Since the presidential election two years ago, TV programs from “Fox & Friends” to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” have benefited from a “Trump bump.” Now some shows and outlets are notching viewership surges by featuring people who bump Trump.
Stormy Daniels boosted fortunes all around the set-top box, delivering big ratings for “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “60 Minutes.” Next up has been James Comey, whose April 15 sit-down with George Stephanopoulos and ABC News resulted in a Sunday hour that generated 9.8 million viewers — not enough to win the night, but a number that nevertheless represents ABC’s best rating for a news program since Caitlyn Jenner’s interview with Diane Sawyer in 2015.
“Trump is a reality-show president,” noted Ben Bogardus, an assistant professor in the journalism department at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. “Now you have these accusers, who are also very entertaining. They know how to talk to the camera.
Stormy Daniels boosted fortunes all around the set-top box, delivering big ratings for “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “60 Minutes.” Next up has been James Comey, whose April 15 sit-down with George Stephanopoulos and ABC News resulted in a Sunday hour that generated 9.8 million viewers — not enough to win the night, but a number that nevertheless represents ABC’s best rating for a news program since Caitlyn Jenner’s interview with Diane Sawyer in 2015.
“Trump is a reality-show president,” noted Ben Bogardus, an assistant professor in the journalism department at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. “Now you have these accusers, who are also very entertaining. They know how to talk to the camera.
- 4/24/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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