NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Encore Leads the Late-Night Week
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 11, 2014
Encores of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" have delivered a decisive win in late-night ratings for the holiday week of June 30-July 4, topping originals of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and encores of "Late Show with David Letterman."
Fallon encores beat Kimmel originals in all key measures, with a +41% margin in adults 18-49 (with a 0.86 rating vs. a 0.61), one week after Fallon rebroadcasts topped a week of four Kimmel originals and one encore by +40% (0.88 vs. 0.63). Note that all Friday results are excluded from the June 30-July 4 averages due to the July 4 holiday (all of the excluded ABC, CBS and NBC Friday shows were encores except for "Nightline"). At 12:35 a.m. ET last week, rebroadcasts of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" generated a +43% margin of victory over CBS's encores of "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (with a 0.40 rating vs. a 0.28). Meyers' rebroadcasts also beat originals of ABC's "Nightline" by a +21% margin in 18-49 in their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30-1 a.m. ET (with a 0.47 rating that half-hour vs. a 0.39).WEEK 41 Show...18-49...total viewers 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight (R)...0.86/4...2.882 million
Dave (R)*...0.47/2...2.287 million
Kimmel*...0.61/3...2.539 million
Nightline*...0.39/2...1.482 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers (R...0.48/3...1.172 million
Ferguson (R)*...0.28/2...1.116 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)*...0.24/2...0.692 million * All Friday telecasts are excluded due to the July 4 holiday.
SEASON AVERAGES SINCE FEB. 17, L+SD Show...18-49...total viewers 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.26/6...4.030 million
Dave...0.51/2...2.620 million
Kimmel...0.65/3...2.610 million 12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.607 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.60/4...1.675 million
Ferguson...0.33/2...1.322 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.33/3...0.894 million
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