Can you name a single individual more responsible for late night television ratings than Donald Trump?

Jon Stewart had a stable of people he ridiculed as well, long before Trumpy came on to the scene.

And if you go back far enough, Ted Koppel did Nightline every night for years and years, starting with the Iran hostage crisis. In fact, one could argue that Koppel / Nightline (which was serious) got people in the habit of watching serious TV late at night, and over time gave an opening to people like Colbert and Stewart.

That’s contrasted to Johnny Carson, Letterman, Leno, and the ‘entertainment – variety’ types of shows, which made no effort to be serious or topical.

Ron Jeremy?

@ucme his popularity goes in and out.

Nothing close comes to mind to this trump fixation except GWB.

Might be wrong but I give serious credit to Stewart and Colbert for incessantly harping on these disgusting political nightmares that was bush and now trump which somehow I think makes a real difference in encouraging opposition through comical exposue of its true evil nature.