Greg Gutfeld Has Beaten Liberal Late Night TV at Their Own Game
All hail the king.
Stephen Colbert’s anti-Trump vision for The Late Show was not only unpopular, it was a financial flop. Now, even Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are afraid that they might be next on the chopping block.
You know who’s not worried? Greg Gutfeld.
Gutfeld and his rotating band of sidekicks, Tyrus, Kat Timpf, Kennedy, and Tom Shillue, put on their nightly 10 PM show Gutfeld! with a tiny fraction of the budget and staff that Colbert has, and consistently turn in ratings that often eclipse the other late-night shows, despite being on cable rather than a major network.
Even the liberal outlet Mediaite is conceding this point. Colby Hall writes:
Greg Gutfeld’s Disruptive Rise: How a Fox News Prankster Broke Late-Night TV
Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is over, and while the official reason has yet to be confirmed, reports suggest CBS was hemorrhaging money to the tune of $40 million a year. The show reportedly employed more than 220 staffers and cost an eye-popping $100 million annually to produce. Yes, there is the whole corporate fealty to Trump at play, which I went into great detail on Friday, but this blockbuster-movie money for a nightly talk show. In an age of media belt-tightening and digital fragmentation, that model may simply no longer be sustainable.
Which brings us to Greg Gutfeld.
Yes, Gutfeld—the often smirking, occasionally cringeworthy Fox News host who somehow emerged as a legit force in late-night-style comedy. And while I’ve personally called his brand of humor “witless” (and stand by that), it’s impossible to deny: Gutfeld has cracked the code, disrupting a TV genre once defined by Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Jay Leno, and yes, Colbert himself.
Gutfeld and his cohorts are not only entertaining, they are an alternative in a sea of carbon copies. In fact, if you want to watch a late-night type show that isn’t overflowing with Trump Derangement Syndrome, they’re the only act in town.
Viewers are responding.
The Washington Examiner reports:
‘Gutfeld!’ dominates ratings as CBS retires ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
As CBS prepares to retire its The Late Show franchise, Fox News’s late-night television show Gutfeld! recorded dominating second-quarter ratings…
The year’s second-quarter ratings showed Fox News’s Gutfeld! dominating late-night television with an average of three million viewers. Gutfeld!, hosted by Greg Gutfeld, also garnered 365,000 viewers in the key demographic of 25-54 years of age.
Greg addressed the Colbert news in his opening monologue on Friday night. Take a look:
Greg shares the jokes we didn't use this week. pic.twitter.com/IIecENYc5r
— Gutfeld! (@Gutfeldfox) July 19, 2025
As the late FOX News analyst Charles Krauthammer once joked, the creators of FOX News discovered a niche market… half of the country.
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Comments
Gutfeld is funny but he would be easier to take if he and his buddies cleaned up the gutter language. They prove they don’t need it when they’re on earlier in the day so they don’t need it period.
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They talk like most people, it’s demonrat politicians that swear to be cool. Heads up, they’re not. Gutfeld takes swipes at all sides. That’s what makes him popular.
We watch the Five as well as the Gutfeld show. He usually has 2 of his regulars and 2 others. It’s always entertaining.
Frankly I think if someone hired away Tyrus to do a talk show opposite Gutfield, Tyrus would walk away with it easily.
All three make the chemistry. With Kat off for surgery Kennedy does a great job as the replacement. Tom S. As Biden is great, hope he does more Newsom.
I do not watch Gutfeld at night, but I do watch the following morning, rarely missing it.. I havent watched the others at all.
I’ve watched parts of Gutfield a few times and don’t really find him funny but at least he isn’t a nasty person like the other late night hosts. Tyrus is interesting, though.
Tyrus is an interesting guy with an interesting background, but he’s not ready to carry his own show (and his standup doesn’t count). Greg is funny and he’s mature enough to know who he is and isn’t. He uses one of the most potent forms of humor–self-deprecation. While he pretends to be a naif, he is a deep thinker and consorts with deep thinkers. He doesn’t deny or try to hide his political leanings. While he mostly picks on the left, he will take a swipe at those on the right (especially Chris Christie). Plus, he hates Geraldo and we share a birthday.
Chris Christie is about as right as Susan Collins.
I miss Redeye.
Love the way Gutfeld insults his guests.
I check to see if Kennedy is on and if it is I watch all of Gutfeld. I do think it is a little awkward to have one woman and four men on stage, but less so if she is Kennedy.