“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Wins its First November Sweep by +1.1 Million Viewers While Narrowing the Adults 18-49 Gap to Just 57,000

After Trailing by 364,000 a Year Ago

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT registered its first November late night victory, winning the sweep by +1.1 million viewers while dramatically narrowing the adults 18-49 viewer gap, according to Nielsen live+3-day ratings for the recently completed November sweep.

This November, THE LATE SHOW averaged 3.706 million viewers, up +23% over last year and +42% ahead of “The Tonight Show” (vs. 2,607m). Last November, THE LATE SHOW trailed “The Tonight Show” by -288,000 viewers (vs. 3.294m, -9%).

Among adults 18-49, THE LATE SHOW tied “The Tonight Show” in ratings (0.6 each), while the gap among adult 18-49 viewers significantly narrowed. THE LATE SHOW averaged 763,000 adult 18-49 viewers, up +5% from last November. THE LATE SHOW’s adults 18-49 viewer gap narrowed to just -57,000 viewers in November 2017 (763,000 vs. 820,000), compared to -364,000 (729,000 vs. 1.093m) a year ago.

Below are charts comparing THE LATE SHOW in November 2017 versus a year ago, in both viewers and adults 18-49.

Source: Nielsen NPM, Live +3 (10/27/2016-11/22/2017) First Run Only

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