Colbert Drops to 3rd Place Behind Kimmel as New Poll Shows CBS Host Alienating Audiences

Mediaite ^ | November 19, 2015 | Joe Concha

[Autonomous User]

I’m pretty sure dead air would bring better ratings for CBS than Stevie. Most of their audience still thinks Letterman is in that time slot.

[frankenMonkey]

I'll throw in my two cents...

I've started to like the Tonight Show will Jimmy Fallon.
He reminds me of Johnny Carson, rather low key, sometimes subtle humor, intelligent. Of course, the target demographic is much younger than me, but I'd say give him a try.

And he's in New York, he and Trump seem to get along just fine.

[Vermont Lt]

How ‘bout....the other guys are funnier.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Fallon is our favorite as well.

[Snickering Hound]

Colbert’s audience skews younger than Kimmel or Fallon, which is what cbs was looking for.

The problem is that fewer young adults watch those late night talk shows.

[Tzimisce]

If ratings mattered to liberals, they’d have shut down CNN and MSNBC long ago.

[Yaelle]

Where’s that Simpsons Aha! guy?

Happy for the schmuck that he loses out, playing only to his sycophants.

[BlessedBeGod]

This format hasn't had anyone worth a sh__ since Johnny Carson.

There will never be another Johnny Carson. I have no desire whatsoever to listen to any of these pretenders.

[Sybeck1]

The Man Show is comedic gold

[Yaelle]

Fallon is very talented. I hope he gets his act cleaned up. People keep seeing him out drinking and snorting coke at all hours, and he keeps “falling” and sustaining serious injuries. He’s got the world on a string; hope he wakes up right quick. He’s likeable and funny but he can’t go on much longer like this.

Kimmel is a friend of Tim Conway Jr (evenings on KFI AM 640 in LA and I heart radio) and when he comes on Tim’s show, he is very normal, common sensical, and a bit to the right like Conway. Definitely they love to mock the bleeding heart leftists.

[lacrew]

His guest tonight:

Hanoi Jane.

[Colonel_Flagg]

This format hasn’t had anyone worth a sh__ since Johnny Carson.

You know, it's funny, when that infomercial comes on for Carson's DVD collection ... I watch it.

[Colonel_Flagg]

That’s a great point!

[Colonel_Flagg]

I hope you’re kidding. Not that I’d ever watch.

[LostInBayport]

I must agree. I’ve entertained the idea of purchasing some of his DVD collections, which are expensive. Same with Carol Burnett’s show.

[Stentor]

Colbert wasn’t funny when he was on the “Comedy Channel.”

Painfully, spikes in ears, scratching your eyes out unfunny. And a crumbum.

[r_barton]

Colbert’s whole act is like a bad Saturday Night Live skit that has gone 15 minutes too long.

[Vinnie]

Colbert is a legend in his own mind.
He’s a snarky, disagreeable PIA, but he thinks he’s funny and intellectual.
Didn’t he think his huge following and dynamic personality (/s) would sway voters to support his sister’s run for political office in S. Carolina.
He was shocked and hurt when he didn’t and she lost.

[catfish1957]

I’ve entertained the idea of purchasing some of his DVD collections,

Understand Antennae TV is planning to run reruns of the show, as part of routine programming.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I like Fallon generally, but I can’t stand him as host of the tonight show. His monologue is awkward and juvenile, he mugs too much as he plays the frat boy long past his expiration date. Every guest has to play some sort of beer pong like game with him. Laughs way too hard at the guest’s jokes too- so put on. I much prefer Kimmel.