Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE and her daughter Chelsea this week helped propel CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone ColbertColbert implores Pelosi to update 'weaponry' in SCOTUS fight: 'Trump has a literal heat ray' The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy Juan Williams: Democrats need to bury their divisions MORE to the program's highest Monday night ratings, drawing more than 3.7 million viewers.



According to Nielsen Media Research, the audience for the interview equaled the combined ratings for ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel James (Jimmy) Christian KimmelFauci, Black Lives Matter founders included on Time's 100 Most Influential People list Kimmel-hosted Emmy Awards attract all-time low 6.1M viewers: 'Well, we set a record' Bubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team MORE Live" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on NBC.

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Colbert asked the Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, about the prospects of a Trump impeachment amid a swirling scandal surrounding his contacts with Ukraine.

“Your fault for coming on Ukraine week,” Colbert joked to Clinton.

“What do you make of it?” he asked as the audience began chanting “lock him up,” similar to the “lock her up” chants about Clinton that Trump supporters engaged in during rallies leading up to the 2016 election.

“We have started an impeachment inquiry, which will look at the evidence, and I think that’s exactly what should be done,” Clinton said.



Colbert's show has benefited from the politically focused Trump era, with the host leading CBS to its first full season win in 25 years in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic for the 2018-2019 season that ended in May.

The former Comedy Central averaged 679,000 viewers per night in that demographic, compared with Fallon's 659,000 and Kimmel's 486,000, according to Nielsen.



The victory in that group is the first for CBS in the 11:30 p.m. ET slot since 1994.

Colbert took over for former "Late Show" host David Letterman in 2015.