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. time slot.

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 clearif they are looking for a show, my hand is already up, Allen said at Advertising Week New York on 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 Carsons Tonight Show). Fifty years I have been waiting for this moment, definitely I am going for it. Allen noted that he brought Comics Unleashed, a classic stand-up comedy series featuring both established and up-and-coming talent, and hosted by Allen himself, to CBS after James Corden left The Late Late Show. His company ran a 19-week trial before CBS launched After Midnight, as a time buy. When After Midnight ended, Allens show once again took over the slot, this time running two half-hour episodes, one new and one classic.

I said, mathematically, you will never beat this show, Allen recalled. Why would you spend $35 million on a television show at that hour? I will happily produce the show, and you can save that $35 [million], $40 million and spend it elsewhere.

Comics Unleashed is a stand-up show, but the jokes not what you might expect to see in the comedy clubs.

Day one I said this show is to be evergreen, no topical humor, no political humor, I dont want anything that is racist, homophobic, antisemitic, I dont want any of that, Allen told Carter. The thing I said to them [the participating comics] was, in television, you dont have to be the funniest, you have to be the most likable.

CBS has not said what it plans to do at 11:30, beyond noting that it will not reboot The Late Show with a different host. Whether Allens pitch will appear to the powers-that-be at Paramount, however, is a whole other question.