ON DEMAND

LAST WEEK’S AVERAGE AUDIENCE HIT OVER 3.95 MILLION VIEWERS

ACCORDING TO NIELSEN LIVE PLUS THREE DAY RATINGS

ONLINE

LAST WEEK’S MONOLOGUES SCORE 17.5 MILLION ONLINE VIEWS…LAST WEEK’S INTERVIEWS GARNERED 15.5 MILLION ONLINE VIEWS

LATE SHOW CRUSHES TALK COMPETITION

IN FEBRUARY SWEEP

With the games finally over, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT once again dominated its talk show competition both last night and for the week ending March 2.

Last night (Tuesday, March 6), THE LATE SHOW scored a 3.1/8 Nielsen metered market rating, the show’s best overnight number in two months (since Jan. 5), beating its closest competitor (ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel) by +48% (versus 2.1).

Last week (week ending March 2), according to Nielsen live plus three day ratings, THE LATE SHOW delivered 3.95m viewers to win the week. THE LATE SHOW added an impressive +800,000 viewers (from 3.15m) in three-day lift from live plus same day ratings. With that lift, THE LATE SHOW delivered its largest weekly three-day audience since the week ending Jan. 9 and improved its lead over “The Tonight Show” in viewers to +1.17m (vs. 2.78m) after leading by +530,000 with same day viewers (vs. 2.62m).

“THE LATE SHOW’s live plus three day ratings bumps reflect not only its dominance in the time period, but also how the show bucks the trend of how a topical nightly show is viewed, as nearly a million viewers are watching Stephen one, two or even three days later,” said Radha Subramanyam, Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Analytics Officer for CBS.

Last week’s guest interviews delivered impressive numbers on THE LATE SHOW’s online platforms as well, totaling 15.5 million views on YouTube and Facebook. Colbert's entertaining sit-down with actress Jennifer Lawrence leads the way with over 6 million views (nearing 4 million on YouTube). Additionally, monologues from last week’s shows have posted over 17.5 million views on YouTube.

Also in live plus three day ratings for the February 2018 sweep, THE LATE SHOW delivered 3.84m viewers. Compared to February 2017 sweeps numbers, THE LATE SHOW was up +7% (from 3.60m). LATE SHOW beat “The Tonight Show” by +710,000 in viewers (3.84m vs. 3.13m, +23%) in February 2018, improving on February 2017’s advantage (+520,000, +3.60m vs. 3.08m, +17%).

Season-to-date, most current, THE LATE SHOW is up +27% in viewers (3.87m from 3.04m), +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. Also season-to-date, THE LATE SHOW beats its nearest competition in viewers by +37% (3.87m vs. 2.82m).

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