# Gutfeld!
**Gutfeld!** is a weeknight late-night comedy and panel program on the Fox News Channel, hosted by [Greg Gutfeld](https://www.edgepedia.org/greg-gutfeld), that presents the day's news through a satiric lens fused with pop culture and parodies, taped before a live studio audience.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) • [2](https://ggutfeld.com/shows/) It grew out of Gutfeld's weekend program The Greg Gutfeld Show (2015–2021) and, was reported as the most-watched late-night program in August 2022 and April 2024, ahead of [Stephen Colbert](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-colbert), Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and [The Daily Show](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-daily-show).[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) • [4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | Monday, April 5, 2021, at 11 PM/ET, expanding Gutfeld's weekend show to five nights per week[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) |
| Current slot | 10–11 PM/ET every weeknight, an hour earlier than the broadcast late-night rivals it outsells[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) • [5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left) |
| Regular panelists | George "Tyrus" Murdoch and Kat Timpf, with rotating comedians including Tom Shillue, Joe DeVito, and Joe Machi[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) • [1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) |
| Ratings milestone | Overtook The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in overall ratings in August 2021[6](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/) |
| Audience (April 2024) | 2.2 million viewers and 304,000 in the 25-54 demo, the largest late-night audience on television[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) |
| Demographic profile | The most affluent (among adults 25-54) and politically balanced audience in its timeslot, with more Democrats and Independents than competitors, per Nielsen and Nielsen MRI Fusion[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) |
| Predecessor | The Greg Gutfeld Show, May 31, 2015 to March 13, 2021, 297 episodes[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4690816/) |
## History and origins
The program descends from two earlier Gutfeld vehicles on [Fox News](https://www.edgepedia.org/fox-news). From 2007 to 2015 he hosted the overnight show Red Eye.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) The Greg Gutfeld Show then debuted on May 31, 2015, as a weekend program with [Kat Timpf](https://www.edgepedia.org/kat-timpf) and Joanne Nosuchinsky as panelists; after Nosuchinsky left in 2016 to pursue acting, Tyrus joined as the other regular panelist, and the show has been taped before a live studio audience since early 2016.[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) IMDb catalogs the predecessor under its original title across 297 episodes from 2015 to 2021, with Timpf appearing in 294 and Tyrus in 231 from 2016.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4690816/)
**The 2020 ratings case.** In 2020, [The Five](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-five-talk-show) and The Greg Gutfeld Show each delivered their most-watched year in cable news history, and the weekend show outpaced several late-night broadcast programs in total viewers, including ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and [Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://www.edgepedia.org/late-night-with-seth-meyers).[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) On that strength Fox announced the weeknight expansion: the final weekend episode aired Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 10 PM/ET, and Gutfeld! debuted Monday, April 5, 2021, at 11 PM/ET, increasing Fox News' original weekday programming to 21 hours per day.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) Fox News @ Night with [Shannon Bream](https://www.edgepedia.org/shannon-bream) moved to the weeknight 12 AM/ET slot from April 6 to make room.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet)
## Format and structure
Each weeknight episode combines an opening monologue, panel discussion, and comedy segments. Nieman Lab's analysis describes monologues filled with [Jay Leno](https://www.edgepedia.org/jay-leno)-style punchlines that draw laughs from the studio audience, interviews with conservative politicians, pundits, and comedians that frequently center on one-liners, and SNL-like sketches.[6](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/) The host's own site describes parodies of current events plus interviews with newsmakers, media personalities, culture critics, and comedians.[2](https://ggutfeld.com/shows/) Fox's April 2024 press release describes regular panelists Tyrus and Timpf offering their takes on the news of the day, accompanied by skits and analysis with a satirical twist.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
**Taping and scheduling.** Episodes are taped at Fox News Channel's studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York, with tapings running approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, Monday through Thursday from 4:45 to 7:15 PM EST and Friday from 12:45 to 3:15 PM EST.[8](https://gutfeld.fox-newschannel.com/) The show debuted at 11 PM/ET[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) and now airs 10–11 PM/ET every weeknight,[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) an hour earlier than the broadcast late-night competition.[5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left)
## Host and panelists
Greg Gutfeld hosts and also co-hosts The Five, which he helped launch as one of its five original hosts in 2011.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) The regular panelists are George "Tyrus" Murdoch and Kat Timpf; both carried over from the weekend show, where Tyrus had joined in 2016 and Timpf had appeared since the 2015 debut.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) • [3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) Around them rotates a crew of comedians and contributors: at launch Fox added Joe DeVito, a 2007 [Last Comic Standing](https://www.edgepedia.org/last-comic-standing) semi-finalist, and Joe Machi, winner of the 2013 New York Comedy Festival's Funniest Comedian competition, alongside contributor Tom Shillue.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) NPR's 2025 profile describes the show as Gutfeld holding court before a live audience with a rotating crew of conservative comics and commentators.[5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left)
