Ratings

“THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT” JUST KEEPS WINNING

Takes Week 18 by Significant Margin

For the week ending Friday, Jan. 24 (week #18 of the 2019-2020 broadcast season), in live plus 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT beat its closest competition (“The Tonight Show”) by +92% in viewers (3.58m versus 1.86m). In viewers, THE LATE SHOW has won every first-run week this season.

With live plus 3-day and live plus 7-day ratings this season, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivers 3.69 million viewers, 0.7 in adults 25-54 and 0.5 in adults 18-49 – leading among all the late night programs in these measures. THE LATE SHOW leads second-place NBC (2.01m) by +84% and third-place ABC (1.94m) by +90%.

Source: Nielsen Live + 3 Day and Live + 7 Day Ratings through the week ending Jan. 24.

For the week ending Jan. 24, THE LATE SHOW had five clips earn over 2 million views on YouTube, including two from the Thursday, Jan. 23 show: Colbert’s monologue focused on that day’s impeachment proceedings in the Senate and Jon Stewart’s surprise appearance from underneath Colbert’s desk. (Source: Tubular Labs)

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Watch THE LATE SHOW clips online at http://www.CBS.com/lateshow, on the CBS Apps and on YouTube. CBS: “America’s Most-Watched Network” in Daytime, Primetime and Late Night. #NoAsterisks. (source: Nielsen NTI, 2018-2019 broadcast season and year)

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