July 2024 Late Night Ratings: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Is No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 18-49

Note: Nielsen ratings for new, first-run episodes are included below. Data for repeat telecasts is excluded from this report.

CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert took first place in all key audience measurements for the month of July 2024, according to Nielsen live-plus-seven-day data.

After temporarily ceding late-night’s Adults 18-49 ratings crown to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show took back the key measurement in July, averaging 255,000 viewers from the demo over 12 first-run episodes. In addition, The Late Show also continued to average the most total viewers on all of late-night, with 2,402,000 over those same 12 first-run episodes, according to Nielsen live-plus-seven-day data. In July, The Late Show shed -3% in total viewers and -2% in P18-49 viewers from its June 2024 Nielsen ratings averages.

Elsewhere, according to Nielsen live-plus-seven-day data for July, NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon averaged 1,392,000 total viewers with 217,000 P18-49 over 13 first-run episodes in its 11:35 p.m. timeslot. That’s +4% and +8%, respectively, from its June averages in those measurements. The Tonight Show was the only post-primetime program to gain viewers from June.

At the same time, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged only 1,174,000 total viewers with 154,000 P18-49 over 12 first-run episodes in July, according to Nielsen live-plus-seven data. That’s -41% and -47%, respectively, from the show’s June averages. It’s worth taking into account that new episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in July featured guest hosts, and the program did not have the luxury of an NBA Finals lead-in, as was the case back in June.

Moving ahead, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers came out on top in the 12:35 a.m. timeslot in July, both in total viewers and among Adults 18-49. The show presented only eight first-run episodes last month, which drew an average of 926,000 total viewers with 142,000 P18-49 viewers, per Nielsen live-plus-seven data. That’s -5% and -1%, respectively, from the show’s June 2024 averages in those measurements.

At the same time, CBS’ After Midnight averaged 630,000 total viewers with 126,000 P18-49 for its 12 first-run episodes in July, according Nielsen live-plus-seven data. That’s -6% in total viewers and -11% in P18-49 viewers from its June 2024 averages.

Elsewhere, per Nielsen live-plus-seven-day data, ABC’s Nightline averaged 686,000 total viewers with only 92,000 P18-49 viewers for 17 first-run, Nielsen-rated July episodes. That’s -25% in total viewers and -36% in P18-49 from its June averages in those measurements.

Lastly, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show posted month-to-month losses. The show’s 1,023,000 total viewers average in July is only -1% from its June average, however its 164,000 P18-49 viewer average for the month is -12% from its June average. It’s worth keeping in mind that TDS aired only six new episodes in July, but 15 new episodes in June.

Live+7 ratings (18-49 Demo)

Live+7 ratings (Viewers 2+)

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