NBC Late Night Shows Rule the Ratings Week, Winning in Every Key Measure

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have generated decisive victories for the late-night ratings week of Oct. 3-7, outrating their ABC and CBS time-slot competition in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Fallon prevailed for the week over CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by a +61% margin in adult 18-49 rating (with a 0.82 vs. a 0.51) and outrated ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" by +64% (0.82 vs. 0.50).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers topped CBS's "The Late Late Show with James Corden" for the week by a +34% advantage in 18-49 (with a 0.43 rating vs. a 0.32) and also beat ABC's "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour by +41% (0.48 vs. 0.34 from 12:30 to 1 a.m. ET).

WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 3-7. 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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