“The Late Show” Grows +25% from the Same Week a Year Ago

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT placed first again in the weekly late night ratings, winning the week by +390,000 viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending May 12.

THE LATE SHOW topped “The Tonight Show” in viewers (3.07m vs. 2.68m, +15%) for the 15th consecutive week. This is the first time CBS beat “The Tonight Show” in viewers for 15 consecutive weeks since the week ending Oct. 9, 2009 to the week ending Jan. 15, 2010.

Compared to the same week last year, THE LATE SHOW is up +25%.

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