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a kennedy

(32,073 posts)
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 07:44 PM Sep 2022

Well this is enough to make me hurl.....Faux's Gutshit kills ALL late night shows in viewership.

Fox News Channel’s “Gutfeld!” has overtaken the mainstays of late-night network television — including “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — in average total viewers for August, the first time a cable late-night show has sustained a total-viewership win across an entire month.

“Gutfeld!” averaged 2.19 million viewers for August, beating CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” at 2.16 million, according to Nielsen Media Research. Trailing in total average viewers were NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” at 1.34 million; ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (on hiatus for part of August) at 1.14 million and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with 383,000.

“Gutfeld!” has topped individual days and weeks before, but August was a first for any cable show.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gutfeld-may-king-night-total-011218511.html

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Well this is enough to make me hurl.....Faux's Gutshit kills ALL late night shows in viewership. (Original Post) a kennedy Sep 2022 OP
Colbert, Fallon and Kimmel were on vacation for the entire month. Hassler Sep 2022 #1
Right, forgot that. a kennedy Sep 2022 #4
Right Rebl2 Sep 2022 #6
Eh, it's the only one they have. It's really bad by the way. underpants Sep 2022 #2
Some perspective ... VMA131Marine Sep 2022 #3
I was going to point out something along those lines. canuckledragger Sep 2022 #5
He's the only thing on in August. LakeArenal Sep 2022 #7

Rebl2

(14,682 posts)
6. Right
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 09:40 PM
Sep 2022

They have gone for two or more weeks. I definitely would rather watch repeats of of old comedy shows like Will and Grace than watch anything on fox.

underpants

(186,638 posts)
2. Eh, it's the only one they have. It's really bad by the way.
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 07:50 PM
Sep 2022

The others split one audience three ways.

It’s really bad. They laugh at their own jokes. Everything is demeaning and disparaging. That’s right wing “humor”.

VMA131Marine

(4,646 posts)
3. Some perspective ...
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 08:01 PM
Sep 2022

2.19 million viewers is about 0.6% of the US population. I bet half of those fall asleep watching the TV …😴

canuckledragger

(1,934 posts)
5. I was going to point out something along those lines.
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 08:42 PM
Sep 2022

The vast majority of younger folks don't watch cable tv, but rely on internet streaming and news websites.

Having the attention of a bunch of people in a dying demographic is nothing to brag about.

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