NBC's JIMMY FALLON & SETH MEYERES Grow Week-to-Week

By: May. 07, 2015
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"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated late-night ratings for the week of April 27-May 1, outscoring their ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Fallon grew +9% versus the prior week in adults 18-49, to a 1.00 rating from a 0.92, while Meyers increased by +10% (0.46 vs. 0.42) and "Last Call with Carson Daly" grew week to week by +8% (0.27 vs. 0.25).

Fallon beat ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" in all key measures, with margins in adults 18-49 of +82% versus Letterman (1.00 rating vs. a 0.55) and +85% versus Kimmel (1.00 vs. 0.54).

For the week, Meyers' topped CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" in every key ratings category and beat ABC's "Nightline" in their head-to-head 12:30-1 a.m. ET half-hour in all key measures. Meyers' margin over "Late Late Show" in adults 18-49 was +39% (with a 0.46 rating vs. a 0.33) and in their head-to-head half-hour, Meyers topped "Nightline" by +51% (with a 0.53 rating that half-hour vs. a 0.35).


WEEK 32

Show...18-49...total viewers

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.00/5...3.356 million
Dave...0.55/3...3.245 million
Kimmel *...0.54/3...2.343 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.35/2...1.558 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.46/3...1.489 million
Late Late Show *...0.33/2...1.355 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.27/2...0.845 million

* Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night," "Late Late Show" and "Last Call" were encores.


SEASON AVERAGES

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.15/5...3.973 million
Dave...0.52/2...2.788 million
Kimmel...0.63/3...2.728 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.698 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.48/3...1.540 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.386 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.28/2...0.841 million

Ratings reflect "live plus same day" data from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Season-to-date figures are averages of "live plus seven day" data except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."



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