For the week ending Friday, Dec. 6 (week 11 of the 2019-2020 broadcast season), in live plus 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT beat its closest competition (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”) by +73% in viewers (3.42m versus 1.98m). In viewers, THE LATE SHOW has won every first-run week this season. THE LATE SHOW was also tops in adults 25-54 (0.6 versus 0.5 for “Kimmel” and “The Tonight Show”) and in adults 18-49 (0.4 versus 0.3 for “Kimmel” and “Tonight.”).

With live plus 3-day and live plus 7-day ratings this season, LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivers 3.67 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.

Source: Nielsen live plus 3-day and live plus 7-day ratings through the week ending Dec. 6.

NOTE: THE LATE SHOW aired original episodes from Wednesday to Friday last week, while “Kimmel” and “Tonight” aired original broadcasts Monday through Thursday. All rebroadcasts are not included in the weekly or season averages.

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