In case you missed it, last week Greg Gutfeld of FOX News appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for the first time. Some people saw it as a possible turning point for late night TV which has been taken over by the far left in recent years.
The good news for Fallon is that Gutfeld brought a lot of viewers with him. The Tonight Show ended up getting the best ratings that they have gotten this year.
People in the TV business pay attention to numbers like these. Will they start trying to book more right leaning guests now?
FOX News reports:
Fox News’ Gutfeld delivers massive ratings boost to Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ with cross-network appearance
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld’s first appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last Thursday delivered the program’s largest audience of the year.
The “Gutfeld!” namesake joined Fallon from the iconic Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, a stone’s throw from FOX News Media’s New York City headquarters in Manhattan.
Gutfeld’s appearance drew 1.7 million viewers, marking the highest-rated “Tonight Show” of 2025 and giving the program a 57% increase compared to its year-to-date average of 1.1 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen Media Research.
The Jonas Brothers were the other guests the night of Gutfeld’s appearance. The YouTube clip of Gutfeld’s appearance had nearly 1 million views as of Tuesday afternoon, the most of any interview on Fallon’s channel in nearly a month.
Gutfeld’s appearance on NBC’s late-night show also attracted 294,000 viewers aged 25-54, the demographic most coveted by advertisers, for a 13% increase from 2025 average.
Now this is funny.
TV RATINGS: King of Late Night @greggutfeld delivered “The Tonight Show’s” biggest audience of 2025 last week, boosting the show’s viewership by 57% for his appearance.
Gutfeld’s appearance boosted Fallon’s ratings to 1.7 million—its 2025 high—but his own show remains more… pic.twitter.com/dXEKfHVJn6
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) August 12, 2025
Gutfeld gets better ratings than Fallon on his own show.
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