The ultimate numbers are in: Jon Stewart’s February 12 return to Comedy Central’s The Every day Present averaged greater than 3 million complete viewers throughout the evening in Nielsen’s Reside+3 numbers, which embody simulcasts and the encore.
The Every day Present with Jon Stewart was No. 1 throughout all cable (originals and encores) at 11 p.m. in key demos and complete viewers, in keeping with Nielsen outcomes. It posted triple-digit progress versus Trevor Noah’s remaining present; it was up 116% to 374,000 amongst adults 18-49; up 129% to 498K amongst adults 25-54; and up 129% to 1.65 million amongst complete viewers.
It was the Every day Present‘s largest premiere viewers since August 2017.
Comedy Central additionally added that Stewart’s return ranked because the No. 1 “information program” in cable throughout prolonged prime amongst adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, besting Fox Information, MSNBC and CNN.
Stewart returned after nearly 9 years to host the present Monday nights on Comedy Central by the presidential election. He had mentioned “very a lot wished to have some place to unload ideas as we get into this election season,” which doubtless will embody a rematch of Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency.
Stewart kicked off his return final week saying “Now the place was I? I’m excited to be again. Why am I again, you might be asking yourselves, it’s a really cheap query. I’ve dedicated lots of crimes and from what I perceive, discuss present hosts are granted immunity. It doesn’t make lots of sense, however take it up with the founders.”
“We’re going to have a lot to speak about this yr; the elections, perhaps we’ll discuss China, AI, one thing a bit of lighter, Israel-Palestine,” he continued.
