Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard

Tuesday's numbers:

Gutfeld - 2.12 million total (434k 25-54)
Colbert - 1.90 million total (423k 25-54)
Fallon - 1.22 million total (354k 25-54)
Kimmel - 4th place (unknown ratings)

https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-gutfeld ... 29588.html

So is this the first time in the history of television that a cable comedy/entertainment show has beaten the late night offerings on network television? Granted, Gutfeld's show comes on a half hour earlier so it isn't really a direct comparison, but still, this has to be embarrassing for ABC/NBC/CBS.

I'm happy to see Fallon perform so poorly.

Frankly, it isn't that Gutfeld's show is so great, but that Jimmy Fallon, Steven Colbert, and Jimmy Kimmell are so bad, and their constant Anti Trump drumbeat is tiring. Gutfeld needs more people to do skits. And why has Michigan's own Kat Timpf been turned into a potty mouthed giggle girl? I like Tyrus, but why does he just sit there?

Greg was funnier in his Red Eye days. Even though his current show and Red Eye are quite similar in format, there was something about Red Eye that I found more entertaining...can't quite put my finger on what that thing was. Maybe it was just the fact that things are funnier at 3 AM when you're sleep deprived.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:42 am

I'm happy to see Fallon perform so poorly.

me too. NBC can go up in flames as far as I am concerned. Conan would be doing great had they let Jay Leno just go away

Think Jay Leno's new show is going to further cut into the ratings for all three of the traditional late-night talk shows? I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not sure if it's any good. I was just surprised to see a game show starting at 11:30 at night!

km1125 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:47 am

Think Jay Leno's new show is going to further cut into the ratings for all three of the traditional late-night talk shows? I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not sure if it's any good. I was just surprised to see a game show starting at 11:30 at night!

Surprised at that time slot for You Bet Your Life. It’s on at 6pm in the Flint market

km1125 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:47 am

Think Jay Leno's new show is going to further cut into the ratings for all three of the traditional late-night talk shows? I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not sure if it's any good. I was just surprised to see a game show starting at 11:30 at night!

Back in the day, I think channel 20 used to air Love Connection (sort of, kind of a game show), at 11pm or 11:30pm. I think. Maybe. It was 30 years ago, my memory could be completely wrong.

thekman wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:43 pm

at 11:30 at night!

Back in the day, I think channel 20 used to air Love Connection (sort of, kind of a game show), at 11pm or 11:30pm. I think. Maybe. It was 30 years ago, my memory could be completely wrong.
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I remember watching Love Connection on 20 in 1994. I also remember what channel 50 used to show in the 80's after 11:

Benny Hill
Kenny Everett (on Saturdays)
Three Stooges
Prisoner Cell Block H
The Life And Times Of Eddie Roberts (a serial soap opera parody like Mary Hartman Mary Hartman or Soap. It was on between January and April in 1980. It's a tv show nobody remembers.)

As you can tell I miss this era of TV.

"Love Connection" showed the final episode during the first week of July of 1994 which I saw on WEYI TV 25 (Clio) when it was a CBS station. That show came back (minus Chuck Woolery) in 1998 - 1999 but it failed to viewers.