Ratings

“THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT” GROWS +200 % IN ADULTS 18-34, +40% IN ADULTS 18-49 AND +17% IN VIEWERS VERSUS A YEAR AGO

Only 11:35 PM Late Night Show to Post Year-to-Year Growth in Viewers and Demos

“The Late Late Show with James Corden” Posts Year-to-Year Increases in Viewers and Key Demos; Ties “Late Night” in Adults 18-34

           CBS's new late night franchises—THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT and THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN—both delivered impressive year-to-year growth in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 12.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT averaged 0.6/04 in adults 18-34, up +200% (from 0.2/01), 0.7/04 in adults 18-49, up +40% (from 0.5/02),  0.9/04 in adults 25-54, up +29% (from 0.7/03) and 3.12 million viewers, up +17% (from 2.68m). 

THE LATE SHOW tied “Tonight” in adults 18-34 (0.6/04 vs. 0.6/03) and was the only 11:35 PM late night show to post year-to-year gains in viewers and key demos. 

For the first two weeks of the 2015-2016 television season, THE LATE SHOW is up +100% in adults 18-34 (0.6/04 from 0.3/01),  +60% in adults 18-49 (0.8/04 from 0.5/02), +29% in adults 25-54 (0.9/04 from 0.7/03) and +18% in viewers (3.17m from 2.70m) compared to last season.  “Late Show” is tied with “The Tonight Show” in adults 18-34.

THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN averaged 0.3/02 in adults 18-34, up +50% (from 0.2/01),  0.4/03 in adults 18-49, up +33% (from 0.3/02), 0.5/03 in adults 25-54, up +25% (from 0.4/02) and 1.44m viewers, up +10% (from 1.31m) compared to the same week last season. THE LATE LATE SHOW tied “Late Night” in adults 18-34. 

For the first two weeks of the 2015-2016 television season, THE  LATE LATE SHOW is up +50% in adults 18-34 (0.3/02 from 0.2/01), +33% in adults 18-49 (0.4/03 from 0.3/02), +25% in adults 25-54 (0.5/03 from 0.4/03) and +2% in viewers (1.40m from 1.37m) compared to last season.

 

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Ed Harrison                                        818-655-1584  ed.harrison@cbs.com

Lauren Kamm (Late Show)             212-975-3869  lauren.kamm@cbs.com

Sienna Sanders (Late Late Show) 818-655-1582  sienna.sanders@cbs.com

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