“Late Show” Is Late Night’s #1 Program

For the week ending Jan. 5, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT posted its largest weekly audience (3.54m) since Stephen Colbert’s premiere week (week ending Sept. 11, 2015) and matched its season-best demo deliveries, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. This also marks the 10^th time in 15 weeks that THE LATE SHOW has delivered more than three million viewers.

Compared to the same week last year, THE LATE SHOW was up +20% in viewers (from 2.95m), +14% in adults 25-54 (from 0.7/03), and even in adults 18-49 (0.5/03).

Season-to-date, most current, THE LATE SHOW is up +31% in viewers (3.86m from 2.95m), +13% in adults 25-54 (0.9/05 from 0.8/04) and even in adults 18-49 (0.6/04) compared to last season. THE LATE SHOW is also beating its nearest competitor in viewers by +37% (3.86m vs. 2.82m).

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