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Created: 2025-07-18 19:14:32 UTC

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert cost ~$100M/year to produce but ran a $40M annual loss in 2025, implying ~$60M revenue (ad spend estimated at $32.2M for part of the year). Its 2.6M viewers trailed CBS hits like Tracker (11.4M) and Matlock (15.7M), amid declining late-night profitability.


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