CBS's LATE SHOW Wins Late Night for Third Straight Week to Start the Season

THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT has won the first three weeks of the new season in viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 13. THE LATE SHOW averaged 3.00m viewers, up +32% (from 2.27m) over a week of rebroadcasts last year. Season-to-date, THE LATE SHOW is up +24% in viewers (3.25m from 2.63m) versus a year ago.

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology and more.

Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the show is broadcast from the historic and newly renovated Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Sept. 8, 2015.