NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Wins Late-Night Ratings Week of 2/8
By: Caryn Robbins Feb. 19, 2016
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has dominated the late-night ratings week of Feb. 8-12, prevailing in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- versus CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
For the week, Fallon topped Kimmel in adult 18-49 rating by a +55% margin (with a 0.90 rating vs. a 0.58) and Colbert by a +64% advantage (0.90 vs. 0.55). At 12:35 a.m. ET for the week, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" delivered a +50% margin in 18-49 over CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.48 vs. 0.32) and a +44% advantage over ABC's "Nightline" (0.52 vs. 0.36 in their 12:30-1 a.m. head-to-head half-hour). Versus the same week last year, Meyers retained 100% in 18-49 rating (0.48 vs. 0.48) and grew in total viewers (1.581 million vs. 1.569 million). At 1:35 a.m. ET, NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" generated gains versus the year-ago week of +12% in 18-49 (0.29 vs. 0.26) and +14% in total viewers (919,000 vs. 804,000). Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 21 of 21 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers. WEEK 21 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.Tonight *...0.90/5...3.411 million
Late Sh *...0.55/3...2.713 million
Kimmel *...0.58/3...2.425 million
Nightline...0.36/2...1.543 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.48/3...1.581 million
Late Late Show *...0.32/2...1.371 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.29/3...0.919 million * All Friday telecasts except "Nightline" were encores.
SEASON AVERAGES 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.08/5...3.852 million
Late Sh...0.70/4...2.977 million
Kimmel...0.57/3...2.442 million 12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.38/2...1.574 million 12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.50/3...1.643 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.260 million 1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.30/2...0.914 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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