OPRAH BROADCAST BRINGS SINGLE LARGEST AUDIENCE IN 10 MONTHS WITH 4.7 MILLION VIEWERS

“COLBERT” PLAYBACK PHENOMENON CONTINUES – WIDENS LEAD IN VIEWERS OVER "THE TONIGHT SHOW,” MOVES AHEAD IN ADULTS 25-54, AND PULLS EVEN IN ADULTS 18-49 WITH LIVE +3-DAY AUDIENCE

The massive growth of THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT continues as THE LATE SHOW beat its nearest competition by +64% according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings for the week ending March 9. THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered 3.99m viewers and added an impressive +780,000 viewers (from 3.21m) in 3-day lift from live plus same day ratings.

In key demos, THE LATE SHOW moved ahead of “The Tonight Show” in adults 25-54 (0.9 vs. 0.8) with 3-day viewing after trailing by -0.1 live plus same day (0.7 vs. 0.8) and moved into a tie with 3-day viewing in adults 18-49 (0.6, each) and after trailing by -0.2 live plus same day (0.4 vs. 0.6).

Last Tuesday’s broadcast with Oprah delivered 4.76 million viewers, THE LATE SHOW’S largest live plus 3-day single night delivery since May 9, 2017, when Stephen hosted a reunion of “The Daily Show.”

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