Last week (week #22 of the 2018-2019 broadcast season), THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (3.95m) beat both “The Tonight Show” (2.42m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” encores (1.49m) according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings. Over the last five weeks, THE LATE SHOW has delivered its top five live plus 3-day weekly audiences of the season and has delivered more than 3.5 million weekly viewers with 3-day lift every first-run week this season.

On Tuesday, Feb. 19, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered 4.50 million viewers. THE LATE SHOW posted its fourth largest weeknight delivery of the season behind Nov. 30, 2018 with Michelle Obama (4.88m), Feb. 5 after the State of the Union (4.60m) and Dec. 4, 2018 with Julia Roberts (4.56m).

Season-to-date, THE LATE SHOW (3.80m) leads “The Tonight Show” (2.47m) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (2.07m) by more than one-million viewers, tied with “The Tonight Show” in adults 25-54 (0.8/04), adults 18-49 (0.5/04) and adults 18-34 (0.3/02).

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