NBC Late Night Leads the Competition in All Key Measures

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated late-night ratings for the week of March 30-April 3, outscoring their ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Fallon earned a 0.96 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.706 million viewers overall, his top 18-49 and total-viewer results since the week of March 2-6 (1.10 in 18-49, 3.874 million) and Meyers' 1.511 million viewers overall is his biggest overall audience since that same week (1.614 million).

Meyers' 0.43 rating in adults 18-49 outscored week two of CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.30) by a +43% margin, up from a +16% edge the prior week (when Corden premiered on Monday and excluded delayed Thursday and Friday encores from his averages). In total viewers, Meyers won the hour last week by a +26% margin (1.511 million vs. 1.201 million) after Corden had prevailed by +6% during his debut week.

In the 11:35 p.m. ET hour, Fallon outdelivered ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" in all key measures, while Meyers prevailed over Corden in the 12:35 a.m. hour in every key category and won his head-to-head 12:30-1 a.m. half-hour versus "Nightline" in each of those measures.

WEEK 28

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.96/5...3.706 million
Dave...0.45/2...2.536 million
Kimmel *...0.59/3...2.571 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.35/2...1.536 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.43/3...1.511 million
Late Late Show *...0.30/2...1.201 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.24/2...0.766 million

* Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night," "Late Late Show" and "Last Call" were encores.

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.16/5...4.021 million
Dave...0.52/2...2.747 million
Kimmel...0.64/3...2.767 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.708 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.49/3...1.553 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.383 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.29/2...0.846 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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