Late-night television hosts are currently experiencing significant declines in their viewership and their efforts to collaborate on podcasts are unsuccessful.
“the 18 to 49 demo the coveted demo yeah they do not tune in they do not tune into late night programs anymore the numbers are abysmal”
StevenCrowder · Aug 2023 · 1 episode · 284K views on this topicThe late night talk show format is effectively dead because younger audiences prefer the authentic, detailed access to celebrities found on podcasts and social media.
“I don't see 10 years from now us having that same format. I just don't I think it has to it has to evolve into something else.”
2 Bears, 1 Cave · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 226K views on this topicStephen Colbert's late-night show was cancelled because it lost money and lacked humor, not due to political censorship by the network.
“Blaming the cancellation on the evil and fascist Trump and ignoring the fact that the show hasn't been funny in a decade and is losing a reportedly astronomical sum of $40 million a year.”
Megyn Kelly · May 2026 · 1 episode · 86K views on this topicStephen Colbert's ratings cratered because he focused his show entirely on his obsession with Donald Trump.
“This has nothing to do with Trump other than Stephen Colbert caught a very bad case of TDS, turned his show entirely political based on his obsession with Trump, ratings cratered, and as a business matter, he was no longer viable, and his show went down.”
Megyn Kelly · May 2026 · 1 episode · 86K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.