For the week ending Friday, Feb. 14 (week #21 of the 2019-2020 broadcast season), in live plus 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT beat its closest competition (“Tonight Show”) by +76% in viewers (3.53m versus 2.01m). In viewers, THE LATE SHOW has won every first-run week this season.

According to Nielsen “Most Current” ratings for the season to date, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivers 3.69 million viewers, 0.7 in adults 25-54 and 0.4 in adults 18-49 – leading among all the late night programs in viewers and adults 25-54, while remaining tied for first place in adults 18-49 rating, while leading its competition by +10% in adults 18-49 viewers. In viewers, THE LATE SHOW leads second-place NBC (2.00m) by +85% and third-place ABC (1.94m) by +90%.

Source: Nielsen live plus 3-day and live plus 7-day ratings through the week ending Feb. 14.

Additionally, on YouTube, three out of four of Colbert’s monologues from the week earned over 2 million views on the platform, with Tuesday night’s monologue just shy of the 3 million view mark.

“Most Current” averages through Feb. 14:

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