NBC Late Night Wins in All Key Categories for the Week

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has dominated the late-night week of Dec. 8-12, beating ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" on five of five nights in both adults 18-49 and total viewers and delivering bigger audiences than both rival shows in every key ratings category - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Fallon's 1.03 rating in 18-49 for the week generated an +81% advantage over Kimmel (0.57) and an +87% margin over Letterman (0.55). Note that "Kimmel" was in rebroadcast on Friday.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" matched the 18-49 rating of Letterman (0.55 each), despite starting an hour later. Meyers topped Letterman for the week in men 18-49 and adults, men and women 18-34.

In the 12:35 a.m. ET hour, Meyers outscored CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in every key ratings measure and also topped ABC's "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30-1 a.m. in all key categories.

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" figures except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."

WEEK 12

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.03/5...3.707 million
Dave...0.55/3...2.837 million
Kimmel *...0.57/3...2.577 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.35/2...1.659 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.55/3...1.657 million
Ferguson...0.38/2...1.572 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.34/3...0.937 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.15/5...3.979 million
Dave...0.51/2...2.714 million
Kimmel...0.66/3...2.801 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/3...1.704 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.51/3...1.578 million
Ferguson...0.34/2...1.423 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.31/3...0.886 million

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