Last week (week #21 of the 2018-2019 broadcast season), THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (3.94m) beat both “The Tonight Show” (2.43m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (2.04m) according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings. Over the last four weeks, THE LATE SHOW has delivered its top four live plus 3-day weekly audiences of the season and has delivered more than 3.5 million weekly viewers with 3-day lift every first-run week this season.

With 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW improved its advantage over “Tonight” in viewers to +1.51 million viewers (vs. 2.43m) after leading by +990,000 with same day viewers. Over the last four weeks, THE LATE SHOW has beat “Tonight” by more than +1.5 million viewers with 3-day viewing.

Season-to-date, LATE SHOW (3.78m) leads “The Tonight Show” (2.47m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (2.06m) by more than one-million viewers, tied with “The Tonight Show” in adults 25-54 (0.8/04), adults 18-49 (0.5/04) and adults 18-34 (0.3/02).

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