{"id":2105060,"date":"2025-10-21T06:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2105060"},"modified":"2025-10-21T06:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:03:24","slug":"late-night-show-breaks-records-despite-trumps-war-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/late-night-show-breaks-records-despite-trumps-war-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-Night Show Breaks Records Despite Trump\u2019s War on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>The Daily Show <\/i>had a great third quarter, despite\u2014or maybe because of\u2014the Trump administration\u2019s criticism and threats toward late-night television hosts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Comedy Central show, according to Nielsen data, had its highest-rated quarter since the beginning of 2021, with a 0.45 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. It also had its highest share\u20143.22\u2014in a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>The Daily Show<\/i> set a record on social media as well, acquiring 1.7 billion views in the third quarter\u2014up 26 percent from this time last year, according to a Paramount press release. In all, 3.2 billion minutes of content were watched\u2014an increase of 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Part of <i>The Daily Show<\/i>\u2019s performance from July through September may have to do with the fallout from late-night host Jimmy Kimmel being temporarily pulled from the air amid <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-goon-brendan-carr-directly-threatens-jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a threat against;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a threat against<\/a> ABC\u2019s parent company, Disney, by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The Daily Show just marked its highest rated quarter since early 2021. \/ Matt Wilson\/Comedy Central\u2019s The Daily Show<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel, whose comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk spurred grievances from the right, ultimately returned to the air the following week, drawing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/kimmel-gets-last-laugh-record-225729806.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:large ratings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">large ratings<\/a> himself. But before then, Jon Stewart took the helm at <i>The Daily Show <\/i>to satirically rebrand it as the \u201call-new government-approved <i>Daily Show<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you felt a little off these past couple of days, it\u2019s probably because our great father has not been home,\u201d Stewart said on the Sept. 18 show, as Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/trump-confronted-free-speech-jimmy-161503605.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:was overseas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">was overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFor father has been gracing England with his legendary warmth and radiance, gazed upon him with a gait even more majestic than that of the royal horses that pranced before him. He wowed the English with charm, intelligence, and an undeniable sexual charisma that filled their air like a pheromone-packed London fog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another segment around that time that drew interest was host Desi Lydic responding to Attorney General Pam Bondi pledging to \u201ctarget\u201d people who partake in \u201chate speech\u201d after Kirk\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFirst of all, you would think that the attorney general would know that hate speech <i>is <\/i>protected by the First Amendment,&#8221; Lydic responded. \u201cEven if you\u2019re not a big reader, it is the first one. You have to read it to get to the one you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump has pushed for the end of several late night hosts\u2019 time on air. In addition to criticisms of Kimmel going back years, Trump has fumed about CBS\u2019 Stephen Colbert\u2014whose show has been set to end next May\u2014and NBC\u2019s Seth Meyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers,\u201d Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/trump-fumes-over-rumor-good-101409341.html\" rel=\"\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">wrote<\/a> in the early morning hours back in August. \u201cHe has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child. So, why would Fake News NBC extend this dope\u2019s contract. I don\u2019t know, but I\u2019ll definitely be finding out!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Show had a great third quarter, despite\u2014or maybe because of\u2014the Trump administration\u2019s criticism and threats toward late-night television hosts. The Comedy Central show, according to Nielsen data, had its highest-rated quarter since the beginning of 2021, with a 0.45 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. It also had its highest share\u20143.22\u2014in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2105061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[340116,329562,23301,340673,23060,379068,347910],"class_list":["post-2105060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-comedy-central","tag-disney","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-randy-holmes","tag-the-daily-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Late-Night-Show-Breaks-Records-Despite-Trumps-War-on-TV.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105062,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105060\/revisions\/2105062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2105061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}