TV series / 2015-2026

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is a TV series from 2015-2026. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 11 seasons and 1,816 rated episodes.

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11 seasons 1,816 rated episodes 6.1 average 52,755 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567891011
1 7.0 4.6 6.9 7.1 6.2 5.7 6.8 5.1 7.2 6.2 6.8
2 6.9 4.9 6.1 6.8 5.5 5.6 6.3 5.1 7.0 6.2 6.7
3 7.2 5.0 6.5 6.5 5.5 5.7 6.8 5.8 6.6 6.7 6.8
4 6.6 4.8 5.7 5.2 5.8 5.8 7.2 5.7 6.5 5.6 6.4
5 6.8 4.7 6.2 7.1 6.0 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.5 6.8 7.0
6 6.7 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.5 5.6 7.1 4.8 6.2 6.2 6.5
7 6.9 5.1 5.6 6.3 5.8 6.1 6.6 4.6 6.2 6.6 6.3
8 6.8 4.5 6.3 6.1 6.4 5.5 6.3 5.4 7.0 6.0 6.6
9 7.0 4.8 6.3 6.4 6.0 4.6 6.2 5.6 4.4 6.2 6.3
10 6.7 5.1 6.2 4.6 5.9 5.8 6.5 5.1 6.3 6.5 7.2
11 7.1 5.8 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.6 6.1 4.7 6.2 5.3 7.1
12 6.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.6 6.6 4.6 6.5 6.4 7.2
13 6.1 4.8 5.8 6.2 6.5 5.4 6.6 5.3 6.5 5.6 6.5
14 6.6 5.2 6.7 6.4 5.7 5.1 6.4 5.3 6.1 6.4 7.1
15 6.1 4.9 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.5 6.3 4.3 6.6 6.5 6.7
16 6.3 4.5 5.4 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.5 4.1 6.9 6.4 7.1
17 6.3 4.9 5.8 6.6 5.6 5.5 6.5 4.5 7.0 6.4 6.1
18 6.1 5.1 6.3 6.4 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.5 6.8 5.7 7.0
19 6.5 4.3 5.7 6.7 6.5 5.6 6.4 4.9 6.1 7.0 7.0
20 6.1 4.5 6.8 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.1 6.9 6.5 6.2
21 6.2 4.8 6.2 6.4 5.5 5.4 6.9 4.7 6.1 6.1 6.3
22 5.3 5.0 6.1 7.2 5.6 5.2 5.9 5.6 7.2 6.5 6.5
23 6.2 5.0 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.1 5.6 5.1 6.2 6.7 4.9
24 6.0 4.9 7.2 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.9 4.8 5.9 6.4 6.4
25 6.3 5.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.2 6.2 6.6 6.0
26 6.5 5.0 5.9 6.4 6.9 5.8 6.1 5.7 6.4 6.2 6.0
27 6.1 5.4 5.9 6.7 5.9 6.0 6.4 5.2 6.4 5.5 6.1
28 5.6 4.9 6.4 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.6 6.6
29 6.5 5.2 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.1 4.9 6.1
30 5.7 5.1 6.0 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.4 7.0 5.4 6.6
31 6.6 5.2 6.6 6.8 5.6 6.2 6.2 5.7 5.9 6.4 5.9
32 6.0 4.7 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.1 4.9 6.6 6.4 7.0
33 6.5 5.1 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.0 6.2 6.2 5.4
34 5.7 5.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.2 6.1 5.3 7.5
35 5.8 5.0 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7 5.8 6.3 5.6 4.7 5.7
36 6.4 5.6 6.0 6.7 7.1 5.5 5.1 5.4 6.2 6.5 5.2
37 6.7 5.0 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.8 6.1 4.8 5.6 5.4 6.3
38 6.0 5.0 6.0 6.6 5.8 5.9 6.4 5.2 5.6 4.9 5.8
39 6.0 5.4 6.2 6.0 6.7 5.6 5.8 4.8 6.9 5.6 5.8
40 5.6 5.0 6.9 6.6 5.7 6.1 6.3 5.2 5.9 5.8 6.0
41 5.8 5.6 6.2 7.1 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.8 6.2 6.4
42 5.9 4.6 5.7 6.7 6.1 6.4 6.3 4.6 6.4 5.6 5.9
43 5.8 4.8 6.5 7.0 5.8 6.3 6.2 4.6 7.1 5.4 6.2
44 6.2 5.0 6.1 7.0 6.0 6.8 6.1 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9
45 6.9 5.1 6.7 6.5 6.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.9
46 6.2 4.7 5.6 6.8 6.8 6.1 6.7 5.5 6.2 4.8 6.7
47 6.0 5.1 5.4 5.9 6.4 5.6 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.6 6.1