## Ratings and audience
The show's ratings trajectory has three phases. First, the weekend show's 2020 performance, when it outpaced [Jimmy Kimmel Live!](https://www.edgepedia.org/jimmy-kimmel-live), The Tonight Show, and Late Night with Seth Meyers in total viewers, prompted the weeknight expansion.[1](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet) Second, in August 2021 the weeknight show overtook [The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert) in overall ratings.[6](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/) From November 2022 through early 2023 it averaged around 2.5 million viewers, the most-watched late-night show in the United States, a position it had held since August 2022.[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH)
**Third, the post-2023 period.** Following Tucker Carlson's April 2023 departure from Fox News, the program's average fell to between 1.5 and 1.8 million viewers per night, still ahead of its competitors.[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) By April 2024, Fox cited Nielsen figures of 2.2 million viewers and 304,000 in the 25-54 demo, topping Colbert, Fallon, Meyers, Kimmel, and The Daily Show, and beating Kimmel, Meyers, and [Jon Stewart](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-stewart)'s The Daily Show in both the 25-54 and 18-49 demos.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) In Q1 2024, Gutfeld! was for the first time the highest-rated program in the 25-54 demo in all of cable news, and since launch Gutfeld's audience had grown 47% in viewership and 10% in the 18-49 demo.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
The demographic profile matters commercially. According to Nielsen and Nielsen MRI Fusion data cited by Fox, Gutfeld! has the most affluent audience among adults 25-54 and the most politically balanced audience in its timeslot, with more Democrats and Independents watching than any competitor.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
## How it compares with other late-night and Fox News programs
Against broadcast late-night, Gutfeld! competes from an earlier hour with a larger audience: NPR's March 2025 profile notes it airs an hour earlier than its rivals but draws more viewers than Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon, or The Daily Show.[5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left) Nieman Lab attributes the success to two factors: Gutfeld has virtually no competition from fellow conservatives in late-night comedy, and the current media industry moment favors audiences segmented by demographic, psychographic, and political traits rather than a big-tent audience.[6](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/)
Within Fox News, the sibling comparison is The Five, the 5–6 PM/ET program Gutfeld co-hosts, which averaged 3,038,000 viewers in Q1 2024 and topped all cable programs for ten consecutive quarters.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
## Reception and analysis
Audience reception, measured by ratings, has been strong and sustained. Nieman Lab's assessment treats the show as a genuine late-night comedy product, noting its formal markers of monologue punchlines, one-liner-driven interviews, and SNL-like sketches, while framing its success as a product of segmented audiences rather than universal appeal.[6](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/) NPR's 2025 interview profile describes Gutfeld's comedy philosophy as "punching left" and positions him as a key voice in political and cultural debates.[5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left) Fox's own promotional framing presents the show as a "late-night sensation" blending satire with pop culture.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
Fox marketed the launch aggressively against the established late-night order: Variety reported that the network bought local commercials for Gutfeld! on stations and cable systems carrying rival late-night shows and put up a billboard on [Hollywood Boulevard](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-boulevard) near the theater where Kimmel tapes.[9](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greg-gutfeld-fox-news-late-night-1234943301/)
## Developments since 2023
Three developments define the post-2023 record. Viewership declined after [Tucker Carlson](https://www.edgepedia.org/tucker-carlson)'s April 2023 exit, from roughly 2.5 million in late 2022 and early 2023 to a reported 1.5–1.8 million per night, though the show remained ahead of its late-night competitors.[3](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH) On April 4, 2024, Fox News Media announced a multi-year contract extension keeping Gutfeld as host of Gutfeld! and co-host of The Five.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) And in Q1 2024 the show reached its demo peak, becoming for the first time the highest-rated program in the 25-54 demo in cable news.[4](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media) NPR's March 2025 profile still described Gutfeld as dominating late-night comedy with a larger audience than Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon, or The Daily Show.[5](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left)
## References
1. [Fox News Channel's Gutfeld! to Debut on Monday, April 5 at 11 PM/ET, Fox News press release (March 2021)](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2021/03/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-to-debut-on-monday-april-5-at-11-pmet)
2. [Shows, Greg Gutfeld official site](https://ggutfeld.com/shows/)
3. [The Greg Gutfeld Show, TV on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/The_Greg_Gutfeld_Show?hl=en_US&id=EDCCB95E4F0F41E2SH)
4. [Greg Gutfeld Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension with Fox News Media, Fox News press release (April 2024)](https://www.foxnews.com/press/2024/04/greg-gutfeld-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-fox-news-media)
5. [Fox's late-night host Greg Gutfeld discusses his comedy philosophy and 'punching left', NPR (March 8, 2025)](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5318066/foxs-late-night-host-greg-gutfeld-discusses-his-comedy-philosophy-and-punching-left)
6. [How a conservative comic became the most popular late-night host on TV, Nieman Journalism Lab (October 2021)](https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/10/how-a-conservative-comic-became-the-most-popular-late-night-host-on-tv/)
7. [Gutfeld! (TV Series 2015–2021), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4690816/)
8. [GUTFELD! studio audience tickets, Fox News Channel](https://gutfeld.fox-newschannel.com/)
9. [Greg Gutfeld Joins Fox News' Late-Night Mix, Variety (2021)](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greg-gutfeld-fox-news-late-night-1234943301/)
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