I have to believe, based on the size of Fox's strong base viewership, that there are former Red Eye fans who've stuck with Gutfeld all these years. But anecdotally, every one I've run into over the years gave up on him some time ago. What made him so interesting back then, beyond his comedic talent, was his honesty about the network's base viewership, and his willingness to challenge their priors and have some fun at their expense. But that guy, unfortunately, is long gone, and thus so are many of those who appreciated the old Greg.
But number-wise, it doesn't matter. All that matters now are ratings, and he knows what he has to do to keep the modern Fox audience.
I miss the old Greg as well. However, calling you a pedophile unfortunately leads me to believe that the old Greg never really existed and the new Greg represents what his true character has always been. How sad! QED
I do think he was genuine in the beginning. But as we've seen with so many other politicians and political-media figures in the era of Trump, once you start trading away bits of your soul for tribal solidarity, it's hard to come back. You just keep abandoning more of your character, standards, and principles until all that's left is the servitude and notoriety. I've seen it happen with greater men than Greg.
The days of the great Johnny Carson are gone. I don't watch cable anymore so can't comment on this but he's probably on the reverse end of the spectrum from the other late-night hosts. Seems these shows want their loyal base versus a broader audience. Go figure.
For sure, regarding Carson. Today's late night shows are all awful, and sadly they'd have even fewer viewers than they do without the political slants.
That said, categorizing Greg's gig as a "late night" show, to compare his ratings to the others, has always been a bit disingenuous. Greg's only on in the late night hour in one time zone. He's on earlier in the night in the other time zones (a competitive advantage), and is actually on in prime-time in the Pacific time zone. Still, a lot of people take the "King of Late Night" brand at face value. Whatever tag-lines help promote the show, I guess.
I'm saving this one. Great job!
Thanks.
I used to like Gutfeld in the Red-Eye days, but his well documented transformation into a Trump lackey pretty much ended that.
I have to believe, based on the size of Fox's strong base viewership, that there are former Red Eye fans who've stuck with Gutfeld all these years. But anecdotally, every one I've run into over the years gave up on him some time ago. What made him so interesting back then, beyond his comedic talent, was his honesty about the network's base viewership, and his willingness to challenge their priors and have some fun at their expense. But that guy, unfortunately, is long gone, and thus so are many of those who appreciated the old Greg.
But number-wise, it doesn't matter. All that matters now are ratings, and he knows what he has to do to keep the modern Fox audience.
I miss the old Greg as well. However, calling you a pedophile unfortunately leads me to believe that the old Greg never really existed and the new Greg represents what his true character has always been. How sad! QED
Gutfeld should be changed to Gutless.
I do think he was genuine in the beginning. But as we've seen with so many other politicians and political-media figures in the era of Trump, once you start trading away bits of your soul for tribal solidarity, it's hard to come back. You just keep abandoning more of your character, standards, and principles until all that's left is the servitude and notoriety. I've seen it happen with greater men than Greg.
The days of the great Johnny Carson are gone. I don't watch cable anymore so can't comment on this but he's probably on the reverse end of the spectrum from the other late-night hosts. Seems these shows want their loyal base versus a broader audience. Go figure.
For sure, regarding Carson. Today's late night shows are all awful, and sadly they'd have even fewer viewers than they do without the political slants.
That said, categorizing Greg's gig as a "late night" show, to compare his ratings to the others, has always been a bit disingenuous. Greg's only on in the late night hour in one time zone. He's on earlier in the night in the other time zones (a competitive advantage), and is actually on in prime-time in the Pacific time zone. Still, a lot of people take the "King of Late Night" brand at face value. Whatever tag-lines help promote the show, I guess.