Here’s How Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ TV Ratings Stack Up After One Year
Fast-forward one year (and one day, that’s how the calendar works) later, and he’s proved to be virtually no threat whatsoever to Jimmy Fallon.
From Colbert’s CBS debut, through Friday, September 9, 2016, the former Comedy Central personality has averaged a 0.62 rating in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic.
Compare those figures to Fallon, who has hauled in a 1.00 demo rating and 3.652 million total viewers over that stretch.
CBS draws an older clientele, explaining away much of that disparity between eyeballs of a certain age and overall tune-in.
The One-Two ranking holds in every single key ratings category.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” has averaged a 0.53 in the main demo and 2.296 million total viewers in the 12 months since Colbert started at “The Late Show” — good enough (or bad enough, really) for third place.
Jimmy Fallon Hits 8-Month Tuesday Ratings High, Tops Kimmel and Colbert Combined
In doing so, “Tonight” topped Colbert and Kimmel combined in the demo, while “Late Night” trumped both individually, despite its less-desirable time slot.
