NBC's TONIGHT SHOW, LATE NIGHT Outperform Time Slot
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 15, 2013
NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" dominated their broadcast time-period competition for the holiday week of July 1-5.
Leno bested "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" while Fallon outperformed "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" and "Nightline" in every key ratings category: adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Note: It was an atypical holiday week that featured mostly encore programming, with all Thursday and Friday results excluded due to the July 4 holiday. Versus the holiday week a year ago, Leno is up 2% in viewers 18-49 (1.079 million from 1.053 million) and up 24% in viewers 18-34 (399,000 vs. 321,000), while Fallon is up 7% in viewers 18-49 (609,000 vs. 567,000) and up 33% in viewers 18-34 (272,000 vs. 204,000). At 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call with Carson Daly" jumped versus the year-ago week by 16% in viewers 18-49 (367,000 vs. 317,000) and 59% in viewers 18-34 (170,000 vs. 107,000). Leno has now delivered bigger 18-49 audiences than "Late Show with David Letterman" for the last 33 weeks in a row and topped "Kimmel" for 23 of their 26 head-to-head weeks. In total viewers, Leno has out-delivered "Late Show" for 37 weeks in a row and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for 26 of 26 weeks.NBC "Tonight," 0.9 rating, 4 share *
CBS "Late Show," 0.6/2 *
ABC "Kimmel," 0.6/2 * 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.3/2 * 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.5/3 *
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.3/2 * 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.3/2 * TOTAL VIEWERS 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.2 million viewers *
CBS "Late Show," 2.4 million viewers * ABC "Kimmel," 2.3 million viewers * 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.4 million viewers * 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.6 million viewers *
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.2 million viewers * 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.9 million viewers * * All telecasts were encores except for "Nightline" and Monday through Wednesday editions of "Kimmel." Thursday and Friday results are excluded due to the July 4 holiday SEASON TO DATE ADULTS 18-49 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 0.8 rating, 3 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.7/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.7/3** 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.4/2** 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.5/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.4/2 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.3/2 TOTAL VIEWERS 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.6 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.0 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.6 million viewers** 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.6 million viewers** 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.7 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.5 million viewers 1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.9 million viewers ** Since January 8. SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF JULY 1-5 NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.3 (encore programming)
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.2 (encore programming) TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.4 (encore programming) Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.9
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.6 Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.27 million viewers TOTAL VIEWERS Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. "The Daily Show," 0.6 million viewers (encore programming)
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.5 million viewers (encore programming) TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.7 million viewers (encore programming) Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.9 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.2 million viewers
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