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2,690,000
2,690,000 -- average viewers per episode for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) (Q1 2026)
Stephen Colbert's Late Show averaged 2.69 million viewers per episode across the first quarter of 2026.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS): 2,690,000 average viewers per episode. Source: Nielsen (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/colbert-late-show-q1-2026-viewers
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