Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ finale sets a weeknight ratings record

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” went out on a literal high note.

Thursday night’s series finale was the most-watched weeknight episode of Colbert’s eleven-year tenure on the show, according to overnight Nielsen ratings.

Colbert and co. averaged 6.a74 million viewers, even beating his first episode as host back in 2015, which averaged 6.55 million continue reading …