How he get that kinda money when Arsenio's talk show was WAY better than his? If he's worth $14B, then Arsenio gotta have at least $7B. His show was this shit in the 80s.
You gotta hear Byron tell it. But for his late night comedy show, he sold the ads and paid for the time slot.
So you tell Cheerios we're on CBS and we get "X" eyes every show/week. Well if the number is good enough they'll use the C or B level ad money payout. He owned, wrote, directed, ep.....
So when the money came he got a large part of the pie......
And all he paid CBS (or whichever channel) for was an informercial time slot.
The show is now in syndication ...... so now, residual money