Byron Allen
Byron Allen was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States on April 22nd, 1961 and is the TV Producer. At the age of 62, Byron Allen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Byron Allen Folks, a former actor, television producer, philanthropist, and the creator, chairman, chairman, and CEO of the US television production firm Entertainment Studios, Inc.
Early life and education
Allen was born in Detroit but he grew up in Los Angeles. When his father, Carolyn Folks, went to NBC Studios in Burbank (where she worked as a publicist), he began his interest in show business early in his childhood.
Allen began his first stand-up routine at age 14 and began appearing at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. Allen attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California's College.
Personal life
Allen married Jennifer Lucas, a television actress, in 2007. There are three children in the household. Allen is on the Motion Picture & Television Fund Board of Governors.
Professional career
Comedian Jimmie Walker saw Allen's stand-up act and invited the 14-year-old comedian to join his comedy writing team alongside promising young comedians Jay Leno and David Letterman. At age 18, Allen made his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, becoming the youngest stand-up comedian on the show. One of his earliest roles was as a regular television presenter on the NBC series Real People, joining the cast at the beginning of the second season.
His show Jammin' was picked up as Kickin' It with Byron Allen in 1992, which ran for more than 21 seasons. Allen's foray into television production began in Los Angeles in 1993, when he founded Entertainment Studios with the launch of his first series Entertainers with Byron Allen. It was a weekly, one-hour interview series profiling current stars of film and television.
In 2018, Entertainment Studios acquired The Weather Channel from NBCUniversal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Inc.
In 2019, he partnered with Sinclair Broadcast Group in Diamond Sports Group to acquire the regional Fox Sports Networks, which The Walt Disney Company agreed to sell as a condition of its purchase of 21st Century Fox and Diamond Holding Group rebranded as Bally Sports.
In February 2022, Allen made a bid to buy the Denver Broncos. Allen was ultimately outbid by S. Robson Walton.