from new york, new york, please welcome david colbert. [cheers and applause] how you doing, david?elcome. [cheers and applause] you sing for a living. you love elton john. you've never seen him. >> i have not. i, uh, i had tickets to see him once at radio city in 2005, and

from new york, new york, please welcome david colbert. [cheers and applause] how you doing, david?elcome. [cheers and applause] you sing for a living. you love elton john. you've never seen him. >> i have not. i, uh, i had tickets to see him once at radio city in 2005, and then i got cast in a show in milwaukee, and i had to give my

colbert made his name on comedy central. that is the type of comedy that he specializes in. >> even david letterman who retired in 2015 is weighingn on the late night war. in an interview the with "new york" magazine, letterman commented on the jimmy fallon interview with trump last september. fallon toppled the then candidate's hair. letterman saying quote i don't want to criticize fallon but i can tell you who what i would have done in that situation. would have gone to work on trump, end quote. but fallon reclaiming the late night crown? "the tonight show" host recently debuted a new segment that may be in response to colbert's political focus. >> this is what we call this week in words. >> turmoil. >> chaos. >> here is what president trump had to say. >> fake. fake. fake. fake. fake. fake. fake. >> jimmy falcon is more of an broad entertainer. there is a real difference between the two. and the audience, which is very engaged in politics right now, is making the choice. >> let's keep moving. there are certain tv moments that you nevee forget like the finale of the very first season of survivor on august 23rd, 2000, a mind-bog

colbert the new king of comedy. the cbs host now has the number one show in late night television. his predecessorle at the late show, that's davidged comedians to take on president trump. in a new interview, letterman said, quote, i'm tired of people being bewildered about everything he says. he goes on to say comedy is the one of the ways we can protect ourselves. vladimir duthiers is inside the sullivan late night theater. vlad, good morning. >> good morning. at all it the trump effect in late night tv. stephen colbert has been relentlessly skewering president trump from this set and now his audience, his largest taking over the cbs late show. the president has also proven to be comedy goal for other hosts. and their ratings have surged. >> big news out of the kremlin -- i'm sorry, i misread that, white house. >> reporter: beating over on the overnight show, over son cbs -- >> sparked a new american fitness craze, walking slowly while lifting a one-pound weight. >> reporter: samantha bee has nearly doubled her viewership among 18 to 49 year olds. >> then in the middle of the day, hurricane trump happened again. >> reporter: tr