And, the same survey says, viewers who identify themselves as fans of other late-night hosts — viewers who don't even watch the Comedy Central shows — are pretty darn impressed too.
The licensing question is amplified because Dr. McGraw's success is built to a large degree on his personal appeal and credibility, far more so than most daytime talk-show hosts (viewers might hesitate before buying a health product endorsed by Jerry Springer, for example).
It was one of those fundraisers that PBS hosts, with local hosts imploring viewers to send in money to keep PBS programs on the air.
The emotional host told viewers it was "a staggering total" for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK and was "beyond our wildest dreams".
Oliver's stint as a Daily Show guest host gave viewers a taste of what to expect when his show premiered; Bee's job will be trickier.
David Frost, the show's host, told viewers that the chancellor of the exchequer had ended a brief interview with a group of unemployed people with the words: "Well, I have work to do, even if you haven't".
Come September, the new shows will join Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the two Oprah protégés who rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively; Ellen DeGeneres Maury Povichh, the most popular host among viewers under the age of 50; and Kelly Ripa, whose show "Live" is seeking a successor for her co-host, Regis Philbin, who left in November.
The late-night host asked viewers to record his show on TBS, but switch to CBS to see David Letterman's final "Late Show" as it aired.
"Full disclosure," the Today show host told viewers, on site at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, "it's actually made by our parent company, General Electric.
The cable news host promised viewers would see a "special #Hannity investigation" into the background of the Pakistani-American lawyer who criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention.
