![]() Last year, Fallon’s Tonight Show was renewed for five years, though the Wall Street Journal reports NBC has considered eliminating the network’s 10 p.m. It was rumored that Jimmy Kimmel would depart Live!, but last week he extended his contract with ABC for three years. The futures of just a few big-name shows are secure for now, even as the field contracts. James Corden announced in April he will leave The Late Late Show next year, and in June, TBS canceled Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. Last year, Conan O’Brien ended his 28-year late-night run, the last 11 of which were on cable network TBS. And as ratings have plunged, the late-night TV field has also shrunk significantly. With so much to watch, viewers likely don’t care as much about the late-night wars as they have in the past, like the uproar caused when Conan O’Brien briefly replaced Leno in 2010. For the first time ever in July of this year, streaming viewership surpassed that of cable, Nielsen reported, and in 2021, 4.7 million people got rid of their cable or satellite subscription, representing 5.8% of the customer base, according to a study from Leichtman Research Group. Declining viewership of late-night TV is a symptom of audiences parting ways with linear programming overall, as streaming becomes a more favorable way to take in content, leading many cable subscribers to cut the cord and causing broadcast networks to lose viewers. ![]() ![]() Late-night viewership today is nowhere near the massive nightly audiences that Jay Leno and David Letterman were getting in the 1990s: Leno’s Tonight Show reportedly drew 5.8 million viewers in 1995, while Letterman’s Late Show averaged 4.7 million. It’s not clear when Noah will depart The Daily Show, and Comedy Central hasn’t announced a successor. Fallon’s show has 30.2 million YouTube subscribers, Corden’s has 28 million, Kimmel’s has 18.8 million, Colbert’s has 8.97 million and Late Night With Seth Meyers has 4.37 million. A segment posted on Wednesday has 1.25 million views. That’s how many subscribers The Daily Show has on YouTube, as the late-night shows draw large online audiences. ![]()
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