This week The Late Show with Stephen Colbert only managed an average of 296,000 more viewers than The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
This past week in total viewers, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert averaged 3 million total viewers, which puts it ahead of the other late night shows.
The week ending on February 17 marks the third week in a row that The Late Show has managed to beat its other late night competitors, per TV By The Numbers.
Still, considering how poorly Stephen Colbert was performing at this time last year and how much Jimmy Fallon was dominated at the same point, this changeover is remarkable.