Late Night Ratings: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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)

NetworkShow NameViewers% Share
11:00 PM
CCThe Daily Show69,0000.76
11:35 PM
ABCJimmy Kimmel Live! (R, 7/15/24)94,0001.39
CBSThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert (R, 7/10/24)150,0002.24
12:35 AM
ABC*Nightline59,0001.21
CBSAfter Midnight (R, 5/16/24)67,0001.48
* = 30-minute program
(R) = Rebroadcast
n/a = Data not submitted

Live+SD ratings (All Viewers 2+)

NetworkShow NameTotal Viewers% Share
11:00 PM
CCThe Daily Show445,0001.07
11:35 PM
ABCJimmy Kimmel Live! (R, 7/15/24)902,0002.93
CBSThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert (R, 7/10/24)1,161,0003.81
12:35 AM
ABC*Nightline622,0002.86
CBSAfter Midnight (R, 5/16/24 )442,0002.20
* = 30-minute program
(R) = Rebroadcast
n/a = Data not submitted

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