“Late Show” Grows in Viewers, Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54

        CBS’s THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT was the only 11:30 PM late night program to post first quarter growth versus last year, according to Nielsen most current ratings for first quarter 2016.

In the first quarter 2016, LATE SHOW was up +33% in adults 18-34 (0.4/03 from 0.3/01), +20% in adults 18-49 (0.6/03 from 0.5/02), +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 from 0.7/03) and +1% in viewers (2.82m from 2.78m) compared to last year’s comparable quarter.  

# # #

Press Contacts:

Ed Harrison                      818-655-1584    ed.harrison@cbs.com

David Pepose                   212-975-1929    david.pepose@cbs.com

Lauren Kamm (Late Show) 212-975-3869    lauren.kamm@cbs.com