Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers Dominate the Late-Night Ratings Week of 12/28

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated the late-night ratings week of Dec. 28-Jan. 1, leading their ABC and CBS time-period competition for the week in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Note that during the holiday week, all NBC Friday programming and Thursday and Friday telecasts on ABC and CBS were preempted or excluded due to the New Year's holiday. All regular late-night programming on those networks was in rebroadcast except for ABC's "Nightline."

For the week, Fallon's encores doubled CBS's rebroadcasts of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in adult 18-49 rating (0.84 vs. 0.42) and topped ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" encores by a +79% margin (0.84 vs. 0.47). At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers' rebroadcasts topped CBS's encores of "Late Late Show with James Corden" by a +48% margin in 18-49 (0.40 vs. 0.27).

WEEK 15

Show...18-49...total viewers

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight (R)*...0.84/4...2.930 million
Late Sh (R)*...0.42/2...2.055 million
Kimmel (R)*...0.47/2...2.004 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline*...0.34/2...1.406 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers (R)*...0.40/2...1.405 million
Late Late Show (R)*...0.27/2...1.065 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)*...0.24/2...0.809 million

* NBC's Friday telecasts and all other regular Thursday and Friday late-night programs were preempted or excluded due to the New Year's holiday.

SEASON AVERAGES

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.10/5...3.902 million
Late Sh...0.73/4...3.030 million
Kimmel...0.59/3...2.483 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.38/2...1.588 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.50/3...1.648 million
Late Late Show...0.34/2...1.251 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.30/3...0.915 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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