Jon Stewart’s epic return to The Daily Show delivered massive numbers with nearly 2M total viewers across simulcasts

With almost 1M viewers on Comedy Central alone, TDS scored its most-watched telecast in over 5 years

Photo: here (Credit: Matt Wilson/Comedy Central’s The Daily Show)

February 13, 2024 (New York, NY) - On the heels of Jon Stewart’s historic homecoming, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show delivers massive numbers.  

Simulcast:

• 1.85M total viewers across premiere simulcasts + encore

Comedy Central:

• 930K total viewers, most watched episode since 2018

• Highest-rated telecast since 2017 (0.617, P25-54)

• Biggest share for TDS since 2015 (4.21)

• Up vs. Trevor’s final episode

  • P25-54 rtg up +149% (vs. 0.248)

  • P25-54 share up +179% (vs. 1.51)

  • Total viewers up +110% (vs. 443K) 

• Up vs. the 2022 Trevor average-

  • P25-54 rtg up +160% (vs. 0.237)

  • P25-54 share up +234% (vs. 1.26)

  • Total viewers up +142% (vs. 385K)

Social:

• 11.1M views across social platforms

• #1 most social cable program in Late Night competitive set

• #1 most talked about episode of TDS since 2021

Source: Nielsen; LSD/P25-54 cvg rtgs & shr unless noted; Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart- 11p; premiere simulcast (gross 000s) on CMDY, MTV, PAR, TVL, CMT, POP, MTV2, LOGO, CMDY encore (1:30a); Trevor’s final ep on 12/8/22, most watched ep since 3/28/18, highest rated since 8/28/17, best share since 8/6/15. Social- ListenFirst, SCR Ranker, Talkwalker.

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