Late Night Ratings: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Note: LateNighter’s late night daily ratings reports are drawn from Nielsen live-plus-same-day data and do not take include delayed and/or streaming views. They are generally posted on a two (business) day delay, which is how they are released by Nielsen.

CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert took first place in the late night ratings race on Tuesday, October 15, holding strong at No. 1 in total viewers, while moving past ABC in P18-49 viewing.

Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show featured guests Jason Segel and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and it averaged 2,144,000 total viewers with 249,000 P18-49 at 11:35 p.m., per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. Despite winning both measurements, the episode shed -4% in total viewers and -6% among P18-49 from the night before, and -26% and -16%, respectively, from the previous Tuesday’s episode. Week-to-week viewer growth was never going to happen for The Late Show on Tuesday because the prior Tuesday’s episode featured an appearance by VP Kamala Harris — delivering Colbert his second-largest live-plus-same-day audience of the year to-date.

 ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged 1,901,000 total viewers with 192,000 P18-49 this past Tuesday at 11:35 p.m.. That’s up +9% in total viewers but down -35% in P18-49 from the previous night’s episode (which received a P18-49 ratings bump thanks to Monday Night Football). The Oct. 15 Kimmel gained +28% in total viewers and +17% in P18-49 from the previous Tuesday’s episode. Trevor Noah, and Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock were Kimmel’s guests this past Tuesday. JENNIE performed.

NBC re-aired the Oct. 3, 2024 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35 p.m. Featuring guests Chris Martin, Chase Stokes, and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter, the telecast averaged 1,089,000 total viewers with a solid 229,000 P18-49 this past Tuesday. That’s up +10% in total viewers and an impressive +106% in P18-49 from the previous night’s repeat, and +7% and +19%, respectively, from the previous Tuesday (a new episode).

Following Fallon was a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers‘ Sept. 11, 2024 episode. Featuring Demi Moore, and Jonathan Pryce, the 12:35 a.m. NBC telecast averaged 679,000 total viewers with 135,000 P18-49. That’s down -6% in total viewers but up +50% among P18-49 from the previous night’s repeat, and -12% and -1%, respectively, from the week-ago Late Night (a new episode).

Following Colbert was a new episode of After Midnight on CBS. Featuring guests Rachel Bloom, Jim Rash, and Dylan Mulvaney, the Taylor Tomlinson-led program averaged 694,000 total viewers with 120,000 P18-49 at 12:35 a.m. That’s up +4% in total viewers but down -5% in P18-49 from the previous night’s episode, and -20% and -3%, respectively, from the week-ago telecast (a repeat).

Following Kimmel, ABC’s Nightline averaged 880,000 total viewers with only 79,000 P18-49 at 12:35 a.m. That’s down -6% in total viewers and -60% among P18-49 from the night before, and +5% and -3%, respectively, from the previous Tuesday’s episode.

After a day off on Monday, The Daily Show returned to the air on Tuesday with Desi Lydic as host, and the episode performed quite well in the ratings department. The Oct. 15 Daily Show averaged 625,000 total viewers with 161,000 P18-49, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data. That’s up +20% in total viewers and +39% in P18-49 viewers from the previous Tuesday’s Daily Show (which was hosted by Jordan Klepper). Stacey Abrams was Lydic’s guest on the program.

Tuesday’s complete ratings charts follow below.

Live+SD ratings (All Viewers 2+)

Live+SD ratings (18-49 demo only)

Ratings data © The Nielsen Company, used under license.