Late-Night Viewing Dips, But 'Colbert' Still Tops

Summer late-night TV viewing continues to see ratings down for all shows versus the regular season -- but with similar rankings.

CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” took the top overall Nielsen viewing results, while NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” has the edge in young viewers.

“Late Show” pulled in a Nielsen 2.8 million viewers. “Tonight” has 2.2 million, and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” nabbed 1.9 million for the most recent week ending June 22.

Among 18-49 viewers, “Tonight” is at a 0.49 rating/3 share, while “Late Show” is at 0.41./3 and “Kimmel” comes in at a 0.36.2.

Season-to-date, “Late Show” is at 3.8 million overall viewers, while “Tonight” comes in at 2.7 million and “Kimmel” has 2.2 million.

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Among later-night shows, starting at 12:35 a.m., NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” is tops in season-to-date numbers with 1.54 million viewers, ABC’s “Nightline” is at 1.38 million, and CBS’  “Late Late Show with James Corden”  is at 1.37 million.

The top late-night cable shows for the week are TBS’ Adult Swim programming block, at 11:30 p.m., which pulled in 1.2 million, followed by Adult Swim at 12:30 a.m. with 930,000 viewers; Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” which hit 750,000; reruns of TBS’ “Conan” at 350,000; and Comedy Central’s “The Opposition” at 270,000.

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  1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, July 2, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.

    Trump is polling in the mid-40s but late night comedy attacks him like no other President. How’s that working? Milder comedy might bring more viewers into the tent. 

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