NBC's JIMMY FALLON Tops 'Kimmel' & 'Letterman' Combined in Key Demo

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has delivered a decisive win in late-night ratings for the week of July 21-25, topping the combined results of ABC'S "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman." Note that Kimmel and Letterman aired rebroadcasts on Friday.

Fallon's 1.11 rating in 18-49 for the week topped the combined 1.01 of "Kimmel" (0.60) and "Late Show" (0.41). Versus "Tonight's" results for the same week last year, Fallon was up +31% in adult 18-49 rating, to a 1.11 from a 0.85.

The 1.11 is Fallon's highest 18-49 rating in five weeks, since averaging a 1.13 for the week of June 16-20.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" outscored CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (with a 0.51 rating vs. a 0.41) despite starting an hour later, and finished the week within 0.09 of a point of "Kimmel" (0.51 vs. 0.60).

Meyers grew versus the prior week by +11% in 18-49 rating (to a 0.51 from a 0.46).

In the 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET slot, Meyers outrated CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" by a +70% margin in 18-49 (0.51 vs. 0.30). Meyers delivered bigger audiences than Ferguson in every key ratings measure and also beat ABC's "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30-1 a.m. in all key categories.

WEEK 44

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.11/5...3.533 million
Dave*...0.41/2...2.295 million
Kimmel*...0.60/3...2.337 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.39/2...1.539 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers*...0.51/3...1.463 million
Ferguson...0.30/2... 1.290 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R) ...0.27/2...0.750 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES SINCE FEB. 17, L+SD

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.24/6...3.969 million
Dave...0.50/2...2.590 million
Kimmel...0.64/3...2.558 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.40/2...1.588 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.59/4.. ...1.647 million
Ferguson...0.33/2...1.316 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.32/3...0.880 million

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