Jimmy Fallon & Seth Meyers Dominate, Matching Seven-Week Highs
JIMMY FALLON AND SETH MEYERS RULE THE LATE-NIGHT RATINGS WEEK OF MAY 23-27, MATCHING SEVEN-WEEK HIGHS IN 18-49
FALLON GENERATES 18-49 MARGINS OF +56% OVER KIMMEL & +100% OVER COLBERT
MEYERS OUTRATES COLBERT IN 18-49 DESPITE STARTING AN HOUR LATER
Late-Night Results for Week 36:
· "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated the late-night week of May 23-27, with both matching their best adult 18-49 ratings in seven weeks.
· Fallon's 0.84 rating for the week in adults 18-49 equaled his highest since he earned a 0.89 for April 4-8. Meyers scored a 0.43 rating last week, matching his best since a 0.44 that same week of April 4-8.
· For the week, Fallon beat ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in every key category - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- with a margin of +56% in adults 18-49 versus Kimmel (with a 0.84 rating vs. a 0.54) and +100% versus Colbert (0.84 vs. 0.42). Note that Kimmel aired an encore on Friday.
· Meyers outrated Colbert in adult 18-49 rating (with a 0.43 vs. a 0.42), despite airing an hour later.
· The week included the conclusion of the May 2016 Nielsen sweep, during which Fallon defeated Kimmel and Colbert in every key measure. Fallon topped Kimmel during the sweep by a +73% margin in adult 18-49 rating (0.83 vs. 0.48, L+SD) and Colbert by +77%(0.83 vs. 0.47). Meyers outrated Corden by +35% (0.42 vs. 0.31) and in their head-to-head half-hour, topped "Nightline" by +50% (0.48 from 12:30-1 a.m. vs. 0.32).
· Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 36 of 36 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.
WEEK 36
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.84/4...3.296 million
Late Sh...0.42/2...2.071 million
Kimmel *...0.54/3...2.470 million
12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.602 million
12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.43/3...1.473 million
Late Late Sh *...0.27/2...1.056 million
1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.25/2...0.852 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...1.03/5...3.743 million
Late Sh...0.65/3...2.876 million
Kimmel...0.55/3...2.387 million
12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.36/2...1.546 million
12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.47/3...1.592 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.272 million
1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.28/2...0.891 million
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