Last Week’s Final Post-Debate Show Notches “Late Show’s” Largest Wednesday Audience since Colbert’s Second Broadcast in September 2015

“The Late Late Show with James Corden” Scores its Largest Weekly Audience since February

CBS’s THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered its largest weekly audience since October 2015 and best ratings in key demographics since February, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 21.

THE LATE SHOW averaged 2.95m viewers, up +28% in viewers from the comparable week a year ago and its largest weekly audience since the week ending Oct. 2, 2015. Among key demos, THE LATE SHOW averaged 0.6 in adults 18-49, 0.8 in adults 25-54 and 0.4 in adults 18-34, all best since the week ending Feb. 19.

Last week’s final post-debate show averaged 3.08m, THE LATE SHOW’s largest Wednesday audience since Sept. 9, 2015, Colbert’s second night on the air.

THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN averaged a weekly audience of 1.36m viewers, up +18% from the same week last year and its largest weekly audience since the week ending Feb. 19. 

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