48 6.3 5.2 6.2 6.6 6.2 5.6 6.2 5.1 6.7 5.2 6.0
49 6.9 5.1 6.5 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.5 6.0
50 6.4 5.0 6.4 6.7 6.4 5.8 6.2 5.4 7.3 6.0 5.8
51 5.5 5.3 6.3 6.9 6.3 5.8 6.4 5.2 6.7 6.6 6.7
52 5.9 5.2 6.2 5.2 6.2 5.8 5.6 6.0 7.2 6.1 6.9
53 6.0 5.2 6.0 7.2 5.8 6.2 5.6 6.1 6.9 6.5 6.7
54 6.1 5.0 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.3 6.5 5.9 6.4
55 5.7 5.4 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.7 6.4 6.7 6.7
56 6.2 5.2 6.2 7.2 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.4 6.3 4.5 6.2
57 6.0 5.7 6.7 6.8 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.9
58 5.9 5.5 5.9 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.9 3.8 5.7 5.2 5.9
59 6.5 5.3 6.5 7.2 5.2 5.5 7.1 5.4 6.5 4.7 5.9
60 6.0 5.2 6.2 7.2 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.1 7.0 5.7 6.7
61 6.5 5.6 6.7 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.4 5.8 7.1 5.1 6.9
62 5.8 5.2 6.6 7.2 6.1 6.3 5.0 5.4 6.3 6.0 7.1
63 5.5 5.2 6.3 6.4 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.2 6.9
64 5.5 5.0 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.8 5.8
65 5.8 4.5 6.9 6.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.2 5.7 6.7
66 5.4 5.0 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 7.2 6.6 6.1
67 5.7 4.0 6.7 6.4 6.3 5.2 6.7 5.8 5.2 5.8 6.2
68 5.6 4.5 6.4 6.9 6.7 5.8 5.4 4.9 6.5 6.0 6.6
69 5.7 5.3 6.7 7.1 5.7 4.4 6.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 6.7
70 5.6 5.9 6.9 6.8 5.7 5.5 6.5 5.4 7.1 4.9 6.6
71 5.4 6.4 6.7 7.0 5.8 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.1 7.0
72 5.8 5.3 6.2 6.8 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.2
73 5.4 6.3 6.3 7.2 6.1 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.9 4.7 7.2
74 5.5 5.7 6.4 6.7 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.9 5.1 6.9
75 6.2 5.8 6.2 7.1 7.2 5.9 6.5 5.0 5.4 5.5 6.9
76 5.7 5.9 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.6 5.2 6.0 4.7 6.4
77 6.1 5.5 7.2 7.2 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.5
78 5.5 5.8 6.9 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.4 5.9 6.9
79 5.4 5.9 6.5 7.1 6.5 4.7 5.3 6.3 6.4 5.2 6.2
80 5.7 6.0 6.5 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.8
81 5.7 5.8 6.6 7.3 5.6 5.3 5.8 5.6 6.5 6.1 7.1
82 5.7 6.6 5.9 7.2 5.8 4.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 4.8 6.7
83 5.6 6.2 6.8 6.9 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.6 7.2
84 5.1 5.8 6.6 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.8 6.8 5.7 6.9 7.2
85 5.7 6.1 6.9 7.0 6.6 5.3 5.8 5.3 7.1 6.4 7.1
86 5.3 5.8 7.0 6.8 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.8 6.9
87 5.7 4.8 7.2 6.8 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.8 7.1 6.1 6.7
88 5.3 5.8 6.2 6.8 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.2 4.8 7.1 7.3
89 5.7 7.0 6.6 6.9 5.8 5.4 5.8 6.0 6.8 5.5 7.2
90 6.4 6.0 6.6 6.9 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.8 6.6
91 5.5 5.8 7.1 7.2 5.2 5.5 6.1 5.6 6.7 7.0 6.9
92 5.4 5.7 7.0 6.8 5.8 6.0 6.4 4.9 5.0 6.5 7.1
93 5.4 5.9 7.2 7.1 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.4 4.9 5.2 7.2
94 5.2 5.7 6.7 7.0 5.5 5.1 5.7 5.3 6.3 6.5 6.7
95 5.4 5.2 6.5 6.9 5.7 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.1 5.1 7.1
96 5.1 5.5 6.4 7.1 5.9 4.9 6.0 4.3 4.7 4.4 7.2
97 5.5 6.0 7.3 7.1 6.0 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.1 7.2
