{"id":39,"date":"2026-05-26T17:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:48:27","slug":"trump-trashes-colberts-high-rated-finale-as-no-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Trump trashes Colbert\u2019s high-rated finale as \u201cno ratings\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump spent the week insisting that Stephen Colbert had \u201cno ratings.\u201d The numbers told a different story.<\/p>\n

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\u201cColbert is finally finished at CBS,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social after the late-night host\u2019s final episode of *The Late Show*. \u201cNo talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Nielsen data reported shows Colbert\u2019s farewell broadcast drew roughly 6.74 million viewers \u2014 the largest audience of his tenure and a sharp spike compared with his typical viewership, which had hovered closer to the mid\u20132 million range in recent months. The finale also outperformed standard weeknight late-night competition by a wide margin, turning the sendoff into a notable ratings moment rather than a collapse.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that another late night foe of Trump \u2014 Jimmy Kimmel \u2014 also saw over 6 million viewers in his own ratings for his return after a brief hiatus last year. This then normalized in weeks following.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, continued to frame the departure as proof of cultural rejection. He called Colbert\u2019s exit \u201cthe beginning of the end\u201d for other late-night hosts and repeated claims that the comedian\u2019s work had been unpopular and declining.<\/p>\n

The feud escalated further over the weekend when Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting Colbert being thrown into a garbage can by Trump while a cheering crowd looks on. In the clip, Trump dances victoriously after the moment, turning the confrontation into a stylized spectacle of humiliation. The video quickly circulated online, where critics called it disturbing and supporters described it as trolling aimed at a long-time political critic.<\/p>\n

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