Colbert’s Exit Triggers Late-Night Ratings Upswing for the Jimmys

After Stephen Colbert’s exit from The Late Show, early ratings data show Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon gaining viewers in the 11:35 p.m. slot, with Kimmel up to 2.185 million total viewers (up 53% year over year) and 295,000 in the 18–49 demo (up 178%), and Fallon at 1.3 million total viewers (up 10%) and 194,000 in 18–49 (up 14%); CBS’s Comics Unleashed underperformed in the slot, while Colbert’s final Late Show drew 6.7 million, signaling a notable, though still unsettled, shift in late-night dynamics toward the Jimmys.