NBC's HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT Matches Series Record

From 8-9 p.m. ET, "Hollywood Game Night" (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million viewers overall) matched the "HGN" series record in adults 18-49. "Hollywood Game Night" also achieved a 1.5 in this same time slot last week and first delivered the series-record rating two weeks ago with the show's 9 p.m. edition. From its first half-hour to its second, "Hollywood Game Night" grew by 7% in adults 18-49 (to a 1.5 rating from a 1.4) and 11% in women 18-49 (2.0 vs. 1.8).

Versus its third week last summer, this season's third 8 p.m. telecast of "Hollywood Game Night" is up 15% in 18-49 rating (with a 1.5 vs. a 1.3 on July 25, 2013) and up 29% in total viewers (4.949 million vs. 3.846 million).

From 9-11 p.m., the NBC Special "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful" averaged a 0.9/2 in 18-49 and 3.2 million viewers overall.

In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:

Last night's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" equaled its highest overnight rating in 15 months. For both Leno and Jimmy Fallon, it was their top Mondays in metered-market household rating in nearly four years, since the night Jay returned to the "Tonight Show" desk.

Leno scored a 3.9 rating, 10 share in metered-market households, matching last Friday's rating as "Tonight's" strongest since Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 (the night of a guest appearance by President Barack Obama, 4.0/10). It was the highest Monday "Tonight" rating since March 1, 2010 (5.4).

Fallon delivered a 2.0/7 in households, his highest rating for a Monday since that same date, March 1, 2010 (2.1).

Guests on "Tonight" Monday night included Jimmy Fallon, Betty White with musical guest Bonnie Raitt.

The Feb. 3 edition of "Late Night" presented "The Best of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Musical Sketches."

Detailed Results:

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.9/10; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.3/6 with an encore; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.2/6.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 1.0/4; "Late Show," 0.6/3 with an encore; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/3.

From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.4/5 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2.0/7 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.1/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.0/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

For the Week:

For the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2, NBC averaged a 1.3 rating, 3 share in adults 18-49 and 4.7 million viewers overall.

Versus the same week last year, NBC is up 8% in 18-49 rating (1.3 vs. 1.2) and up 23% in total viewers (4.7 million vs. 3.9 million).

NBC's top-rated shows of the week in 18-49 included: Monday's "The Blacklist" (tied for #11), Wednesday's "Law & Order: SVU" (tied for #15), Thursday's "Saturday Night Live" special (tied for #21) and Tuesday's "The Biggest Loser" and Wednesday's "Chicago P.D." (tied for #24, rankings exclude sports pre- and post-game shows).

"The Blacklist" was the week's #1 drama on the Big 4 nets in adults 18-49 and "Law & Order: SVU" tied for #2.

For the season, NBC's 2.8 rating in adults 18-49 matches the net's top average at this point in the season in five years (since a 3.1 in 2008-09).

Through 19 weeks of the season, NBC is running within a tenth of a rating point of #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in adults 18-49 and is #1 in women 18-49.

In total viewers, NBC ranks #2 for the season with an average of 9.0 million viewers, which is its biggest overall audience 19 weeks into the season in seven years (since 2006-07, 9.8 million). Versus one year ago, NBC is up 12% season to date in total viewers (9.0 million vs. 8.1 million).

WEEKLY RESULTS
Adults 18-49, L+SD
Net... Week 19, 2012-13... Week 19, 2013-14...Diff
NBC...1.2...1.3...Up 8%
CBS...8.9...1.5... Down 83%
ABC...1.4...1.2... Down 14%
Fox...2.2...10.5...Up 377%

Total Viewers, L+SD
Net... Week 19, 2012-13... Week 19, 2013-14...Diff
NBC...3.854 million ...4.749 million...Up 23%
CBS...27.998 million...7.812 million...Down 72%
ABC...4.656 million ...4.560 million...Down 2%
Fox...6.226 million ...30.144 million...Up 384%

SEASON AVERAGES
Adults 18-49, "Most Current"
Net... STD '12-13... STD '13-14...Diff
NBC...2.8...2.8...Even
CBS...3.2...2.6...Down 19%
ABC...2.2...2.1...Down 5%
Fox...2.5...2.9...Up 16%

Total Viewers, "Most Current"
Net... STD '12-13... STD '13-14...Diff
NBC...8.061 million ...9.015 million...Up 12%
CBS...12.609 million...11.304 million... Down 10%
ABC...7.745 million ...7.538 million...Down 3%
Fox...6.868 million ...8.562 million...Up 25%

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated. Season figures are averages of "live plus seven day" data except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."