TV Ratings: Gutfeld-Maher Talk Tops With Huge Numbers

Fox News Channel's "Gutfeld!" scored its biggest audience ever with liberal comedian Bill Maher among the guests. 

Monday's installment of Greg Gutfeld's hit show averaged a whopping 2.9 million total viewers with 342,000 in the advertiser-coveted demo ages 25-54, according to Fox News Digital. 

During the same 10 p.m. ET time slot, MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" reached 2.3 million total viewers and 202,000 in the key demo, while "CNN NewsNight" averaged only 556,000 total viewers and 110,000 in the key demo. 

"Gutfeld!" also trounced the liberal late-night shows with CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" averaging just 1.8 million total viewers, followed by ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with 1.6 million average total viewers and NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" with 1.2 million. 

The HBO star generated headlines with his Fox News appearance. Maher and Gutfeld had a lively debate about former President Trump and the upcoming presidential election, with the "Real Time" host saying that while he and Gutfeld "agree on some things," they aren't "exactly aligned on the most important thing."

"Trump is someone who does not concede elections. It's the most important thing," Maher said. "You don't seem to see it that way. That's the most important thing that's going on in this country. He didn't concede the last election. He's not going to concede this election."

Maher did make a concession about Trump's youthfulness in comparison to President Biden after Gutfeld showed a clip of Trump joking around with the crowd at a recent campaign event.