Ratings

“THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT” EASILY SURPASSED 4 MILLION VIEWERS LAST WEEK FOR LARGEST AVERAGE WEEKLY AUDIENCE SINCE JANUARY 2018 AND FOURTH-BEST WEEK EVER ACCORDING TO NIELSEN LIVE PLUS 3-DAY NUMBERS

LAST NIGHT’S LIVE POST-STATE OF THE UNION SHOW

WITH THE “CBS THIS MORNING” TEAM SCORED 3.75 MILLION

LIVE PLUS SAME DAY VIEWERS

For the week ending Feb. 1 (week #19 of the 2018-2019 broadcast season), THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (4.09m) continued on a strong growth trend, beating both “The Tonight Show” by +60% (versus 2.56m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” by +93% (versus 2.12m), according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings. THE LATE SHOW posted its largest weekly audience and delivered over 4 million viewers for the first time since the week ending Jan. 5, 2018. This was THE LATE SHOW’s fourth-best week ever and the 10th time the show has averaged at least 4 million viewers in a week.

Last night, a special LIVE show following the State of the Union address with the team from CBS THIS MORNING (pictured left to right: Bianna Golodryga, Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson and Gayle King) attracted 3.75 million viewers, the show’s third-largest live plus same day weeknight audience this season (behind Michelle Obama on Nov. 30, 2018 and Julia Roberts on Dec. 4, 2018).

A link to Stephen’s live monologue from last night is attached here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X6MNCkMF9k

Season-to-date, most current, THE LATE SHOW (3.76m) leads “The Tonight Show” (2.48m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (2.06m) by more than 1 million viewers and is tied for the top spot in adults 25-54 (0.8/04) and adults 18-49 (0.5/04).

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