NBC's JIMMY FALLON Beats 'Colbert' & 'Kimmel' Combined in 18-49 Demo

On Thursday, Jimmy Fallon, delayed by an NFL football overrun, remained #1 among late-night talk shows in adults 18-49 and total viewers -- beating CBS's "Colbert" and ABC's "Kimmel" combined in 18-49 (1.52 vs. a combined 1.31) - while the delayed Seth Meyers hit nine-month highs and more than doubled the 18-49 rating of CBS's "Late Late Show (0.76 vs. 0.30).

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," featuring guests Andy Samberg and Carrie Underwood, and delayed to a 12:27 a.m. ET start by an NFL overrun, earned its best ratings opposite Colbert yet with a 1.52 A18-49 rating and 4.308 million viewers overall.

This marks Tonight Show's highest-rated regularly-scheduled telecast in adults 18-49 in more than 15 months, since Thursday, May, 22, 2014 (1.53), and its best regularly scheduled total-viewer delivery in more than six months, since Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 (4.814 million).

Late Night with Seth Meyers, featuring guests Neil Patrick Harris, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Panic! At the Disco, and delayed by an NFL overrun, earned a 0.76 A18-49 rating and 2.075 viewers overall at 1:30 a.m.

This marks Meyers' highest-rated telecast in 18-49s and total viewers in more than nine months, since THANKSGIVING Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 (0.80 A18-49 / 2.210 million viewers overall at 1:23 a.m.), also the night of an NFL overrun.

For the second night in a row, Meyers more than doubled CBS's "Late Late Show" in A18-49 (+153%, vs. -15% on Colbert night 1 and +119% on night 2).

Despite airing roughly two hours later, Meyers topped Kimmel in the adults 18-49 demographic for the third night in a row.

NOTE: Results are based on "fast official" data from Nielsen Media Research. All ratings are "live plus same day" unless otherwise indicated.

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