CBS Late Night Shows Are Only Late Night Programs to Grow Audiences from 1 Year Ago
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 23, 2016
CBS's THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN were the only late night programs to grow its audience from a year ago, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 18.
THE LATE SHOW averaged 2.73 million viewers, up +5% in viewers (from 2.59m) from the same week last year and its largest audience since the week ending Oct. 21. THE LATE LATE SHOW averaged 1.35 million viewers, up +18% from the same week last year and its largest audience since the week ending Oct. 21.2+ Vs. Year Ago
LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT 2.73m +5%
"The Tonight Show" 3.01m -10%
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" 2.29m -5%
LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN 1.35m +18%
"Late Night" 1.51m -2%
About THE LATE SHOW: Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology and more.
Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human, the show is broadcast from the historic and newly renovated Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on September 8, 2015.
A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.
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