For the week ending Friday, Sept. 25 (week #1 of the 2020-2021 broadcast season), in live plus 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (airing from its new studio at the Ed Sullivan Theater) averaged an audience of 2.54 million viewers, beating “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (1.60m) by +59% and “The Tonight Show” by +85% (1.37m). THE LATE SHOW was also first in adults 18-49 viewers with 396k viewers to “Kimmel’s” 376k, and “Tonight’s” 284k.

“Most Current” averages through Sept. 25:

Source: Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings through the week ending Sept. 25.

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