Stephen Colbert Hits Best Ratings Since 2015 Premiere

[applegrove]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/05/05/stephen-colbert-hits-best-ratings-since-2015-premiere?via=desktop&source=copyurl

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As conservative activists call on CBS to #FireColbert, the network reports that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has just scored its best overnight rating since the week the show premiere in September 2015. Thursday night's episode scored a 2.5 rating, far surpassing NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, which came in at 1.9. According to CBS, this number marked a 19% increase from the previous Thursday and a 32% bump from the same night last year. The host briefly addressed the controversy over his joke, which implied a sexual relationship between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday night's show. While he said he does not "regret" making the joke, Colbert said that if he could do it over, "I would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. Now I’m not going to repeat the phrase, but I just want to say, for the record, life is short, and anybody who expresses their love for another person in their own way, is to me, an American hero."
— Matt Wilstein



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[Hawaii Hiker]

1. I've made a point to tune into his opening monologue

I like him, but had HRC won, probably wouldn't watch his show...

I also make it a point to watch SNL....3 more episodes this season, starting with a new one May 6th...

[murielm99]

2. Much like me.

I watch the monologue. I started watching SNL again during the election season.

[Control-Z]

8. Same here.

I actually caught on to his very honest feelings about the maggot before the stolen election. So perfectly brutal. I started recording his show just for his opening monologue. It was really the only thing I could watch after that tragic night. Seriously. I turned off all news. I still turn it off, or change the channel, when I hear the maggot's voice.

I also started watching SNLs. But only if they're new.

[Laffy Kat]

3. Yay. And to our fake president supporters I say...

[Gothmog]

4. Yeah for Stephen Colbert

[stonecutter357]

5. K&R!

[liberal N proud]

6. You have to love a fucked up right wing boycott

[onecent]

7. I love Stephen Colbert

LOVE HIS SHOW!!!!

No one else talks about trump...even my relatives and friends

[JudyM]

14. Have you seen Seth Meyers? He does a great job. His A Closer Look segments are especially worth

catching. You can find them in the Video & Multimedia forum.

Love how he uses Paul Ryan footage here ... against Paul Ryan: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017437281

[mucifer]

15. Yes, I do think Seth has the best writers. But, Colbert is very close.

They both are great. No late night host seems to like trump at all as far as I can see.

[Amimnoch]

9. #boycottheboycott

Please join me in not just supporting his show, but showing the sponsors that the right are going after that we support them. Each letter they receive will be given the weight of thousands.

the site fire Colbert has targeted the following sponsors:

1 Otezla Celgene
2 Humira AbbVie Inc.
3 Trulicity Eli Lilly
4 Dell Technologies Dell
5 Linzess Forest Laboratories,LLC
6 Verbizi Allergan
7 KEYTRUDA MERCK
8 XARELTO Janssen
9 Trivago.com Trivago
10 Brighthouse Meta Life Brighthouse Financial
11 Lyrica Pfizer
12 Taltz Eli Lilly
13 Liberty Mutual Liberty Mutual Group
14 Prevagen Prevagen Quincy Bioscience
15 Flonase GSK
16 Ancestry.com Ancestry Inc.
17 Prudential Insurance Retirement Prudential Financial
18 Toujeo Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC.
19 Polident GSK
20 Farmers Insurance

Especially if you use any of the products of these companies, please do a feedback on their website encouraging your support of them, their support of CBS, and Colbert.

[applegrove]

10. I will boycott any firm that stops sponsoring Colbert.

[forgotmylogin]

11. Boycott?

Were the deplorables even watching Colbert? Did some of them carry over from when he was pretending to be right-wing?

[logosoco]

12. He is really rocking it and helping me greatly with being able to laugh!

I watch clips in the morning on Youtube (I can't stay up that late anymore!) while I am doing my "work out" and I find that I am smiling through most of it and genuinely laughing out loud very often!

Keep up the good work, Colbert!!!

[tiredtoo]

13. Yes when he first came to CBS he was somewhat subdued

Now that he is back in form I either watch or record every night.

[mucifer]

16. Probably like Al Franken he felt he needed to earn respect before becoming to vocal.

I know their jobs are a teensy bit different.