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Fallon Bests Colbert In The Ratings As Viewers Tire Of Colbert's Incessant Anti-Trump Rants


Stephen Colbert's Late Show has spent the last five months reveling in a winning streak, but it seems that his reign may be over. Last week, Colbert lost out in viewership to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 34,000 viewers, marking the first ... read full story on Decider

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Colbert should be cancelled like Larry Wilmore.

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Agree that Colbert has been going on too much recently, even though a lot of what he says makes sense. There's a limit to political rants of any ilk. However, Fallon's bump likely won't last...it's hard to find a talk show that's more bland and vanilla.

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FAKE NEWS!

The source is the Fox owned NY Post (Decider), hardly a real news source.

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But Decider links Hollywood Reporter as its source.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-fallon-snaps-colberts-5-month-winning-streak-1016985

If you ask me, Colbert crossed the line between good and bad taste. If he snaps out of it, I think the viewers will forget and forgive his moment of craziness, cause he's funny otherwise.

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Fallon beats Colbert in the ratings for the same reason Transformers 5 made 3x as much as Baby Driver on their opening days.

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