Jimmy Fallon & Seth Meyers Post Strong Ratings for Late-Night, Week Of 3/10-14

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have continued to deliver elevated ratings in Fallon's fourth week on the air and Meyers' third, with Fallon retaining 99% of his week-three rating in adults 18-49 and Meyers retaining 97% his second-week score.

In adults 18-49, Fallon once again topped the combined ABC-CBS competition during the week of March 10-14, while Meyers outdelivered CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" despite starting an hour later.

Compared with "Tonight" and "Late Night" results for the same week last year, Fallon was up 81% in 18-49 rating (with a 1.32 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 vs. the year-ago 0.73/3) and up 27% in total viewers (4.260 million vs. 3.358 million), while Meyers was up 35% in 18-49 (0.69/4 vs. 0.51/3) and up 14% in total viewers (1.936 million vs. 1.701 million).

Fallon's 1.32 in 18-49 for the week of March 10-14 beat the combined rating of "Late Show" (0.55) and "Kimmel" (0.76). In total viewers, "Tonight's" 4.260 million prevailed over "Late Show's" 2.778 million by a 53% margin and topped "Kimmel's" 2.830 million by 51%.

Fallon's 1.32 last week in 18-49 was 99% of the prior week's 1.34, and in total viewers, the retention of week three was 94% (4.260 million vs. 4.537 million). Meyers' week-three 0.69 rating in 18-49 is 97% of his week-two 0.71, and in total viewers, his retention of week two was 93% (1.936 million vs. 2.073 million).

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