Stephen Colbert Outpaces Jimmy Fallon To Become The Season's Late-Night King

In a twist that once seemed improbable, the 2-year-old “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will end the television season as the highest-rated late-night program. 

With three nights left in the standard September-to-May interval, “The Late Show” has edged out “The Tonight Show” by 22,000 viewers, according to a CBS press release. “The Late Show” is now averaging an audience of 3.195 million, whereas “The Tonight Show” has 3.173 million.