Colbert's latest deal for the late show expires in august, but a new deal is expected to be reached, the source added. That shrinkage has hurt the 12:30 a.m. Latenighter generally posts late night daily ratings on a two (business) day delay, which is how they are released by nielsen.
BREAKING NEWS JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SETS UNPRECEDENTED RECORD IN RATINGS PLUNGE FOLLOWING ROBERT DE
Wrapped up the week beginning may 27 with another dominant ratings win.
Ratings are also on the decline:
As competition mounted, letterman averaged 3 million to 5 million. Now, all three 11:30 p.m. Stars—stephen colbert, jimmy fallon, and jimmy kimmel—reach 5 million, combined. That shrinkage has hurt the 12:30 a.m.
Jimmy kimmel live!‘s week of oct. For the week beginning oct. Ratings for “jimmy kimmel live” outpaced that of cbs’s “late night with stephen colbert,” which scored a 0.18 rating in the same week, as well as nbc’s “the tonight show starring Cbs’ the late show with stephen colbert.

Excluding repeats, the late show averaged 2,586,000 total […]
And nbc’s the tonight show starring jimmy fallon split second place in the 11:35 p.m. The latest ratings highlight a concerning trend. In comparison, jimmy kimmel live!, which airs at the same time on abc, grew its audience over the week prior by nearly 42 per cent among total viewers and by 15 per cent among viewers in the Ratings are also on the decline:
As competition mounted, letterman averaged 3 million to 5 million. Now, all three 11:30 p.m. Stars—stephen colbert, jimmy fallon, and jimmy kimmel—reach 5 million, combined. That shrinkage has hurt the 12:30 a.m.

Kimmel and fallon split second place, with kimmel pulling in more total viewers, and fallon more younger viewers.
See how other late night shows performed in the third quarter of 2024. The show tied with the tonight show starring jimmy fallon for second place at 11:35 p.m. The web page reports that stephen colbert and jimmy kimmel, who often mock donald trump in their political commentary, have experienced significant drops in their ratings. In comparison, jimmy kimmel live!, which airs at the same time on abc, grew its audience over the week prior by nearly 42 per cent among total viewers and by 15 per cent among viewers in the
And nbc’s the tonight show starring jimmy fallon split second place in the 11:35 p.m. The latest ratings highlight a concerning trend. In comparison, jimmy kimmel live!, which airs at the same time on abc, grew its audience over the week prior by nearly 42 per cent among total viewers and by 15 per cent among viewers in the Ratings are also on the decline:

As competition mounted, letterman averaged 3 million to 5 million.
Now, all three 11:30 p.m. Stars—stephen colbert, jimmy fallon, and jimmy kimmel—reach 5 million, combined.
