"The Nielsen ratings for his speech are in, and Trump's talk-a-thon saw an 11% decrease from last year. Donald Trump is really dragging down broadcast television. I mean, if I were CBS, I'd cancel him."
"But you know, linear television is doomed and everyone's ratings are going down, right? I'm sorry, what's that? Our ratings were up 7%? Over the same last year? So last year's and this year's? I'm up 7%? Holy cow!"
"You know what I think is going on? People may not like watching Trump, but they do like watching me not like watching Trump."
Trump's 108-minute State of the Union address drew 32.6 million viewers, representing an 11% decline from his previous joint session address that attracted 36.6 million viewers. The 2025 viewership slightly exceeded Biden's final State of the Union in 2024, which garnered 32.2 million viewers. Stephen Colbert used this ratings drop as comedic material on The Late Show, jokingly suggesting CBS should cancel Trump given his impact on broadcast television. Colbert contrasted Trump's declining viewership with his own show's performance, revealing that The Late Show's ratings increased 7% year-over-year. He attributed his ratings success to audiences preferring to watch him critique Trump rather than watching Trump directly.
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