Granted, Jimmy Fallon is still edging Colbert out in the key demo, a stat that The Late Show has yet to fully conquer.
But The Late Show’s demo audience only lost around 8,000 people (from 754,000 to 746,000), while The Tonight Show crowd dipped by around 264,000 (from 1.1 million to 836,000).
Interestingly, while Stephen Colbert’s all-around viewership grew by around 600,000 people, his audience within the key 18-49 age demographic dropped, as it did for The Tonight Show (and Jimmy Kimmel Live!).
And as the _New York Times _reports, the November sweeps period ended with Colbert getting as close as ever to Fallon’s demo rating, coming within 57,000 viewers.