NBC's JIMMY FALLON Tops Competition in Late-Night Ratings

NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has dominated the ratings week of Aug. 17-21, leading the time period's ABC and CBS competition in all key measures - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Note that ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was in rebroadcast Friday and "CBS Summer Showcase" aired encores through the week.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" grew for a second straight week in adults 18-49 rating to a three-week high (0.46), the show's best result since July 27-31 (0.47). Week to week, "Late Night" was up +5% in 18-49 (0.46 vs. 0.44) and versus two weeks ago, the increase was +10% (4.6 vs. 4.2).

At 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call with Carson Daly" delivered a 0.28 rating in adults 18-49, its highest in 12 weeks (since another 0.28 for the week of May 25-29) and matching the top "Last Call" result in 25 weeks (since a 0.29 for Feb. 23-27).

WEEK 48

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.94/5...3.475 million
CBS SS (R)...0.47/2...2.326 million
Kimmel *...0.46/2...2.072 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.30/2...1.366 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.46/3...1.505 million
Late Late Show...0.26/2...1.104 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.28/3...0.812 million

* Friday's "Kimmel" and "Late Night" were encores.

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.11/5...3.852 million
CBS SS (R)...0.48/2...2.442 million
Kimmel...0.61/3...2.566 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.40/2...1.614 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.47/3...1.500 million
Late Late Show...0.32/2...1.355 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.27/2...0.816 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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