NBC's Late Night Shows Deliver Five-Week Highs

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have hit five-week highs in adults 18-49 to dominate the late-night ratings week of April 6-10, with "Tonight" also generating its most-watched week in seven weeks.

Fallon grew versus the prior week by +10% in adult 18-49 rating (to a 1.06 from a 0.96) and by +6% in total viewers (3.915 million vs. 3.706 million) while Meyers increased week to week by +9% in 18-49 (0.47 vs. 0.43) and +5% in total viewers (1.585 million vs. 1.511 million).

The 1.06 is Fallon's highest rating since the week of March 2-6 (1.10) and the 3.915 million is his biggest overall audience since the week of Feb. 16-20 (4.233 million).

Meyers generated both his best 18-49 rating and biggest overall audience in THE FIVE weeks since March 2-6 (0.48 in 18-49, 1.614 million viewers overall).
Note that CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" were in rebroadcast last week and "Late Show" excluded its Monday, Thursday and Friday results due to sports delays. CBS's original "Late Late Show with James Corden" excluded Thursday and Friday ratings.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, an encore week of "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.25 rating in 18-49 and 818,000 viewers overall, making it "Last Call's" most-watched week in five weeks (since March 2-6, 836,000).

WEEK 29

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.06/5...3.915 million
Dave (R) *...0.53/3...2.462 million
Kimmel (R)...0.46/2...2.020 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.34/2...1.432 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.47/3...1.585 million
Late Late Show *...0.39/3...1.282 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly (R)...0.25/2...0.818 million

* Friday's "Late Night" was an encore. Monday, Thursday and Friday "Late Shows" and Thursday and Friday "Late Late Shows" were excluded due to sports delays.

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.16/5...4.033 million
Dave...0.52/2...2.744 million
Kimmel...0.63/3...2.744 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/2...1.700 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.49/3...1.555 million
Late Late Show...0.33/2...1.386 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.28/2...0.845 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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