NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Dominates With Most-Watched Week of the Season

By: Caryn Robbins Dec. 06, 2016

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON has dominated the late-night ratings week of Nov. 28-Dec. 2, hitting a season-high in total viewers.

With an average 3.478 million viewers for the week, Fallon" delivered his most-watched week in nine months (since the week of Feb. 29-March 4, 3.481 million). In adults 18-49, "Tonight" averaged a 0.91 rating for the week, its second best of the season to date behind only the prior week's 0.98.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, an encore week of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" averaged a 0.47 rating in 18-49, matching the show's second highest rating of the season despite being in rebroadcast for the week.

For the week, Fallon and Meyers delivered #1 ratings versus their ABC and CBS time-period rivals in every key ratings measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

LATE-NIGHT WEEKLY AVERAGES (According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 2. 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.")