Thanks to Bill Brioux's tweet on the ratings of The Daily Show & Colbert Report on U.S. election night, this table was possible:
| Show | Network | Viewership | Time (EST) | Live |
| The Daily Show | Comedy | 269,000 | 11:00 PM | Yes |
| The Daily Show | CTV | 374,000 | 12:05 AM | No |
| The Daily Show | Total | 643,000 | ||
| Colbert Report | Comedy | 226,000 | 11:30 PM | Yes |
| Colbert Report | CTV | 170,000 | 12:36 AM | No |
| Colbert Report | Total | 396,000 |
One thing that stood out is Colbert's audience (170,000) is less than half of Stewart's (374,000) on the same network, CTV. Without any previous data to compare, it's difficult to say why this is the case. One possible reason for this is some viewers may have switched from the fake news to the real news as they waited for Romney to concede, which he did at 12:55 a.m. with 12 minutes left in Colbert's show.