LENO, FALLON Lead Late Night Ratings for Week of 12/16
By: Caryn Robbins Dec. 30, 2013
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and encore performances of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" defeated their ABC and CBS timeslot competition in all key demos and total viewers for the week of Dec. 16-20.
"The Tonight Show" also improved versus its year-ago performance in the adults 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54 adult demos, as well as total viewers. "Late Night" saw an increase versus a year ago in the adults 18-49 and 18-34 demos. "The Tonight Show" drew 4.34 million viewers for the week, outperforming "Late Show With David Letterman (3.06 million viewers) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (2.64 million). In viewers 18-49, "Tonight Show" (1.28 million viewers) was better than both "Late Show" (809,000) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (939,000). It is Leno's top week in 18-49 viewers with no NFL lead-in since the week of Feb. 6-10, 2012 (1.307 million). It's also his top week in total viewers with no NFL lead-in since March 22-26, 2010 (4.374 million). "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" drew 1.97 million viewers in encore telecasts, which was higher than originals of both "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.51 million) and "Nightline" (1.62 million). "Late Night" was also best in 18-49 and 18-34 viewers.(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Dec. 16-20. 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," 1.0 rating, 4 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.6/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.7/3 * 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.5/3 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.6/4 *
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.4/2 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.4/3 * TOTAL VIEWERS 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 4.3 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.1 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.6 million viewers * 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.6 million viewers 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 2.0 million viewers *
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.5 million viewers 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 1.0 million viewers * * "Last Call With Carson Daly" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," as well as the Friday "Jimmy Kimmel Live," were encores. SEASON TO DATE ADULTS 18-49 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 0.9 rating, 4 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.6/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.7/3 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.4/2 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.6/4
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.4/2 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.4/3 TOTAL VIEWERS 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.9 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.0 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.7 million viewers 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.7 million viewers 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 2.0 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.5 million viewers 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 1.0 million viewers SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF DEC. 16-20 NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.7
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.6 TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.4 Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.8
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.6 Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.27 million viewers. TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. "The Daily Show," 1.7 million
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 1.3 million
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.8 million Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.7 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.2 million viewers
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