Grows +11% over Same Week Last Year

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT placed first in the weekly late night ratings, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending April 21.

For the week, THE LATE SHOW averaged 2.83m viewers, up +11% (from 2.56m) from the same week last year. THE LATE SHOW topped “The Tonight Show” in viewers (2.83m vs. 2.59m, +9%) for the 12th consecutive week. This marks the first time CBS beat “The Tonight Show” in viewers for 12 straight weeks since the week ending Oct. 30, 2009 to the week ending Jan. 15, 2010.

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT, a production of The Late Show Inc., airs weeknights (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell and Jon Stewart are the executive producers.

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