Rachel Maddow brings 'radioactive' and a Peacock documentary to Seth Meyers
Her interview drew about thirteen times a usual Late Night first day, and its comment section drifted from the White House to small-town newspapers.
Late Night with Seth MeyersStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 305,309 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (23,178).
Rachel Maddow Calls Trump "Radioactive," Talks His White House Press Ban and Low Approval Rating
Late Night with Seth Meyers is running far above its normal daily pace, further than any of the talk show channels nearest it in size. CBS Mornings and Good Morning America are busier than usual too, but not by nearly as much, and The Graham Norton Show is a little quieter than its norm.
Two political videos lead the channel's newest uploads. One is a Closer Look on the Senate hearing with former special prosecutor Jack Smith. The other is a sit-down with Rachel Maddow, which passed 270,000 views in its first eighteen hours. That is about thirteen times what a new Late Night video usually gathers in a full day.
The title carries her one-word verdict on the president, "radioactive." The chapters follow her through the press coming together against Trump's White House press ban, the idea of a Trump TV, his approval rating ahead of the midterms and his plans for AI. The last few minutes go to the real reason for the visit: Kill. Bury. Print., her new documentary on Peacock.
That closing segment fits her career. Maddow's prime-time show on MSNBC began in 2008. In the years since, she has also turned to long-form history, with the podcast Ultra and the book Prequel.
The comments go where she did. Many viewers talk about what happens to a town when its local newspaper disappears, and some offer stories of local officials from their own counties. One says they have already watched the documentary and would like more like it. And a lighter thread notes that if Seth had worn his glasses, the two of them could pass for siblings.
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- Channel
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
- Subscribers
- 5,310,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 4,303,978 (on a normal day: 253,539)
- Video published
- September 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 272,925 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 305,309
The numbers
The figures below show a single interview starting far ahead of Late Night's usual first day, on a channel already running well above its everyday pace.
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Rachel Maddow's 2018 podcast Bag Man told the story of which disgraced U.S. vice president?
Bag Man followed the bribery investigation that led Spiro Agnew to resign the vice presidency in 1973.
