Do
You Watch Late Night TV shows? If so who is your favorite TV
host-comedian?. My favorite for the last 3 years is CBS TV host comedian
Stephen Colbert. Sometimes, I watch Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon if the
CBS show is a repeat.
Here's an article on Stephen Colbert
from the Journal Inquirer dated June 10, 2021 by Matt Buckler. His last
night interview with Woodward and Costa new book "Peril" is one of the most compelling reasons why I like his show.
"During the Donald Trump administration, you could always count one thing — the president would be under nightly attack form CBS late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert.
During Colbert’s opening monologue, Trump was Colbert’s favorite target. On many nights, he was his only target.
Those attacks brought in viewers. In a late-night landscape that was dominated by “The Tonight Show” for years, Colbert started to gain viewers.
He was No. 1 in late night in total viewers for four straight years.
With Trump out of the White House, however, Colbert was deprived of his No. 1 sparring partner, How would his ratings hold up?
The attacks on Trump may have slowed down a tad, but they haven’t stopped. He still gets his shots in.
Colbert’s reign as the No. 1 late-night host hasn’t stopped either.
In information reported by Deadline TV, Colbert was the No. 1 late-night show for the 2020-21 TV season, his fifth consecutive victory.
That’s something no CBS late-night host has ever done before — Merv Griffin couldn’t do it. Pat Sajak couldn’t do it. Even David Letterman couldn’t do it.
Colbert, however, pulled it off. His show averaged 2.95 million viewers per night, while ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” averaged 1.75 million viewers and NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” brought in 1.54 million per show.
Colbert’s “Late Show” also was No. 1 in the vital 18-49 demographic, even though those figures are much closer.
The bottom line is that all three late-night shows have something to offer and have developed loyal audiences.
When Colbert was hired to replace Letterman, however, many critics felt he was the wrong host. His humor wasn’t broad enough to attract a large audience.
Apparently it’s large enough. And larger than the competition.
And even though Trump is out of office, he still makes enough news for Colbert to cash in on it.
The 12:35 a.m. race between CBS’ James Corden and NBC’s Seth Meyers is also a tight one.
Meyers has a slight advantage, averaging 1.01 million viewers per show while Corden averages 971,000.
Corden,
however, has been without his No. 1 attraction — carpool karaoke. When
that segment hits the road again, a tight race may get tighter " by Matt Buckler.
Meanwhile, enjoy this photo of my StoryWorth Book- Becoming Americans- Life Memories of David B and Macrine J, the Intellectual Migrants.
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