Who is next after Stephen Colbert? The death of late-night TV... and the unlikely conservative star

The Daily Mail ^ | 20 Jul 2025 | LAURA PARNABY

[x]

Thirty years ago, when Carson was still on, both Colbert and Gutfeld would have seemed unlikely, even impossible.

[mozarky2]

“pantheon of greats” LOLZ! Colbert wouldn’t make a pimple on the posterior of Steve Allen, Jack Paar, or Johnny Carson!

[sauropod]

Sure has.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Wouldn’t it be a hoot for some entrepreneur to replay The Rush Limbaugh Television Show in the late night hours.

Rush created four years of television shows. Many of the same players are still around: Pelousy, Schumer, Billary.

Bo Snerdley (James Golden) could assist, and even perform some of the intros.

The audience tuning in would be huuuuge.

[Steven Tyler]

How about a late show that features up and coming comedians, magicians, and actors promoting their new movies....

[Captain Peter Blood]

What he did not have was the Key Advertising Demographic of 18 to 49, i.e. people who buy and spend money. He had the over 65 group. So advertisers were not spending big bucks to back his show.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Actually at Carson’s peak he was drawing as many as 8 Million viewers.

[Danie_2023]

“”Actually at Carson’s peak he was drawing as many as 8 Million viewers.””

My parents loved him. I think his “Carnac the Magnificant” was the funniest skit he had. We were blessed with real comedians back then.

I was an avid Carol Burnett fan. It was epic. And back then, SNL was even funny.

Carson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wzA2A2T1Q

[Mount Athos]

I agree gutfield has been very good.

[Yardstick]

I’ll add that the article says Gutfeld’s entire staff is 20 people. So with a tenth the staff of Colbert (per Matt Walsh) he drew an audience of 3 million versus Colbert’s 2.4 million. That’s remarkable.

[GOPJ]

The unlikely conservative star? Man do these people live in a parallel universe or what? Gutfeld has been out performing all of them for years

Liberals live within their little boxes. It's possible they never watched a whole FOX show... closed minded provincial people. Guess they've heard of Gutfeld now.

[Texas Eagle]

We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable

See? THAT'S the kind of humor that might've made Colbert's show worth watching.

[MinorityRepublican]

Liberals live within their little boxes. It's possible they never watched a whole FOX show.

Or know an actual Conservative in their lives (one of their friends probably have voted for Trump but is forced to remain in the "closet" because he does not want to be ostracized by his peers)

[Political Junkie Too]

In Colbert’s entire tenure there was not one joke that will be remembered for its real insights or having brought forth legitimate laughter.

Like Carson's iconic gags...

• It was so cold outside...

• Go to the Slauson Cutoff...

• ...until you get to the fork in the road...

• I hold in my hand the last envelope...

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Compare your list to the list of Trump administration officials who previously appeared on Gutfeld!:

• Donald Trump, President of the United States
• Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
• Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security
• Lee Zeldin, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Vivek Ramaswamy, Department of Government Efficiency
• Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health & Human Services
• Kash Patel, Director of the FBI
• Rick Grenell, Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions
• Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
• Morgan Ortegus, Deputy United States Special Envoy to the Middle East
• Dan Bongino, Deputy Director of the FBI
• Jeanine Pirro, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
• Matthew Whitaker, United States Ambassador to NATO
• Tammy Bruce, State Department Spokesperson
• Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation

-PJ

[Secret Agent Man]

Relieved to say I never watched his show.

[Political Junkie Too]

I think his “Carnac the Magnificant” was the funniest skit he had.

And The Teatime Movie with Carol Wayne. He had a lot of his most memorable gags in that bit.

-PJ

[Poser]

[Danie_2023]

“”And The Teatime Movie with Carol Wayne. He had a lot of his most memorable gags in that bit.””

Art Fern and that wig and mustache...lol. He looked like a porn star and sounded like a dork. Funny stuff.

[FreedomForce]

Liberals can be funny. The problem is that there aren’t really any liberals still around. All those horrific late night hosts are leftists.