{"id":406464,"date":"2026-01-13T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406464\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:12:15","slug":"here-are-final-late-night-ratings-for-q4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406464\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are Final Late Night Ratings for Q4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jimmy<\/p>\n

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

Late-night rankings were largely unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2025, but several shows posted notable gains\u2014led by ABC\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a>, which delivered the most impressive quarter-over-quarter growth across the broadcast field.<\/p>\n

Averaging 2.38 million total viewers across 38 first-run episodes, JKL jumped 29 percent from Q3, aided by a mix of heightened visibility following Kimmel\u2019s brief September suspension and multiple high-rated Monday Night Football lead-ins.<\/p>\n

The growth narrowed the gap with longtime 11:35 PM leader The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a>, which remained the most-watched program in the time slot despite a modest decline.<\/p>\n

Colbert averaged 2.69 million total viewers across 37 original episodes, down 5 percent quarter over quarter but still enough to maintain its overall lead.<\/p>\n

In the key adults 18\u201349 demographic, however, Kimmel moved into first place. The ABC series averaged 271,000 viewers in the demo, up 12 percent from Q3, while Colbert slipped to 226,000, a 13 percent decline.<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> ranked third at 11:35 PM but also posted gains, rising 8 percent in total viewers to 1.33 million and climbing 18 percent in the demo to 200,000\u2014its strongest quarter-over-quarter improvement among adults 18\u201349 in more than a year.<\/p>\n

At 12:37 AM, NBC\u2019s Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/a> averaged 967,000 total viewers and 131,000 adults 18\u201349 across 39 first-run episodes.<\/p>\n

ABC\u2019s Nightline<\/a> closed the gap in total viewers, averaging 970,000 across 49 episodes, though Meyers maintained a clear advantage in the demo, where Nightline averaged 124,000.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in late night:<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019s Gutfeld!<\/a>, which airs at 10 PM ET \/ 7 PM PT, averaged 2.86 million total viewers and 200,000 in the demo across 58 first-run episodes, declining 11 percent and 13 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n

Bravo\u2019s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen<\/a> posted the largest percentage gains of the quarter, averaging 362,000 total viewers (up 27 percent) and 96,000 adults 18\u201349 (up 55 percent).<\/p>\n

Comedy Central\u2019s The Daily Show<\/a> averaged 899,000 total viewers and 188,000 in the demo across 34 first-run episodes, down 11 percent and 9 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n

Year Over Year<\/p>\n

Compared with the same period in 2024, total late-night viewership across shows tracked by LateNighter declined 3 percent, while viewing among adults 18\u201349 fell 16 percent.<\/p>\n

Only two programs posted year-over-year gains in both measures: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (+17 percent in total viewers, +10 percent in the demo) and The Daily Show (+4 percent, +2 percent).<\/p>\n

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert grew 4 percent year over year in total viewers but declined 28 percent in the demo.<\/p>\n

All other nightly programs tracked lost audience across both measures compared with Q4 2024, including The Tonight Show, Late Night, Nightline, Watch What Happens Live, and Gutfeld!.<\/p>\n

Complete Q4 2025 ratings charts follow below.<\/p>\n

Note: Quarterly ratings averages include only first-run episodes (rebroadcasts and specials are excluded). Time period listed is most common airtime for show.<\/p>\n

Live+7 Ratings \u2013 All Viewers (P2+)<\/p>\n

Avg Share
(%)Avg Viewers
(000s)Vs
Last Qtr10:00 PM
\n Watch What Happens Live (BRAVO)
\n
48 First-run episodes
\n 0.72362+27%
\n Gutfeld! (FNC)
\n
58 First-run episodes
\n 6.012,856-11%11:00 PM
\n The Daily Show (COM)
\n
34 First-run episodes
\n 2.62899-11%11:35 PM
\n Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
\n
38 First-run episodes
\n 9.682,377+29%
\n The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
\n
37 First-run episodes
\n 10.522,685-5%
\n The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
\n
42 First-run episodes
\n 5.51,333+8%12:37 AM
\n Nightline (ABC)
\n
49 First-run episodes
\n 5.43970+30%
\n Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
\n
39 First-run episodes
\n 5.91967+5%\u2020 = airs at 7pm PT, * = 30-minute program<\/p>\n

Live+7 Ratings \u2013 In the Demo (P18-49)<\/p>\n

Avg Share
(%)Avg Viewers
(000s)Vs
Last Qtr10:00 PM
\n Watch What Happens Live (BRAVO)
\n
48 First-run episodes
\n 0.996+55%
\n Gutfeld! (FNC)
\n
58 First-run episodes
\n 2.05200-13%11:00 PM
\n The Daily Show (COM)
\n
34 First-run episodes
\n 2.7188-9%11:35 PM
\n Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
\n
38 First-run episodes
\n 5.68271+12%
\n The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
\n
37 First-run episodes
\n 4.54226-13%
\n The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
\n
42 First-run episodes
\n 4.19200+18%12:37 AM
\n Nightline (ABC)
\n
49 First-run episodes
\n 3.53124+29%
\n Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
\n
39 First-run episodes
\n 4.13131+20%\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: Randy Holmes\/Disney, Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS, Todd Owyoung\/NBC Late-night rankings were largely unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2025,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-406464","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\/406464","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=406464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}