TONIGHT SHOW Wins Late-Night Week in Every Key Category; LATE NIGHT Hits 4-Week Highs

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has dominated the late-night ratings week of May 2-6, topping CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Note that Kimmel was in rebroadcast on Friday.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" delivered four-week highs - a 0.41 rating in adults 18-49 and 1.458 million viewers overall, its top results since the week of April 4-8 (0.44 in 18-49, 1.483 million)

For the week, Fallon beat CBS's Colbert by a +59% advantage in adult 18-49 rating (with a 0.81 vs. a 0.51) and Kimmel by +80% (0.81 vs. 0.45).

Meyers generated a +28% margin in 18-49 over CBS's "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.41 vs. 0.32) and a +53% advantage over ABC's "Nightline" (0.46 vs. 0.30 in their 12:30-1 a.m. head-to-head half-hour).

Versus the prior week, Fallon retained 100% in 18-49 (0.81 vs. 0.81 for the week of April 25-29) and grew +2% in total viewers (3.204 million vs. 3.145 million), Meyers increased by +5% in both 18-49 (0.41 vs. 0.39) and total viewers (1.458 million vs. 1.387 million) and "Last Call with Carson Daly" maintained 100% in 18-49 (0.24 vs. 0.24) and grew +6% in total viewers (827,000 vs. 783,000).

Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 34 of 34 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.

WEEK 33

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.81/4...3.204 million
Late Sh...0.51/3...2.573 million
Kimmel *...0.45/2...2.122 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.30/2...1.426 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.41/3...1.458 million
Late Late Sh *...0.32/2...1.271 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.24/2...0.827 million

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

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