The final Late Show with David Letterman last night drew its biggest audience for CBS since February 1994, when the show was goosed by the network's Winter Olympics lead-in.Preliminary numbers show the broadcast pulled 13.76M viewers, the fourth-best performance for the show, driven by heavy viewership in New York and Chicago.
- The 3.1 rating in adults 18-49 is its best since Oprah Winfrey guested in December 2005.
- Just last year, Jay Leno's exit from NBC's Tonight Show drew 14.64M viewers and a 3.8 rating in adults 18-49.
Stephen Colbert will replace Letterman in the show's time slot in the fall.The other implication for the CBS late-night lineup: With Letterman's exit as a lead-in, The Late Late Show with James Corden -- which has been building an audience for its new host this spring -- got its best-ever viewership, 4.01M viewers (1.1M 18-49, 1.4M 25-54).
No comments:
Post a Comment