![]() ![]() ![]() What it does have in common with its conservative forebearers, though, is critics’ contempt. With the threat of the two Jimmys already neutralized, it doesn’t seem like a stretch to think that Gutfeld! might finally break conservative late night shows’ Curse of the Bambino. On May 6, Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch boasted that Nielsen ratings showed Gutfeld! was roughly on par with Jimmy Kimmel Live, having already surpassed the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The premiere reached nearly 1.7 million viewers, beating the year-to-date average of all other late-night shows except for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Unlike its predecessors, Gutfeld! has actually been giving established political comedians a run for their money. In April, the latest contender for right-wing late-night debuted on Fox News: Gutfeld! (Much like the 2020 “Jeb!” campaign of yore, the exclamation point itself is part of the name.) But that hasn’t discouraged subsequent attempts. Many of these shows have met the same fate: bad reviews from critics, mediocre ratings, and eventually, cancellation. It’s certainly not for lack of trying, though - over the years, there have been multiple attempts on the right to replicate the success of left-leaning critical darlings like the Daily Show or Last Week Tonight with programs like Fox News’s 1/2 Hour News Hour, the YouTube-hosted NewsBusted, and the nationally-syndicated Flipside. You don’t have to be a comedy geek to know that there’s not much of a conservative presence in late-night talk shows. ![]()
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