"Gutfeld!' doesn't hold back. Viewers love it

How the irreverent Fox News late-night host needled his way to top of the ratings.

- ALI LERMAN

GREG GUTFELD'S unconventional late-night series on Fox News has reached No. 1 in the 10 p.m. timeslot.

Late night has a new tone in 2025, and Greg Gutfeld is the one setting it, one unpredictable quip at a time. Rewriting the rules and bringing his signature acerbic style to "Gutfeld!" on Fox News, his show is drawing in more than 3 million viewers nightly, making it the most-watched show at the edge of prime time at 10 p.m. Eastern time/7 p.m. Pacific time, airing over 90 minutes earlier than such hosts as Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon Stacking up gigs, he's also the resident wild card on the network's hit show

"The Five," and he hosts the new reality game show "What Did I Miss?" on Fox Nation, which was just renewed for a second season.

Gutfeld isn't just leaving his mark on the network; he's reshaping it.

Before he became polarizing to some, and well before his New York Times bestsellers and his night of reminiscing on Jimmy Fallon's couch, Gutfeld was climbing the editorial ranks at magazines like Men's Health, Stuff and Maxim.

His biggest break came when he landed the very late slot hosting his own Fox News show, "Red Eye," which would set the stage for his runaway success.

Taking nothing too serious while being surrounded by complete seriousness, and with "Gutfeld!" pulling in some of the strongest ratings on TV, he's proving that irrelevance can be its own kind of relevance.

His refusal to put so-called untouchables on a pedestal has everyone taking notice, and like him, loathe him or don't know what to think about a grown man obsessed with unicorns, there's no denying that Gutfeld has turned having a good time into a full-time job. And he's just getting warmed up.

How do you find out you're No. 1 in the 10 p.m. time-slot? Is there a cake and a massive check?