THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT Grows +13% in Viewers From the Same Week Last Year

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT delivered 2.79 million viewers, up +13% from the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Dec. 16. Tuesday's broadcast, with guests Mark Wahlberg, Lee Daniels and Miranda Lambert, scored the week's largest audience with 3.19 million viewers.

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 with 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 Sept. 8, 2015.