Colbert averaged 3.66 million viewers for his second CBS program, according to Nielsen, down 44% from the 6.55 million who watched his heavily promoted debut on Tuesday. CBS came down to crunch time with editing the episode and getting it out to the people.
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“The show premiered last night, and I ” m happy to say we made it to Show 2″, Colbert said.
Hillary Clinton confessed Thursday to something liberals have long suspected: being a moderate Democrat.”You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center”, Clinton told the audience at a Women for Hillary event in Ohio.
According to Money, which credits a figure shared widely around the Internet, Colbert earned $6 million annually at “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central. And, we had to cut some stuff we loved. “So you could imagine how exciting that was for all of us”.
Colbert’s show, meanwhile, had booked Scarlett Johansson and SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk for Night 2, after opening with George Clooney and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush one night earlier.
Colbert’s interview with Bush was tame, and the two treated each other politely.
Colbert has yet to break any audience records for the Late Show, though, as David Letterman’s final episode drew nearly 14 million viewers.
These days, in order for a late night talk show to successfully win over viewers, the host has to be willing to bring it on a nightly basis.
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Finally, Donald Trump will be making an appearance on the Late Show and Stephen Colbert will get to have a tête-à-tête with the Republican presidential fore-runner. Colbert doesn’t seem to have lost a step and is clearly at the top of his comedic game, masterfully blending his unique sense of humor with a pointed intellect that’s unrivaled in late night. “As the oxygen drained my brain, and my organs started shutting down, I thought if we actually make it to air it would make an interesting story”, he said. “And if it doesn’t, it’ll still be a pretty good story at the theater camp I will be running in Idaho”.
