TONIGHT, LATE NIGHT Win Late-Night Ratings for Week of April 11

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have delivered decisive wins for the late-night ratings week of April 11-15, topping 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.

Note that CBS's lineup aired encores for the week and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was in rebroadcast on Friday.

For the week, Fallon beat CBS's encores of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in adult 18-49 rating by an +84% advantage (with a 0.81 rating vs. a 0.44) and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" by a +62% margin (0.81 vs. 0.50).

Meyers generated a +38% margin in 18-49 over CBS's encore "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.40 vs. 0.29) and a +29% advantage over ABC's "Nightline" (0.45 vs. 0.35 in their 12:30-1 a.m. head-to-head half-hour).

Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 30 of 30 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.

WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 11-15. 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" 0.81 rating, 4 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.44/2 (R)
ABC "Kimmel," 0.50/3 *

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.35/2

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.40/3 *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 0.29/2 (R)

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.24/2 (R)

TOTAL VIEWERS

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.244 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.157 million viewers (R)
ABC "Kimmel," 2.212 million viewers *

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.434 million viewers

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.441 million viewers *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 1.161 million viewers (R)

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.804 million viewers (R)

* Friday's "Kimmel" and "Late Night" were encores.

SEASON AVERAGES

ADULTS 18-49

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 1.05 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.67/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.56/3

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.37/2

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.48/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.33/2

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.29/2

TOTAL VIEWERS

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.803 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.915 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.413 million viewers

12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.551 million viewers

12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.618 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.273 million viewers

1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.903 million viewers

SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK APRIL 11-15

NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING

Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.33
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.21

TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.21

Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.74
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.57

Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.27 million viewers.

TOTAL VIEWERS

Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m., "The Daily Show," 0.833 million
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.527 million

TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.464 million

Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.509 million
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.162 million

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