Stephen Colbert's time slot replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show's average viewership [View all]
Source: The Independent
CBS has suffered a ratings hit after replacing The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.
During its final season on air, The Late Show was the most-watched late night talk show in America and attracted an audience of 2.7 million viewers.
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As Late Nighter reports, on the following evening in the same timeslot Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen drew just 995,000 viewers.
Not only was this audience significantly down on Colbert’s performance, it was also well behind the late night shows that are still on the air. NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon attracted 1.5 million viewers on Friday, while 1.6 million people watched Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC despite the episode being a rerun.
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Colbert's final episode had an audience of 6.74 million.
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