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First on Latenighter: Stephen Colbert's Late show The days can be numbered – but he only set up a new evaluation record.
According to Nielsen Live+3 data last week, Colbert won an average weekly share of 12.63% among the total viewers – his first full week of the shows since CBS announced the cancellation of the show. That is the highest weekly share The late show Stephen Colbert drove itself out in his entire run from 2015.
Colbert has also registered his best raw values for over two years. Last week, an average of 3.059 million viewers voted in every night – more than its two competitors from 11:35 p.m.
The late showThe numbers were even stronger in the 18- to 49 demo credited by the advertiser, where Colbert's weekly average rose from 64% from the previous week and drew the largest audience of all shows late in the night.
The best rated episode of the week was broadcast on Monday when almost 3.3 million viewers agreed to see a squad of Late Night Gastender who arrived at a postmonological comedy bit. The The late show The rest of the week has kept a lot of this audience, is not a small performance.
In other weekly evaluation messages, the FOX news show from Greg Gutfeld continued its dominance in the PT time window from 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m., which decreases an average of more than 3.25 million viewers and 206,000 in the most important 18-49 demo in the evening.
As we have previously reported The daily show Also published inappropriate figures, with Josh Johnson's debut Breaking Records of IT especially and the number of spectators of the show increased by 35% week over week. The daily show delivered the second largest audience in the Demo-Nur Colbert last week.
Complete evaluation diagrams for the week of July 21, 2025 follow below.
The weekly ratings have only first episodes on average (neubroadcasts and specials are excluded, unless referred to). The listed period is most common for the show.
Live+ 3 reviews – all spectators (P2+)
| AVG share (%) |
AVG viewer (000) |
VS Last WK |
|
| 10:00 p.m. | |||
| Gutfeld! (FNC) †4 first episodes |
8.19 | 3.255 | +5% |
| Watch what happens live (bravo)* 4 first episodes |
0.79 | 311 | +11% |
| 11:00 p.m. | |||
| The daily show (com)* 4 first episodes |
3.23 | 989 | +17% |
| 11:35 p.m. | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) 4 first episodes |
4.42 | 1.075 | -11% |
| The late show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) 4 first episodes |
12.63 | 3.059 | +27% |
| The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 4 first episodes |
4.92 | 1.175 | +10% |
| 12:37 p.m. | |||
| Nightline (ABC) * 5 first episodes |
3.61 | 645 | -15% |
| After midnight (CBS) 5 repetitions |
3.13 | 516 | +12% |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) 4 first episodes |
5.21 | 853 | +1% |
Live+ 3 reviews – In the demo (P18-49)
| AVG share (%) |
AVG viewer (000) |
VS Last WK |
|
| 10:00 p.m. | |||
| Gutfeld! (FNC) †4 first episodes |
3.00 | 206 | -3% |
| Watch what happens live (bravo)* 4 first episodes |
1.14 | 78 | +39% |
| 11:00 p.m. | |||
| The daily show (com)* 4 first episodes |
4.21 | 237 | +39% |
| 11:35 p.m. | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) 4 first episodes |
2.61 | 121 | -24% |
| The late show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) 4 first episode |
6.42 | 296 | +64% |
| The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 4 first episodes |
3.54 | 161 | +12% |
| 12:37 p.m. | |||
| Nightline (ABC) * 5 first episodes |
1.81 | 65 | -25% |
| After midnight (CBS) 5 first episodes |
2.08 | 70 | +11% |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) 4 first episodes |
2.93 | 97 | +3% |
Evaluation data © The Nielsen company used in the license.
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