NBC's Jimmy Fallon & Seth Meyers Win the Week in All Key Categories

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have scored decisive wins for the late-night ratings week of June 20-24, prevailing in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- versus their ABC and CBS time-period competition. Note that Meyers, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" aired Friday encores.

For the week, Fallon generated a +67% margin over CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in adults 18-49 (with a 0.77 rating vs. a 0.46) and a +71% advantage over Kimmel (0.77 vs. 0.45). At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers delivered a +19% margin over CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.37 vs. 0.31).

The week concluded the second quarter of the year, during which Fallon and Meyers again defeated their ABC and CBS time-period competition in all key categories. Fallon topped Kimmel for the quarter by a +64% margin in adult 18-49 rating (0.90 vs. 0.55) and Colbert by +76% (0.90 vs. 0.51). Meyers outrated Corden by +32% (0.41 vs. 0.31) and in their head-to-head half-hour, topped "Nightline" by +38% (0.47 from 12:30-1 a.m. vs. 0.34).

WEEK 40

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.77/4...2.966 million
Late Sh...0.46/2...2.234 million
Kimmel *...0.45/2...2.106 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.32/2...1.452 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.37/3...1.299 million
Late Late Sh *...0.31/2...1.180 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.21/2...0.720 million

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

SEASON AVERAGES

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.01/5...3.710 million
Late Sh...0.63/3...2.830 million
Kimmel...0.56/3...2.406 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.568 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.46/3...1.570 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.263 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.28/2...0.878 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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