“The Late Show” Is Late Night’s #1 Program

In the fourth quarter of 2017, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered CBS’ largest viewer total in late night in eight years (3.88m) while increasing over its year-ago numbers by an impressive +30% (3.88m vs. 3.0m). The quarter also marks the first time THE LATE SHOW has beat “The Tonight Show” in a fourth quarter since 2009.

In the week ending Dec. 29, encores of THE LATE SHOW scored an average of 2.18 million viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. Compared to the same week last year (also rebroadcasts), THE LATE SHOW was up +3% in viewers (from 2.13m). Season-to-date, THE LATE SHOW is up +33% in viewers (3.88m from 2.93m) and +13% in adults 25-54 (0.9/05 from 0.8/04) compared to last season.

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