98 5.5 5.5 7.0 7.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.4 5.0 5.5 7.2
99 5.4 5.5 6.8 7.3 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.2 6.0 5.4 6.9
100 5.6 5.7 6.4 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.7 6.1 7.2
101 6.2 5.7 6.5 7.2 6.6 5.0 6.0 5.1 6.6 6.6 5.7
102 5.5 5.8 7.1 7.2 5.5 4.8 6.0 5.6 6.0 6.5 7.0
103 5.5 5.9 6.7 6.7 5.5 4.8 6.1 5.5 6.7 6.2 6.8
104 5.4 5.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 5.8 5.2 5.0 7.1 5.3 7.2
105 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 5.9 6.0 4.4 6.9 6.3 6.8
106 5.7 5.8 6.6 7.1 6.7 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.9 5.9 6.5
107 5.5 6.3 6.7 6.9 6.7 5.6 5.7 5.2 7.1 6.2 6.9
108 5.8 5.7 7.1 6.6 5.1 5.4 5.6 6.5 5.5 7.1
109 5.5 6.1 6.8 6.6 5.8 5.9 6.3 5.9 6.4 7.2
110 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.2 5.4 6.8
111 5.8 5.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 5.4 5.9 6.8 6.4 7.2
112 5.7 5.5 6.2 6.4 6.5 5.2 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.8
113 5.7 6.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.0 6.5 4.9 6.8 7.0
114 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.6 7.0 5.1 6.2 5.8 7.2
115 5.8 5.6 7.0 6.9 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.4
116 5.8 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.9 5.5 5.1 5.8 6.2 7.2
117 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.8 7.0 5.5 5.4 6.2 6.9 7.2
118 6.3 5.7 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 9.1
119 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.2 5.8 6.0 7.0 6.9
120 5.2 6.1 7.2 6.7 6.2 5.6 6.2 7.1 6.0
121 5.8 6.5 7.1 7.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.1
122 5.1 5.4 6.5 6.9 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.2 6.5
123 5.7 6.2 7.1 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.0
124 6.0 5.8 6.2 7.0 5.5 5.9 5.7 6.9 6.2
125 5.3 6.8 6.6 6.8 5.9 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.3
126 5.5 6.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.0 6.7 6.4 7.1
127 5.2 6.5 6.9 5.8 6.7 5.8 5.5 6.7 5.2
128 5.5 6.5 7.1 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.8 6.5
129 5.5 6.0 7.1 6.3 7.0 5.3 5.2 7.2 5.8
130 5.9 6.0 6.9 5.6 6.8 6.2 7.0 7.2
131 5.2 5.9 6.6 6.1 6.4 5.6 5.3 5.5
132 5.2 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.9 7.1 6.0 6.2
133 5.4 6.2 6.7 6.6 6.3 4.7 5.2 6.2
134 5.2 6.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.6 6.4
135 5.5 6.1 6.9 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.7 6.6
136 5.3 6.1 6.1 6.9 5.7 5.4 5.6 6.8
137 5.2 6.7 6.3 6.8 5.8 5.2 6.4 6.0
138 4.9 6.5 6.7 6.7 7.2 5.2 5.7 5.7
139 5.1 6.9 7.1 6.8 6.6 5.2 5.9 5.8
140 5.3 6.2 6.7 6.7 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.8
141 6.1 6.0 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.8 5.8 6.5
142 5.2 5.8 6.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.1 7.0
143 5.1 6.5 6.9 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.9
144 5.0 5.9 7.0 7.1 5.9 7.0 5.9 6.4
145 4.9 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.0 5.3 6.6 6.6
146 5.6 6.7 7.1 6.8 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.3
147 4.8 6.1 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.4 7.0
148 5.3 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.7
149 5.0 6.5 5.9 7.2 5.4 6.1 5.6 7.1
150 4.9 7.2 6.6 6.7 5.9 6.2 6.1 7.1
151 4.8 6.0 6.9 6.6 5.2 6.7 6.2 7.2
152 4.7 7.1 6.2 7.0 7.1 5.8 5.5 7.1
