XPost: rec.arts.tv.comedy.colbert-report, alt.politics.democrats, talk.politics.guns
XPost: sac.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/12/colbert-is-gonna-flip-out- over-the-ratings-for-gutfelds-tonight-show-appearance-n4942647

CBS’s announcement that it was canceling Stephen Colbert’s “Late
Show”—after bleeding between $40 million and $50 million annually—should
have been a wake-up call for the late-night industry. NBC, to its credit,
seems to be catching on that alienating half the country is a losing
formula, and that booking guests who appeal to both the left and right
might actually draw viewers back.

That lesson became crystal clear last Thursday night, when Greg Gutfeld
walked into Studio 6B at Rockefeller Center and pulled off something NBC executives can’t ignore. The Fox News host delivered Jimmy Fallon’s highest-rated “Tonight Show” episode of 2025, drawing 1.7 million viewers
and giving the struggling program a staggering 57% ratings boost.

The momentum didn’t stop there. By Tuesday afternoon, the YouTube clip of Gutfeld’s appearance had racked up nearly 1 million views—the biggest hit
on Fallon’s channel in almost a month. Meanwhile, the Jonas Brothers, who
also appeared that night, managed a measly 138,000 YouTube views for their segment.

The numbers don't lie. Gutfeld's segment attracted 294,000 viewers in the coveted 25-54 demographic, marking a 13% increase from Fallon's typical showing.

For our VIPs: Jay Leno Still Gets What Comedy Means to Americans

The irony here is delicious. While Gutfeld was boosting NBC's ratings, his
own show "Gutfeld!" was being guest-hosted by Kat Timpf back on Fox News,
yet still managed to dominate late-night with 2.7 million viewers—the
highest audience across all networks that evening. This is the reality
that legacy media refuses to acknowledge: Gutfeld consistently outperforms
his NBC, CBS, and ABC competitors in total viewership, making him the undisputed king of late-night television.

What NBC witnessed Thursday night was a glimpse of late-night television's possible future—one where talent trumps ideology and ratings reflect
actual audience demand rather than media elite preferences. Gutfeld's appearance didn't just boost Fallon's numbers; it exposed the fundamental weakness of an industry that has forgotten its primary mission: making
people laugh.

That’s something that Stephen Colbert refused to do and why his show was
losing millions of dollars. You can’t alienate half the country and be surprised when you get canceled. Colbert, of course, is not going down
with dignity, he’s doubling down on crazy and claiming to be the victim of Trump-imposed censorship. Perhaps he could save his show from cancellation
if he took the advice of Jay Leno.

“Why shoot for just half an audience all the time? You know, why not try
to get the whole?” Leno said last month.

"I always felt it was my job to make the audience laugh, not to lecture
them," he continued, recalling how previous generations of comedians
"never wanted to make half the country feel unwelcome in their own living rooms."

Colbert’s downfall and Gutfeld’s triumph tell the same story: the era of
smug, one-sided late-night comedy is collapsing under the weight of its
own arrogance. Audiences are tired of being preached at and insulted for
their politics, and they’re voting with their remotes.

The success of Gutfeld’s appearance on “The Tonight Show” should be a
wake-up call for an entire industry that has lost its way.

When Greg Gutfeld can stroll into the heart of NBC and hand Fallon his
best ratings in years—while still crushing him from his own Fox News
perch—it’s not just a fluke. It’s proof that the market for genuine entertainment, free of sanctimonious lectures, is alive and well. If NBC
has any sense, they’ll take the hint and book more guests who bring the
laughs instead of partisan rants.

And if the rest of late-night keeps doubling down on ideological purity
over broad appeal, they’ll follow Colbert into the ratings abyss.

The entertainment industry’s war on conservatives backfired spectacularly,
and Gutfeld’s ratings triumph is just the beginning.


--
November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump. We look
forward to America being great again.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.

Every day is an IQ test. Some pass, some, not so much.

Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama
/ Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)