Trump trashes Colbert’s high-rated finale as “no ratings”
President Donald Trump spent the week insisting that Stephen Colbert had “no ratings.” The numbers told a different story. “Colbert is finally finished at CBS,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after the late-night host’s final episode of *The Late Show*. “No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person.” But Nielsen data reported shows Colbert’s farewell broadcast drew roughly 6.74 million viewers — the largest audience of his tenure and a sharp spike compared with his typical viewership, which had hovered closer to the mid–2 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. It’s worth noting that another late night foe of Trump — Jimmy Kimmel — 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. Trump, however, continued to frame the departure as proof of cultural rejection. He called Colbert’s exit “the beginning of …