153 4.7 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.7 5.6 6.4 7.2
154 5.1 6.2 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.2 6.7 6.7
155 4.9 6.6 6.3 7.1 6.9 5.8 5.4
156 5.1 6.4 6.8 7.2 6.9 6.0 6.0
157 5.4 5.9 6.0 6.7 6.7 5.7 6.4
158 5.6 5.9 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.7
159 5.1 6.5 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 6.5
160 4.7 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.7
161 5.4 6.8 6.4 6.8 6.1 6.0 6.0
162 5.0 7.3 6.4 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.4
163 5.1 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.0 5.6
164 4.9 6.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.4 5.8
165 5.1 7.0 6.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 6.2
166 5.0 6.9 6.2 6.8 6.3 5.7 6.2
167 4.8 7.2 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.1
168 4.7 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.0 5.2
169 4.8 6.8 7.1 6.6 5.9 5.5
170 5.1 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.4 5.7
171 5.2 6.9 6.5 6.0 6.1 5.8
172 5.0 7.1 6.4 6.9 6.7
173 5.3 6.6 6.8 6.4 5.5
174 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.8
175 5.0 6.9 7.2 6.2
176 5.0 6.1 7.1 6.5
177 4.7 7.3 7.1 6.3
178 6.3 7.0 7.1 7.1
179 5.5 7.1 7.2 6.4
180 5.4 6.9 7.0 6.3
181 6.8 7.2 5.8 6.1
182 4.7 7.2 6.8 6.4
183 5.2 6.9 6.4 6.8
184 5.4 7.2 7.0 5.9
185 5.2 7.1 6.2 6.7
186 5.3 6.8 5.8 6.4
187 4.8 6.9 6.5 6.5
188 5.2 7.1 6.6 6.3
189 5.1 7.0 6.1 5.6
190 5.3 6.6 5.5 6.4
191 5.2 6.6 7.2 6.3
192 5.8 6.9 6.9 6.9
193 4.9 7.1 5.9 6.2
194 5.1 7.1 6.8 6.4
195 4.8 7.0 5.9
196 4.9 6.3
197 5.1 6.6
198 5.6 7.0
199 4.6 6.8
200 5.2 7.1
201 5.0 6.8
202 4.8 7.1
203 7.0
204 6.9
205 7.1
206 6.0

Series summary

About The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The rated episodes of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert have an average IMDb rating of 6.1 based on 52,755 episode votes. Season 4 has the highest average rating at 6.6 across 195 rated episodes. Season 8 has the lowest average rating at 5.4.

Genre
Comedy , Talk-Show
Runtime
41 minute episodes
Principal cast
Stephen Colbert, Stay Human, and Jon Batiste
Writers
Mohammed Amer, Delmonte Bent, and Emmy Blotnick
Directors
Jim Hoskinson, Jake Plunkett, and Ballard C. Boyd
Also known as
A Late Show, A Late Show with Stephen at Home, and A Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S11E118: Hello, Goodbye! The best episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is S11E118: Hello, Goodbye! with a 9.1 rating / 210 votes
  2. S11E34: Sydney Sweeney/Patti Smith/Guillermo del Toro 7.5 rating / 49 votes
  3. S4E99: Trevor Noah/Natasha Lyonne 7.3 rating / 36 votes
  4. S4E81: William H. Macy/Rebecca Traister 7.3 rating / 33 votes
  5. S2E177: Woody Harrelson/Cobie Smulders/Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys 7.3 rating / 31 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S8E58: Prince Harry/Ingrid Andress The worse episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is S8E58: Prince Harry/Ingrid Andress with a 3.8 rating / 40 votes
  2. S2E67: The Best in Late Show Retrospectacular End-of-Year Wrapupabration! 4 4.0 rating / 30 votes
  3. S8E16: Maggie Haberman/Tooning Out the News 4.1 rating / 24 votes
  4. S2E19: Samantha Bee/Abby Elliott/Asa Butterfield 4.3 rating / 37 votes
  5. S8E15: Speaker Nancy Pelosi/Armando Iannucci/Dermot Kennedy 4.3 rating / 26 votes