Colbert said before the show for Trump supporters not to watch. I know I was happy to oblige. I also know this a riff on the size of the inaugural audience dispute. Very lame if you ask me.
It was a desperate ploy disguised as edginess, they knew their viewership was going to suck so they tried to taunt outraged Trump supporters to watch with an over-the-top psycho Trump hatefest. Who knows what their numbers would have been like if they hadn’t done that. Worse, yes, but how much worse we’ll never know.