NBC's LATE NIGHT Wins Ratings Week in All Key Categories

NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have won the ratings week of July 20-24 versus their ABC and CBS time-period competition in adults 18-49, total viewers and all other key measures. Note that "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Night" and "Late Late Show with James Corden" were in rebroadcast on Friday night.

Fallon outscored ABC's "Kimmel" by an +84% margin in adult 18-49 rating (0.90 vs. 0.49) and CBS's "NCIS" "CBS Summer Showcase" encores by +73% (0.90 vs. 0.52).

Meyers beat CBS's "Late Late Show" in 18-49 by a +61% margin (0.45 vs. 0.28) and, in their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30-1 a.m. ET, topped ABC's "Nightline" by +56% (0.53 vs. 0.34 for that half-hour).

Fallon topped "Kimmel" and "CBS's "Summer Showcase" encores in all key measures - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers beat "Late Late Show" in every key measure, and in his head-to-head half-hour versus "Nightline" from 12:30-1 a.m., Meyers also prevailed in all key categories.

WEEK 44

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.90/4...3.345 million
CBS SS (R)...0.52/32.521 million
Kimmel *...0.49/2...2.099 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.33/2...1.418 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.45/3...1.462 million
Late Late Show *...0.28/2...1.209 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.25/2...0.753 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.11/5...3.841 million
CBS SS (R)...0.48/2...2.467 million
Kimmel...0.62/3...2.611 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.638 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.47/3...1.496 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.371 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.27/2...0.816 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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