The daily show ratings graphic

First on LateNighter: Nielsen live+7 late-night ratings numbers have arrived for the calendar year, and as is so frequently the case, the results can (and inevitably will) be spun any number of ways.

Measured by sheer audience size, Greg Gutfeld&#;s late night-styled Fox News show attracted the largest average nightly audience for the year, clocking in at million total viewers ages 2+.

But as reps for the network late-night shows are quick to point out, Gutfeld! airs at 10pm ET and 7pm PT, when more people are awake and watching TV.

Another way to measure shows against one another—especially when they air at different times—is by percentage share, which measures the percentage of people watching a show compared to total number of people watching TV at that time.

By that measure, CBS&#;s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was &#;s late-night ratings leader, drawing an average % among all viewers 2+ watching TV when it airs.

Then there&#;s the matter of demographics. The number