NBC's JIMMY FALLON Leads Late Night for the Week

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have delivered decisive wins for the late-night ratings week of Aug. 4-8

Fallon generated bigger audiences than ABC'S "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's encore telecasts of "Late Show with David Letterman" last week in every key ratings measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Note that Friday's "Kimmel" was an encore.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers outdelivered CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in every key category and also beat ABC's "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour in all key measures. Note that Thursday and Friday editions of "Late Late Show" were delayed by PGA Golf coverage and are excluded from these averages.

Fallon's margins over Kimmel were +68% in adult 18-49 rating (0.96 vs. 0.57) and +50% in total viewers (3.510 million vs. 2.346 million) and versus Letterman's encores, Fallon's advantages were +113% in 18-49 (0.96 vs. 0.45) and +57% in total viewers (3.510 million vs. 2.229 million).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers' margins over Ferguson were +91% in 18-49 (0.44 vs. 0.23) and +51% in total viewers (1.481 million vs. 981,000), while versus "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour of 12:30-1 a.m., the leads were +46% in 18-49 (0.51 vs. 0.35 for that half-hour) and +16% in total viewers (1.701 million vs. 1.463 million).

At 1:35 a.m. ET, encore telecasts of "Last Call with Carson Daly" out-rated CBS's "Late Late Show" originals (with a 0.26 rating vs. a 0.23).

WEEK 46

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.96/5...3.510 million
Dave (R)...0.45/2...2.229 million
Kimmel*...0.57/3...2.346 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.35/2...1.459 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers*...0.44/3...1.481 million
Ferguson*...0.23/2...0.981 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R) ...0.26/2...0.820 million

* Friday's "Kimmel" and "Late Night" were encores; Thursday and Friday "Late Late Shows" were delayed by PGA Golf coverage and are excluded.

SEASON AVERAGES SINCE FEB. 17, L+SD

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.22/6...3.931 million
Dave...0.49/2...2.556 million
Kimmel...0.63/3...2.542 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.40/2...1.577 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.58/4...1.631 million
Ferguson...0.32/2...1.298 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.32/3...0.875 million

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