NBC's Late Night Beats the ABC-CBS Competition in Ratings
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 18, 2015
NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have won the ratings week of June 8-12 versus their ABC and CBS time-period competition in adults 18-49, total viewers and other key measures.
Note that ABC shows were delayed on Tuesday and Thursday by high-rated NBA FINALS coverage and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was in rebroadcast on Monday and Friday. Fallon topped CBS's "Hawaii Five-0" "CBS Summer Showcase" encores in all key measures and topped ABC's NBA-boosted "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in adults 18-49, women 18-49, adults 25-54, women 25-54 and total viewers. At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers beat CBS's "Late Night with James Corden" for the week in every key measure. In his head-to-head half-hour versus ABC's "Nightline" from 12:30-1 a.m., Meyers also prevailed in all key categories. At 1:35 a.m. ET, encores of "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.25 rating in adults 18-49 for the week, to outscore CBS's "Late Late Show" (0.23) despite starting an hour later. WEEK 38 Show...18-49...total viewers 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.Tonight...0.87/4...3.264 million
CBS Sum Shwcs (R)...(0.43/2)...2.370 million
Kimmel *...0.81/4...2.667 million
Nightline *...0.51/3...1.632 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers*...0.42/3...1.328 million
Late Late Show *...0.23/2...1.125 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.25/2...0.768 million * "Kimmel" and "Nightline" were delayed by high-rated NBA overruns on Tuesday and Thursday and "Kimmel" was in rebroadcast on Monday and Friday. "Late Night" and "Late Late Show" ran encores on Friday. SEASON AVERAGES Show...18-49...total viewers 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.13/5...3.905 million
CBS Sum Shwcs...0.48/2...2.456 million
Kimmel...0.64/3...2.680 million 12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/3...1.678 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.48/3...1.509 million
Late Late Show...0.34/2...1.409 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.28/2...0.824 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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