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77% -- viewership decline rate for Comics Unleashed vs Colbert Q1 average (2026-06)
Comics Unleashed drew 628,000 viewers on its first direct competition day, representing a 77 percent decline from Stephen Colbert's Late Show Q1 2026 average of 2.69 million viewers.
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The numbers are in and they are not flattering. Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed drew 628,000 total viewers and 82,000 viewers in the coveted 18-49 demographic on June 1, 2026, the first Monday after CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert aired its final episode on May 24, confirmi…
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Comics Unleashed vs Colbert Q1 average: 77% viewership decline rate. Source: Nielsen (2026-06). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/comics-unleashed-decline-vs-colbert-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/comics-unleashed-decline-vs-colbert-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>77%</strong> -- viewership decline rate for Comics Unleashed vs Colbert Q1 average<br><small>Source: Nielsen (2026-06) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/comics-unleashed-decline-vs-colbert-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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