Allen's foray into the world of entertainment began with his mother, Carolyn Foulkes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s, she moved with her only son, Allen, from Detroit to Los Angeles. Allen was 7 years old at the time. So Fawkes enrolled her in the film department at UCLA and eventually landed an internship at NBC, where she became a publicist. That meant Allen saw comedians at his Burbank studio every day, and this ultimately led to him deciding to pursue a career in comedy, and later in broader entertainment.
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He appeared on the Tonight Show at age 18
establish an entertainment empire
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Eventually, CF Entertainment became Allen Media Group, headquartered in Los Angeles. The company owns or operates 27 broadcast television stations affiliated with the ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network, including The Weather Channel, Comedy.tv, and Pets.tv.
His biggest deals include acquiring the Weather Channel for US$300 million and Bayou City Broadcasting for US$165 million in 2018, according to Afrotech. Allen is also known for numerous studio bids, including US$10 billion for Disney, US$8.5 billion for Tegna, and US$14 billion for Paramount. However, many of his bids ultimately did not materialize, according to CNBC.
According to Variety, Allen famously sued a major network for refusing to distribute content from his show, based on allegations of racial bias and violations of the 1966 Civil Rights Act. He claimed that. “We realized that America's biggest trade deficit is the trade deficit between white corporate America and black America,” Allen told Variety. “And this is by design.”
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his impressive real estate portfolio
In 2022, he paid $100 million for a house in Malibu, the highest amount ever spent on a home by an African-American, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
He is married and has received numerous awards
The media entrepreneur is married to television producer Jennifer Lucas and they have three children.
His philanthropic efforts include hosting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual Champions Dinner.
Allen has won numerous awards for hosting Cars, including a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2023, she received the USC McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative Champion Award for her media leadership.