NBC's JIMMY FALLON & SETH MEYERS Lead Late-Night Week

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has decisively won the week of March 2-6, outdelivering its ABC and CBS time-period rivals in all key ratings measures - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. And at 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" topped CBS's "Late Late Show" in every key category.

Note that CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" was in rebroadcast last week and "Tonight," "Late Night" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel" live aired encores on Friday.

For the week, "Fallon's" 1.10 rating in adults 18-49 generated a winning margin of +77% over "Kimmel" (0.62) and +96% versus CBS's "Letterman" encores (0.56).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, a 0.48 rating in 18-49 for "Late Night with Seth Meyers" delivered a +50% advantage over CBS's "Late Late Show" (0.32). In their head-to-head half-hour from 12:30-1 a.m., "Late Night" beat ABC's "Nightline" by a +17% margin in adults 18-49 (0.55 that half-hour vs. "Nightline's" 0.47).

WEEK 24

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight *...1.10/5...3.874 million
Dave (R)...0.56/3...2.598 million
Kimmel *...0.62/3...2.461 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.47/3...1.641 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.48/3...1.614 million
Late Late Show...0.32/2...1.303 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.25/2...0.836 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.18/6...4.066 million
Dave...0.52/2...2.759 million
Kimmel...0.64/3...2.742 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.707 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.50/3...1.566 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.402 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.29/2...0.857 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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