“The Late Late Show with James Corden” Has Biggest Audience Since Mid-March

             CBS’s two new late night franchises both delivered their largest weekly audiences in several months, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending May 6.

             THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT averaged 2.573 million viewers, its largest audience since the week ending Feb. 19. In adults 18-49, LATE SHOW averaged 0.5, steady with its weekly average over the last 11 weeks.

 Season-to-date, LATE SHOW is up +40% in adults 18-49 (0.7/03 from 0.5/02), +33% in adults 18-34 (0.4/03 from 0.3/02), +29% in adults 25-54 (0.9/04 from 0.7/03) and +3% in viewers (2.90m from 2.83m). It is the only 11:35 PM late night show to post gains in viewers and key demos season-to-date. 

             THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN averaged 1.27 million viewers, its biggest weekly audience since the week ending March 18. Among adults 18-49, THE LATE LATE SHOW averaged 0.3, matching its rating of the last 11 weeks.

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