Steve Allen, Jack Parr, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno were funny and not one sided funny. They poked fun at all sides.
These new agers are single sided and mean spirited. That’s why their ratings suck. Nobody but the same types as they are will watch. Everybody else just goes to bed.......................
This is the problem. These three are not funny.
Carson, Leno, Leno, even Letterman were funny. I am too young (62) to remember the others.
I do remember the Bob Hope specials, Laugh In repeats, even Hollywood Squares and Carol Burnett. Who’s show was really funny because of Harvey Corman, Tim Conway and the ladies were all funny. The writing was also good.
Letterman was a liberal but he was goofy. He was entertaining.
Leno did some great segments in Jay Walking.
Carson doing Karnack the Great was always really funny.
Even radio shows like Imus in the Morning were successful because they were funny.
Gutfeld is successful because he is funny. He then has people like Tyrus and a couple other regulars that give good takes on daily events.
Even Arseneal Hall had an okay show back in the 1980s.
Craig Ferguson is the only other recent late night host that is funny. I don’t even know if he is still on TV. I just see his clips interviewing smoking hot women on YouTube & Facebook.
The kids- young adults- are watching podcasts. They like interviews with interesting people.
Democrat politicians were frequent guests. No one wants to listen Stacey Abrams talking to Colbert No one in their right mind
The report yesterday was his show was losing 50 mil annually. His outrage salary was 20 million. He had a staff of 200
No one tried to tone that down. No one examined the market?