Ratings: Fallon Soars on Gutfeld Visit, Colbert Hits Four-Year Monthly High

PLUS: Kimmel guest host shakeup

View in your browser Tuesday August 12, 2025 Tonight Show Ratings Soar to Multi-Year High on Gutfeld Visit  Greg Gutfeld's Tonight Show debut Thursday drew the show’s highest ratings for a regular episode since December 19, 2023. Read more July 2025 Ratings: Colbert's Late Show Hits Four-Year High July’s late-night ratings featured one big winner—Stephen Colbert—and a sharp reversal of fortune for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! after its NBA-boosted June. Read more Bowen Yang Vows to Retire One of SNL's Favorite Tropes If Bowen Yang has his way on Saturday Night Live this year, we won’t be seeing him play any more icebergs, drones, or Chinese spy balloons. Read more Piers Morgan Makes Dean Cain Watch John Oliver Roast Him on Last Week Tonight It's not every day that we get to see the subject of a Last Week Tonight takedown watch said takedown on camera. Read more Jimmy Kimmel Live Guest Hosts: Kumail Nanjiani Out, Tiffany Haddish In Jimmy Kimmel Live! has added a new star to its previously announced lineup of summer hosts following a scheduling change. Read more Bill Murray to Visit The Tonight Show—as a Musical Guest Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez is making his Tonight Show debut this Thursday, but the rookie performer will have backup from someone very experienced in late-night television: Bill Murray. Read more Weekly Ratings: Colbert Beats Fallon and Kimmel Combined Stephen Colbert’s Late Show continued to post near-record numbers in his second full week of shows since CBS announced the show’s cancellation. Read more Devon Walker Mines His SNL Run for Laughs in New Hulu Comedy Special Devon Walker tells LateNighter his SNL future is still “TBD,” but Studio 8H looms large in his new Hulu stand-up special. Read more Andy Richter Will Be Stephen Colbert's Late-Night Sidekick on Elsbeth Andy Richter will return to his sidekick roots for Stephen Colbert—well, "Scotty Bristol"—for one night only. Read more Around the web: Jimmy Kimmel Has a Trump Backup Plan: Italian Citizenship The ABC late-night host (and frequent Trump sparring partner) revealed on The Sarah Silverman Podcast that he’s secured Italian citizenship. [via TMZ] David Wain Makes Last Week Tonight Directing Debut with Chuck Schumer Sketch The Wet Hot American Summer co-creator helmed a pre-taped segment starring SNL alum Bobby Moynihan and Righteous Gemstones star Edi Patterson as the imaginary constituents Schumer claims have “guided [his] political life” for 15 years. Richard Dawson's Tonight Show Cigarette Box Is Up for Auction Dawson, who guest hosted The Tonight Show 14 times (and was once seen as a contender to replace Johnny Carson), was gifted the inscribed blue velvet-lined cigaratte box in 1979. Got Feedback? If you like what we’re doing, or if there’s something we could be doing better, we'd love to hear from you. Simply respond to this message or use our feedback form. This email was sent to mediayenta.comedy@blogger.com  Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here Not seeing our emails? Add newsletters@email.latenighter.com to your safe sender list, or if you have Gmail, simply drag and drop one of our emails from the Promotions tab into the Primary tab. © 2025 Snugglefish Media, LLC, All rights reserved. 1812 W Burbank Blvd # 7225, Burbank, CA 91506-1315 Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use