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[05/19/17 - 03:51 PM]
"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" Has Most-Watched Week Ever
Comedy Central spins the numbers for the week of May 15-18.
[via press release from Comedy Central]

"THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH" HAS MOST-WATCHED WEEK EVER

Week of May 15 Surpasses Noah's Premiere Week in 2015

+36% Growth Year-Over-Year Among Total Viewers and +18% Year-Over-Year Among Adults 18-49

NEW YORK, May 19, 2017 - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah recorded its most-watched week ever (Live+Same Day) during the week of May 15, with a delivery of 1.045 million total viewers P2+, surpassing Noah's premiere week as host in September 2015 (1.019 million). The Daily Show, which just recorded its most-watched and highest-rated quarter since Noah's premiere, was up +36% year-over-year in total viewers and up +18% with the adults 18-49 rating. The Daily Show is also pacing to record its eighth consecutive month of year-over-year growth among total viewers and fifth consecutive month of year-over-year growth among adults 18-49.

Trevor Noah, Steve Bodow, Jen Flanz and Jill Katz are the Executive Producers of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah with Pam DePace, Ramin Hedayati, Justin Melkmann and Elise Terrell as Supervising Producers. Zhubin Parang is the Head Writer, with Daniel Radosh as Senior Writer. The series is directed by Chuck O'Neil. Sarah Babineau is the Executive in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs Mondays-Thursdays at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and is available to stream the following day on thedailyshow.com and the Comedy Central App. Viewers can follow The Daily Show on Twitter (6.2M followers), Instagram (825K followers) and Snapchat and by becoming a fan of The Daily Show on Facebook (7.2M fans). Fans can follow Trevor Noah on Twitter (6.7M followers), Facebook (4.1M fans) and Instagram (1.5M followers).

Source: Nielsen, Live+Same Day, 5/15/17-5/18/17; YAGO week = 5/16/16-5/22/16.





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