Gutfeld!, known as The Greg Gutfeld Show from 2015 to 2021, is an American conservative news and political satire talk show on Fox News Channel, created and presented by Greg Gutfeld. It airs at 10:00 P.M. ET on weeknights. In the event of breaking news, the show is preempted by an extra hour of Fox News @ Night.[1] The show debuted on May 31, 2015, with Greg Gutfeld as host and Kat Timpf and Joanne Nosuchinsky as panelists.[2] After Nosuchinsky left the show in 2016 to pursue an acting career, Tyrus joined as the other regular panelist. Gutfeld! has been taped in front of a live studio audience since early 2016, and features a combination of political satire, comedy, and discussion regarding current events.[3]
From November 2022 through early 2023, the show averaged around 2.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched late-night show in the United States, a position it has held since August of that year.[4][5]
Following Fox News firing 8pm ET host Tucker Carlson in April 2023, the network saw a significant drop in viewership across all of its shows. The program averaged between 1.5–1.8 million viewers per night, still beating its competitors.[6]
In October 2023, the program entered into another hiatus following the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, similar to when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. The program then returned following a week-long break on October 16, 2023.
The show averaged 2.2 million viewers in the first quarter of 2024 and led all of cable news in primetime in the younger demo for the full quarter for the first time in the program’s history, notching double digit increases over the first quarter of 2023. [7]
The show scored its highest rated episode to date on September 18, 2024 when Former President Donald Trump appeared as a panelist on the show alongside Gutfeld, Timpf, Tyrus and Emily Compagno, bringing in 4.9 million viewers. [9]
Cast
Starring
Greg Gutfeld: host (2015–present) (currently on paternity leave)[10]
Kat Timpf: co-host/regular panelist, (2015–present)[11]
The show previously aired on Saturday and Sunday nights at 10:00 P.M. ET as The Greg Gutfeld Show from its release on May 31, 2015, until March 13, 2021. In February 2021, Gutfeld announced that the show would move to weeknights at 11:00 P.M. ET.[14] In March 2021, Gutfeld revealed that the weekday edition of the show would premiere on Monday, April 5, under the new title Gutfeld!. The final weekend episode of the show aired on March 13, 2021, and the first weekday episode aired on April 5, 2021.[15]
Gutfeld! has been taped in front of a live studio audience in New York City since 2016, but because of NYC's COVID-19 restrictions, this was not possible for most of 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Gutfeld revealed a new studio for Gutfeld! which more closely resembled traditional late-night talk show studios. It included expanded room for a larger studio audience, which, since May 2022, has appeared in every episode. In order to maximize studio audience opportunities, Gutfeld periodically takes the show on tour.[citation needed]
In August 2021, Gutfeld! overtook The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the nightly ratings, becoming the highest-rated late-night talk show in the United States. In January 2022, it averaged 2.12 million nightly viewers, more than The Late Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[16] Since the start of the new weekday format, the show has seen a 23 percent increase in total viewers and a more significant 25 percent increase in the sought after 18-49 age demographic.[17] In October 2022, the show had its highest rated episode ever with a record 2.5 million viewers, beating every show in late night TV.[18]
In the event of breaking news, Gutfeld! is replaced with an additional hour of Fox News @ Night, as was the case upon the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 23, 2022. As the extended Ukraine coverage continued for several weeks, rumors surfaced that the show might have been permanently cancelled.[19] However, the show returned on Monday, March 14.[citation needed]
During the 2023 Writers Guild of America strikeGutfeld! was not affected with all of the other late-night shows including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show halting production. This was mainly attributed to the smaller backstage team of Gutfeld! compared to other late-night talk shows and the fact that none of them were members of the WGA before or during the strike.[20]
On June 26, 2023, Fox News announced that Gutfeld! would move to 10 p.m. beginning July 17, 2023, as part of a larger realignment of its primetime schedule, which means the show is no longer considered "late night" as it is no longer competing with other late night shows.[21][22]
The success of the show resulted in Fox News debuting a new comedy program called Fox News Saturday Night in June 2023, which often saw regular panelists Tyrus, Kat Timpf and Tom Shillue serve as interim hosts.[23]
Format and segments
Host Greg Gutfeld
Co-host/regular panelist Kat Timpf
Co-host/regular panelist Tyrus
The show has 5 blocks, with commercial breaks in between each block. The show starts off with a monologue, and after introducing all the panelists, Gutfeld asks the panelists questions relating to the monologue. On Fridays, panelists are introduced at the start of the show, and a segment called Leftovers, where Greg reads the jokes that were not used in his show. The last block is A Story in Five Words, where there is a news story summarized in 5 words. Other blocks may be Local News, where panelists share news stories from where they are from, The Audience decides the story, where two stories are told and whichever one gets bigger applause wins and gets to be the topic of the block, Mailing It In (only on Fridays), where Gutfeld reads questions from fans and he and the panelists answer the question, Greg’s Animal Friends, where the panelists each select an animal related video to share, and Mock It And Move On, where Gutfeld introduces two unusual or outrageous news stories or events and gets each of the panelists to analyze it, often in a comedic or sarcastic manner.[citation needed]
When asked how he was discovered for the show, Tyrus said, "I was just messing around on Twitter one day and I said to Greg about one of the jokes on his show, 'I got it. It took me a minute but I got it.' He said, 'You know I've watched you. You're a pretty funny guy. Have you ever thought about coming on and doing the show?' I was like, 'Are you serious?!' He was like, 'Yeah, I'll give you a shot.'"[24]
Cast and panelists
When the show debuted in 2015, the cast originally included: the host Greg Gutfeld, panelists Kat Timpf and Joanne Nosuchinsky, producer and writer Gene Nelson, executive producer and announcer Tom O'Connor, and comedian Tom Shillue. After Nosuchinsky left at the end of 2016, Tyrus replaced her. When the show moved to weeknights in 2021, guests Joe Machi, Joe DeVito and Emily Compagno joined as frequent panelists. In 2022, comedian Jamie Lissow joined as a frequent panelist, after stand-up comedian Joe Machi was seen less on the show as he embarked on a comedy tour.[25][26] When Gutfeld is away, Tom Shillue, Kat Timpf, Tyrus, Dana Perino, Brian Kilmeade and Joe Machi serve as guest hosts.[27]
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