NEW YORK - JULY 25: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airing tonight, Monday July 25, 2016 with guests John Stewart and Zoe Saldana in New York. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)

Ahead of a week of live episodes, ratings for Stephen Colbert’s Late Show nearly matched an all-time low.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert continued to struggle in the ratings, lagging behind repeats of Jimmy Kimmel Live during the week of July 11. The CBS late-night series averaged 2.08 million viewers and a 0.39 rating among adults 18-49, which was just above the record low of 0.38 it reached last month, and down from a 0.41 rating for its last week of originals.

Meanwhile, Kimmel managed to tick up from a 0.41 to a 0.47 in the demo despite a week of encores, though it was beat by Colbert among total viewers, averaging 1.94 million viewers between July 11-15. However, The Late Show is likely to get a boost from two weeks of live episodes covering the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, which already featured a return of his Colbert Report persona and corresponding segment “The Word,” and a reunion with his former Daily Show colleague Jon Stewart for a take down of Fox News anchor and outspoken Donald Trump supporter Sean Hannity.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon continued to lead its competitors by a wide margin, increasing to a 0.79 rating following a week of repeats, and 3.12 million viewers. NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers also went up, going from a 0.33 rating to 0.36, along with 1.34 million viewers.

The rest of the nightly shows on the broadcast and cable networks were in repeats, with the exception of Conan on TBS, which ticked up slightly to a 0.21 from a 0.20, averaging 500,000 viewers for the week. Elsewhere, HBO’s weekly series Real Time with Bill Maher (0.35) continued to do well.

Update: The Late Show got a much-needed boost for its live episodes covering the RNC between July 18-22, drawing an average of 2.52 million viewers and a 0.52 demo rating, but still behind The Tonight Show, which got 2.73 million viewers and a 0.72 rating. Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel Live dropped significantly with new episodes, falling to 1.66 million viewers and 0.35 among adults 18-49, equaling Late Night with Seth Meyers (1.26 million viewers) in the demo despite airing an hour later. The Late Late Show also benefited, averaging a 0.30 rating and 1.19 million viewers.

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