
Note: LateNighter generally posts late night daily ratings on a two (business) day delay, which is how they are released by Nielsen.
Tuesday, July 30 was another quiet day for late-night. NBC preempted The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers for Paris Summer Olympics coverage, while ABC and CBS re-aired old episodes of their respective late-night talk shows.
CBS aired The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‘s July 10, 2024 episode this past Tuesday, and the 11:35 p.m. telecast averaged 1,161,000 total viewers with 150,000 P18-49, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. The program gained +9% in total viewers and +35% in P18-49 viewers from the day before (also a rebroadcast); but shed -41% and -29%, respectively, from the previous Tuesday episode (a new one).
Following The Late Show, CBS re-aired the May 16, 2024 episode of After Midnight, and the 12:35 a.m. telecast averaged 442,000 total viewers with 67,000 P18-49, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. That’s +13% and -7%, respectively, from the day before (also a rebroadcast); -28% and -34%, respectively, from the previous Tuesday (a new episode).
Elsewhere at 11:35 p.m., ABC re-aired Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s July 15, 2024 episode, and the telecast averaged 902,000 total viewers with just 94,000 P18-49.
Following Kimmel, a new episode of Nightline averaged 622,000 total viewers with 59,000 P18-49 at 12:35 a.m., per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. That’s +8% and -6%, respectively, from the day before; +2% and -5%, respectively, from the Tuesday prior.
Over on cable, The Daily Show guest was guest hosted by Ronny Chieng this past Tuesday, and the episode averaged 445,000 total viewers with 69,000 P18-49 at 11 p.m., per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. That’s -43% and -62%, respectively, from the previous day’s episode (hosted by Jon Stewart); -19% and -24%, respectively, from the most recent Tuesday episode (July 16). Chieng’s Daily Show guest on Tuesday was Jon M. Chu.
Live+SD ratings (18-49 demo only)
Network | Show Name | Viewers | % Share |
---|---|---|---|
11:00 PM | |||
CC | The Daily Show | 69,000 | 0.76 |
11:35 PM | |||
ABC | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (R, 7/15/24) | 94,000 | 1.39 |
CBS | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (R, 7/10/24) | 150,000 | 2.24 |
12:35 AM | |||
ABC | *Nightline | 59,000 | 1.21 |
CBS | After Midnight (R, 5/16/24) | 67,000 | 1.48 |
(R) = Rebroadcast
n/a = Data not submitted
Live+SD ratings (All Viewers 2+)
Network | Show Name | Total Viewers | % Share |
---|---|---|---|
11:00 PM | |||
CC | The Daily Show | 445,000 | 1.07 |
11:35 PM | |||
ABC | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (R, 7/15/24) | 902,000 | 2.93 |
CBS | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (R, 7/10/24) | 1,161,000 | 3.81 |
12:35 AM | |||
ABC | *Nightline | 622,000 | 2.86 |
CBS | After Midnight (R, 5/16/24 ) | 442,000 | 2.20 |
(R) = Rebroadcast
n/a = Data not submitted
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