'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Super Bowl Ratings

TV Ratings: Super Bowl 50 Steady With Second-Best Overnight Ever

The post-game outing of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show naturally set an all-time high for the host’s CBS tenure, but early ratings have it performing below recent shows to get that time slot. Colbert averaged 21.1 million viewers and a 8.4 rating among adults 18-49. That’s off from the last two series — The Blacklist (26.5 million and a 8.7 demo rating in 2015), New Girl (25.8 million and a 11.1 demo rating in 2014) — to air after the Super Bowl, but better than CBS’ last go in the slot (Elementary took 20.8 million viewers and a 7.8 demo rating in 2014).

The Late Late Show With James Corden brought a franchise high with nearly 5 million viewers and a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter.