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Colbert's Ratings Surge Continues, Beats Fallon and Kimmel Combined

Colbert's Ratings Surge Continues, Beats Fallon and Kimmel Combined - LateNighter

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Will, having some controversy/talk around the show will do that for a show.
I've been tuning into Colbert more lately as he's gotten a little more vicious after the cancelation news. I usually just watch Kimmel now and the Jon Stewart Daily shows.
Kimmel has been off for his multi-week summer vacation and it's been just reruns the last 2 weeks, so not a shock his numbers are down. Seth Meyers looks to be having a nice boost too, larger %-wise than Colbert too.
- I like Seth, he does a great job interviewing
  
  I like Seth as I like that it feels a little less polished. It feels like more goofy mistakes are left in, and I like things like Corrections where they share the jokes that got rejected and tease the audience for focusing on weird stuff.
Some network will pick him up after this. They would be stupid not to. He is on fire, especially now that the gloves are off.
- It’s a cancellation bump. It happens a lot and was expected. However the show has been haemorrhaging viewers the past few seasons, and now loses around $40m a year. It has been the highest rated late night show on TV, but has failed to cut through on YouTube, which is where the ad money is slowly shifting.
  I’m not sure any network that doesn’t already have one has any intention of entering the late night space. It’s time is over.
  He’ll make a fortune on a premium podcast deal though.
- Maybe HBO? Or HBO Go. Or HBO MAX. Or MAX. Or HBO MAX Reloaded.

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