Colbert's 'Daily Show' Reunion Draws Big Audience
by EG
Stephen Colbert managed to make event television out of late-night on Tuesday. The CBS host's much-hyped reunion with his former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart co-stars hit a 19-month high in early local ratings.
Colbert, joined by Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms and Rob Corddry, pulled a 3.1 overnight rating among households. That's up 15 percent from last Tuesday — and a strong 41 percent from the same night a year ago. Ahead of total viewer tallies, it is pacing towards the most-watched regular telecast since his launch month in 2015. It was a pretty rare sight, with three current late-night hosts (Colbert, Bee, Oliver) all sharing the stage.
The gap between Colbert and Fallon has been fluctuating wildly since Colbert took the lead in February, but this Tuesday win follows Colbert's best weekly win to date. Though the gap had narrowed the last full week of April, Colbert followed that an advantage of 410,000.
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Ed Helms has also appeared in The Office.