NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Wins Late-Night Ratings Week in Every Key Demo

By: Jul. 06, 2017
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NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has won the late-night ratings week of June 26-30 versus its ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key demographic - adults, men and women 18-34; adults, men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54, according to "live plus same day" results from Nielsen Media Research.

For the week, "Tonight" averaged a 0.63 rating in adults 18-49, to win the week over CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (0.41) by a +54% margin.

Over the past three weeks, "Tonight" has delivered its three biggest 18-49 margins over original weeks of the "Late Show" since January, with a +58% margin for the week of June 12-16 (0.68 vs. 0.43), a +62% win for the week of June 19-23 (0.68 vs. 0.42) and last week's +54% advantage. All three of those margins top every other "Tonight" advantage versus a week of Colbert originals since the week of Jan. 9-13.

At 12:35 a.m. ET last week, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" finished #1 in the timeslot versus CBS' rebroadcast week of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in all key measures, and in their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30 to 1 a.m. ET, Meyers also beat ABC's "Nightline" in every key category.

LATE-NIGHT WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 26-30. 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.")

ADULTS 18-49

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight" 0.63 rating, 4 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.41/2
ABC "Kimmel," 0.38/2 (R)

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.27/2

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.33/3 *
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.22/2 (R)

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.20/2 (R)

TOTAL VIEWERS

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 2.546 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.729 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 1.749 million viewers (R)

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.224 million viewers

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.314 million viewers *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 1.102 million viewers (R)

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.701 million viewers (R)

* Friday's "Late Night" was an encore.



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