For the week ending Friday, Nov. 13 (week #8 of the 2020-2021 broadcast season), in live plus 3-day lift, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT (airing from its new studio at The Ed Sullivan Theater) averaged a season best (and best since week ending June 26) audience of 3.25 million viewers, beating “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (1.95m) by +67% and “The Tonight Show” (1.58m) by +106%.

Season-to-date, THE LATE SHOW is first in viewers (3.00m), leading “Jimmy Kimmel Live” by +72% (versus 1.74m) and “The Tonight Show” by +101% (versus 1.49m). THE LATE SHOW is also leading both competitors’ late night offerings in adults 18-49 viewers (451,000 for COLBERT vs. Kimmel’s 388,000 and Fallon’s 347,000).

Finally, for the week ending Friday, Nov. 13, all four of Colbert’s monologues amassed over 3 million views on YouTube. His Monday and Thursday monologues netted over 4 million views each. (Source: Tubular Labs)

“Most Current” averages through Nov. 13:

Source: Nielsen “Most Current” ratings through the week ending Nov. 13.

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