{"id":338397,"date":"2025-12-11T05:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/338397\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:53:09","slug":"november-2025-ratings-another-split-decision-for-colbert-and-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/338397\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2025 Ratings: Another Split Decision for Colbert and Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotos: Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS, Randy Holmes\/Disney, \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

First on LateNighter: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> once again took the top spot at 11:35 p.m. among total viewers in November, while Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> held onto first place in the advertiser-coveted 18\u201349 demographic.<\/p>\n

According to Nielsen Live+7 ratings data, both shows made modest 1% monthly gains among total viewers, with Colbert netting an average nightly audience of 2.7 million versus Kimmel at 2.4 million. In the advertiser-covered 18\u201349 demo, Kimmel outpaced Colbert, growing 8% month-over-month to 294,000 viewers, while Colbert declined by 5% to 218,000.<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> was down across both measures, with an average nightly audience of 1.3 million total viewers (down 4% month-over-month) and 198,000 viewers in the demo (down 3%).<\/p>\n

At 12:37 a.m., Nightline<\/a> traded places with last month\u2019s timeslot winner, Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/a>, with the half-hour ABC News show netting an average nightly audience of 980,000 total viewers (up 4% over October) and 134,000 viewers in the demo (a 14% monthly increase). Meyers held steady among total viewers with a nightly average of 963,000 but dipped 1% in the demo to 129,000.<\/p>\n

At 11 p.m., Comedy Central\u2019s The Daily Show<\/a> averaged 913,000 total viewers and 197,000 in the demo, up 5% and 8%, respectively, from October. The show aired 12 new episodes during November.<\/p>\n

At 10 p.m., Fox News\u2019s Gutfeld!<\/a> took the top prize in total viewership with 2.8 million (down 10% from October) and 192,000 viewers aged 18\u201349 (down 17%).<\/p>\n

Bravo\u2019s Watch What Happens Live<\/a>\u2014which in November aired five episodes from Las Vegas under the title BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen\u2014was down 9% among total viewers to 310,000 and down 21% in the demo, averaging 71,000 nightly viewers.<\/p>\n

Year over year, the total audience across all shows currently tracked by LateNighter was down 8% among total viewers and 23% in the 18\u201349 demographic. Compared to November 2024, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show were the only series to post gains: Kimmel grew 13% in total viewers and 8% in the demo, The Daily Show was up 10% across both measures, and Colbert increased 7% among total viewers (but fell 31% in the demo).<\/p>\n

Complete ratings charts for November 2025 follow below.<\/p>\n

Note: Monthly ratings averages include only first-run episodes. Time period listed is most common airtime for each show.<\/p>\n

Live+ 7 Ratings \u2014 All Viewers (P2+)<\/p>\n

Avg Share
(%)Avg Viewers
(000s)Vs
Last Mth10:00 PM
\n Watch What Happens Live (BRAVO)
\n
15 First-run episodes
\n 0.6310-9%
\n Gutfeld! (FNC)
\n
17 First-run episodes
\n 5.922,765-10%11:00 PM
\n The Daily Show (COM)
\n
12 First-run episodes
\n 2.8913+5%11:35 PM
\n Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
\n
11 First-run episodes
\n 10.162,385+1%
\n The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
\n
11 First-run episodes
\n 10.742,655+1%
\n The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
\n
15 First-run episodes
\n 5.861,295-4%12:37 AM
\n Nightline (ABC)
\n
20 First-run episodes
\n 5.57980+4%
\n Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
\n
16 First-run episodes
\n 6.09963+0%\u2020 = airs at 7pm PT, * = 30-minute program<\/p>\n

Live+ 7 Ratings \u2014 In the Demo (P18-49)<\/p>\n

Avg Share
(%)Avg Viewers
(000s)Vs
Last Mth10:00 PM
\n Watch What Happens Live (BRAVO)
\n
15 First-run episodes
\n 0.7176-21%
\n Gutfeld! (FNC)
\n
17 First-run episodes
\n 2.09192-17%11:00 PM
\n The Daily Show (COM)
\n
12 First-run episodes
\n 3.11197+8%11:35 PM
\n Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
\n
11 First-run episodes
\n 6.75294+8%
\n The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
\n
11 First-run episodes
\n 4.68218-5%
\n The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
\n
15 First-run episodes
\n 4.83198-3%12:37 AM
\n Nightline (ABC)
\n
20 First-run episodes
\n 4.02134+14%
\n Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
\n
16 First-run episodes
\n 4.37129-1%\u2020 = airs at 7pm PT, * = 30-minute program<\/p>\n

Ratings data \u00a9 The Nielsen Company, used under license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS, Randy Holmes\/Disney, First on LateNighter: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert once again took the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-338397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}