Hollywood's Biggest Winners and Losers After Trump's First Year in Office
Stephen Colbert and Disney employees are reaping the benefits. Jimmy Fallon and the NFL? Not so much. Here's who's been impacted the most, for better and for worse.

This story first appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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Winner: Twitter
Last fall's so-called Trump bump (a 6 percent boost in users) didn't last long (the numbers are back down), but Trump's personal mouthpiece has become the loudest bully pulpit in politics.
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Loser: Facebook
Trust in social media's biggest platform has plummeted since it was revealed that the Russians were plastering the site with real fake news. Regulators are circling.
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Winner: Alec Baldwin
"I guess I should say, at long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy," Baldwin cracked while accepting his trophy at September's awards show. Saturday Night Live's 2017 "Trump Season" was its best rated in 23 years, averaging 11 million viewers a week.
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Loser: Billy Bush
Despite attempting a comeback in December — an op-ed in The New York Times confirming that Trump did indeed say "grab 'em by the pussy" on the Access Hollywood bus and an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — he's still out of work.
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Winner: Stephen Colbert
Since the election, Colbert's Trump-bashing has helped boost his viewership 31 percent, to 3.6 million.
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Loser: Jimmy Fallon
His apolitical humor is out of step with the times; viewership is down 20 percent, to 2.8 million.
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Winner: Rachel Maddow
The left-leaning MSNBC's viewership is up 50 percent this year (while right-leaning Fox News' numbers mostly have stayed flat).
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Loser: Jemele Hill
The SportsCenter host called Trump "a white supremacist" — and ended up getting suspended for two weeks, then transitioned off the show for good.
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Winner: Disney Employees
The company announced in January that 125,000 staffers would be getting $1,000 bonuses, thanks to the Trump-backed tax cut.
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Loser: 'Scandal's' Final Season
Shonda Rhimes' soap can't compete with Trump's reality show; ratings for Scandal's October premiere were down 30 percent from 2016's season opener.
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Winner: 'The New York Times'
Digital subscriptions have doubled since the election, up to a record 3.3 million, with total revenue up 6 percent.
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Loser: NFL
Ratings are down 9 percent since Trump suggested boycotting teams with players who don't stand for the national anthem.
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Winner: Apple
It's bringing back a reported $250 billion in funds stashed overseas, paying only $38 billion to the government — or 15.5 percent — thanks to Trump's new corporate-friendly tax law.
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Loser: The Name 'Donald'
The president's first name is at its lowest popularity in a century. In 2016, the year he was elected, just 621 newborns in the U.S. were named Donald (compared with 30,400 in 1934).
This story first appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.