NBC's Late Night Wins the Week in Every Key Category
By: Caryn Robbins Mar. 03, 2016
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated the late-night ratings week of Feb. 22-26, defeating their ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.
Fallon topped both CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on five of five nights last week in adults 18-49 and total viewers. For the week, Fallon beat Kimmel in adult 18-49 rating by a +69% advantage (with a 0.88 rating vs. a 0.52) and outrated Colbert by a +91% margin (0.88 vs. 0.46). Note that Friday's Colbert and Kimmel were encores. At 12:35 a.m. ET for the week, Meyers pulled within 0.02 of a rating point of CBS's Colbert in 18-49 (0.44 vs. 0.46), despite starting an hour later. Meyers delivered a +52% margin in 18-49 over CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.44 vs. 0.29, doubling his +26% lead of the prior week) and generated a +47% advantage over ABC's "Nightline" (0.50 vs. 0.34 in their 12:30-1 a.m. head-to-head half-hour). Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 23 of 23 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.Tonight...0.88/5...3.338 million
Late Sh *...0.46/22...2.299 million
Kimmel *...0.52/3...2.170 million 12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.34/2...1.389 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.44/3...1.550 million
Late Late Show *...0.29/2...1.212 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.28/2...0.896 million * Friday's "Late Show," "Kimmel," "Late Night," "Late Late Show" and "Last Call" were encores.
SEASON AVERAGES 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.07/5...3.842 million
Late Sh...0.69/4...2.972 million
Kimmel...0.57/3...2.432 million 12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.566 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.50/3...1.636 million
Late Late Show...0.34/2...1.272 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.29/2...0.910 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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