LIVE POST-STATE OF THE UNION SHOW

WITH THE “CBS THIS MORNING” TEAM SCORED 4.60 MILLION

LIVE PLUS 3-DAY VIEWERS

OVER SEVEN MILLION VIEWERS SAMPLED “THE LATE SHOW”

AFTER THE BIG GAME

Last week (week #20 of the 2018-2019 broadcast season), THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT posted its largest margin of victory in viewers this season over “The Tonight Show” with a week of first-run episodes (3.96m versus 2.34m, +1.62m). THE LATE SHOW also beat “Tonight” in adults 25-54 (0.8 versus 0.7) and adults 18-49 (0.6 versus 0.5). THE LATE SHOW has delivered more than 3.5 million viewers every first-run week this season. (Source: Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings.)

Tuesday’s live show after the State of the Union address delivered 4.60 million viewers, 1.0/06 in adults 25-54 and 0.7/05 in adults 18-49 with live plus 3-day ratings. The broadcast posted the season’s second largest live plus 3-day audience (behind the Nov. 30, 2018 broadcast with Michelle Obama) and best Tuesday performance since April 17, 2018 (with James Comey). In adults 25-54, THE LATE SHOW posted a season-best live plus 3-day rating with its best delivery since April 17, 2018. THE LATE SHOW also matched Nov. 6, 2018 (election night) for the season’s top live plus 3-day adults 18-49 rating.

Additionally, 7 million viewers watched all or part of Stephen’s post-Super Bowl show with 62% of those viewers being new to the program this season. (Source: Nielsen NPower, 9/24/18 – 2/3/19, based on average weekly reach.)

Season-to-date, LATE SHOW (3.77m) leads “The Tonight Show” (2.47m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (2.07m) by more than 1 million viewers and is tied for #1 in adults 25-54 (0.8/04) and adults 18-49 (0.5/04).

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