The first night that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert beat The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in total viewers after his opening night, the bespectacled host sprung for pizza for his crew.
That was the first week of February 2017, not long after Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States of America.
One has to assume that some members of the team are sick of pepperoni pie as the CBS has continued its late-night ratings dominance over the past four years.
However, with Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, late-night observers question whether there will be another shift in the long-running ratings battle between The Late Show and The Tonight Show. There is also the question of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which is now in the middle of its competitors.
The Late Show, with 3.46 million average viewers, won the 2019-20 broadcast season, which ran from September 2019 through...
That was the first week of February 2017, not long after Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States of America.
One has to assume that some members of the team are sick of pepperoni pie as the CBS has continued its late-night ratings dominance over the past four years.
However, with Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, late-night observers question whether there will be another shift in the long-running ratings battle between The Late Show and The Tonight Show. There is also the question of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which is now in the middle of its competitors.
The Late Show, with 3.46 million average viewers, won the 2019-20 broadcast season, which ran from September 2019 through...
- 1/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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