</a></i>. In 1993, Allen established what would later become known as Entertainment Studios. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Allen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen was born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, growing up there until 1968 when he moved to Los Angeles with his mother after her divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicle_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His interest in show business began during his childhood when he accompanied his mother, Carolyn Folks,<sup id="cite_ref-variety2019_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety2019-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/The_Burbank_Studios" title="The Burbank Studios">NBC Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank</a> (where she worked as a <a href="/wiki/Publicist" title="Publicist">publicist</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age 14, Allen put together his first <a href="/wiki/Stand-up_comedy" title="Stand-up comedy">stand-up routine</a> and began appearing on amateur night at comedy clubs throughout the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentinel_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentinel-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen attended high school at <a href="/wiki/Fairfax_High_School_(Los_Angeles)" title="Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)">Fairfax High School in Los Angeles</a> and college at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Allen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Comedian <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Walker" title="Jimmie Walker">Jimmie Walker</a> saw Allen's <a href="/wiki/Stand-up_comedy" title="Stand-up comedy">stand-up act</a> and invited the 14-year-old comedian to join his comedy writing team alongside promising young comedians <a href="/wiki/Jay_Leno" title="Jay Leno">Jay Leno</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a>. In 1979 at the age of 18, Allen made his television debut on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</a></i>, becoming the youngest comedian to ever perform on the show;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he used the appearance to learn more about the television industry.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following his appearance on <i>The Tonight Show</i>, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> cast Allen as a reporter for its series <i><a href="/wiki/Real_People_(TV_program)" title="Real People (TV program)">Real People</a></i>—his first role on a network <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime time</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen co-wrote and co-starred in the 1988 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">television film</a> <a href="/wiki/Case_Closed_(film)" title="Case Closed (film)"><i>Case Closed</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hosted the syndicated <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk show</a> <i>The Byron Allen Show</i> from 1989 to 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and toured as an opening act for musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight" title="Gladys Knight">Gladys Knight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">The Pointer Sisters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993, Allen established a production company known as <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Entertainment Studios">CF Entertainment</a>, which would be devoted to producing low-cost non-fiction television programming;<sup id="cite_ref-dl2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dl2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bc_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its first program would be the syndicated talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainers_with_Byron_Allen" title="Entertainers with Byron Allen">Entertainers with Byron Allen</a></i>, which featured interviews between Allen and celebrities. The interviews were filmed at hotel <a href="/wiki/Press_junket" class="mw-redirect" title="Press junket">press junkets</a> for upcoming films, using equipment set up by their distributors for use by the media; this allowed Allen to produce the show on a relatively small budget. Allen distributed the program under a <a href="/wiki/Barter" title="Barter">bartered</a> model, in which it would be offered to stations at no cost, with <a href="/wiki/Revenue_sharing" title="Revenue sharing">revenue sharing</a> on advertising sales.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The business model was not initially successful, resulting in Allen's home facing multiple <a href="/wiki/Foreclosure" title="Foreclosure">foreclosures</a>, and at one point losing telephone service—requiring him to conduct business via a <a href="/wiki/Payphone" title="Payphone">payphone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was renamed Entertainment Studios in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Allen began forays into scripted programming with the sitcoms <i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Family_(TV_series)" title="The First Family (TV series)">The First Family</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Box_Office" title="Mr. Box Office">Mr. Box Office</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dl3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dl3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the decade, Entertainment Studios began to pursue various acquisitions, including film distributor <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_Releasing" title="Freestyle Releasing">Freestyle Releasing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dl22_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dl22-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/TheGrio" title="TheGrio">TheGrio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Weather_Channel" title="The Weather Channel">The Weather Channel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Entertainment_Studios_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Entertainment_Studios-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Byron_Allen_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byron_Allen-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an equity stake in <a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" title="Sinclair Broadcast Group">Sinclair Broadcast Group</a>'s acquisition of the <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports">Fox Sports Networks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and broadcast television stations.<sup id="cite_ref-vty0_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By October 2022, the company was valued at over $4.5 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2022, Allen made a bid to buy the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen was ultimately outbid by a group led by <a href="/wiki/S._Robson_Walton" title="S. Robson Walton">S. Robson Walton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Allen had made an unsuccessful bid of about $3 billion for Paramount’s <a href="/wiki/BET_Media_Group" title="BET Media Group">BET Media Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Allen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, Allen was selected for the <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg</a> 50 as one of "the people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was also selected for the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at the <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a> Builders & Innovators Summit 2018, and he was honored by <a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">The Salvation Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Los Angeles Metropolitan</a> advisory board at the Salvation Army's 11th annual <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Kettle" title="Christmas Kettle">Christmas Kettle</a> luncheon.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, Allen was a recipient of <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Television_Program_Executives" title="National Association of Television Program Executives">National Association of Television Program Executives</a>'s 16th Annual <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Tartikoff" title="Brandon Tartikoff">Brandon Tartikoff</a> Legacy Awards,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presented during the annual NATPE Miami Marketplace & Conference. Allen received the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Young" title="Whitney Young">Whitney Young</a> Award at the 46th annual Los Angeles Urban League Awards dinner.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2023, the African American Student Union of the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> presented Allen with its inaugural "Legendary Honor".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Allen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen married TV producer Jennifer Lucas in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple have three children.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen is on the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_%26_Television_Fund" title="Motion Picture & Television Fund">Motion Picture & Television Fund</a> Board of Governors.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen has residences in <a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>, Los Angeles, and New York City. In 2022, he bought a two-home compound in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a> from <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Skoll" title="Jeffrey Skoll">Jeffrey Skoll</a> for $22 million,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a mansion in <a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu, California</a>, previously owned by <a href="/wiki/Tamara_Gustavson" title="Tamara Gustavson">Tamara Gustavson</a> for $100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Allen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220720160112/https://deadline.com/2022/07/byron-allen-allen-media-group-black-news-channel-acquisition-1235073087/">"Byron Allen's Allen Media Group Acquires Black News Channel"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline</a></i>. 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