CBS's THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT was the only 11:30 PM late night program to post first quarter growth versus last year, according to Nielsen most current ratings for first quarter 2016.
In the first quarter 2016, LATE SHOW was up +33% in adults 18-34 (0.4/03 from 0.3/01), +20% in adults 18-49 (0.6/03 from 0.5/02), +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 from 0.7/03) and +1% in viewers (2.82m from 2.78m) compared to last year's comparable quarter.
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 8 on CBS.The show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
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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