NBC's LATE NIGHT Delivers Best Week of Rebroadcasts in Nearly a Year

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has dominated the late-night ratings week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4, scoring a 1.06 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.885 million viewers overall, "Tonight's" best results for a week with no NFL boost since early April.

Excluding Thanksgiving week and Labor Day week, both of which included significant boosts from Thursday primetime NFL coverage, it was Fallon's strongest week since April 6-10 (1.06 in 18-49, 3.915 million viewers overall). The last time Fallon rated higher in 18-49 during a non-NFL week was March 2-6 (1.10).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, an encore week of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" earned a 0.51 in 18-49 and 1.648 million viewers overall, best for a week of "Late Night" rebroadcasts in both measures since Dec. 22-26, 2014 (0.55 in 18-49, 1.678 million viewers).

The 0.51 for Meyers' encores pulled within 0.02 of a rating point of the 0.53 for ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," which ran originals on four of five nights last week, and tied CBS's encores of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (0.51), though Meyers airs an hour later than Kimmel and Colbert.

At 1:35 a.m. ET, a rebroadcast week of "Last Call with Carson Daly" (0.32) outrated CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.31), which aired originals on four of five nights, despite "Last Call" starting an hour later.

In total viewers, Daly's 956,000 average was his highest for a week of encores in 15 months (since Sept. 1-5, 2014, 962,000).

"The Tonight Show" peaked last week with Thursday's telecast (1.20 in 18-49), which followed the high-rated primetime airing of "The Wiz Live!" and featured guests Mindy Kaling and Daisy Ridley. It was Tonight's highest-rated non-NFL night Thursday in more than 15 months (since Aug. 14, 2014, 1.31, following the "Last Comic Standing" finale in primetime and featuring guests Sylvester Stallone, Eve Hewson, and the "Last Comic" winner).

WEEK 11

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.06/5...3.885 million
Late Sh (R)...0.51/3...2.223 million
Kimmel *...0.53/3...2.259 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.558 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers (R)...0.51/3...1.648 million
Late Late Show *...0.31/2...1.125 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.32/3...0.956 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.10/5...3.891 million
Late Sh...0.77/4...3.140 million
Kimmel...0.60/3...2.530 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.39/2...1.606 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.51/3...1.653 million
Late Late Show...0.34/2...1.275 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.31/3...0.939 million

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."

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