NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Continues to Dominate Late Night TV

Wednesday's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" scored the show's highest metered-market household rating for a Wednesday (3.2) in seven months (since Feb. 4, 3.3). The show jumped +23% above its summer average prior to CBS's launch of Colbert (3.2 vs. 2.6).

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 3.2/8; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.2/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.6/4.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.1/6; "Late Show," 0.7/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3.

From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.0/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.3/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (0.9/3). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/2).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

In Official-National Results for the Week of Sept. 7-11:

"The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" (1.20/6 in 18-49, 3.943 million total viewers overall) ranked as the #1 late-night talk show of the week in adults 18-49, adults 25-54, adults 18-34 and other key demographics, despite last week's competition from the highly promoted debut of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Fallon topped Colbert on three of the week's four nights (Wednesday through Friday) in adults 18-49 and total viewers.

These were "Tonight's" best weekly 18-49 and total-viewer results in nearly seven months (1.30 rating in 18-49, 4.233 million viewers overall for the week of Feb. 16-20).

"Late Night with Seth Meyers" (0.57/4 in 18-49 rating, 1.727 viewers overall) generated its best weekly 18-49 and total-viewer results in seven months (also a 0.57 in 18-49 and 1.728 million viewers overall for the week of Feb. 2-6, 2015).

Despite the later hour, Meyers outdrew ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in adults 18-49 four nights in a row and finished +30% ahead of Kimmel in the demo for the week (0.57 vs. 0.44).

"Last Call with Carson Daly"(0.37/3 in 18-49, 994,000 viewers overall) delivered the show's best 18-49 average in more than nine months, since the week of Nov. 17-21, 2014 (also a 0.37) and equaled its top week in adults 18-49 in 18 months (since the week of March 3-7, 2014, 0.38).

In total viewers, the 994,000 was "Last Call's" strongest delivery in 17 months, since the week of March 24-28, 2014 (1.019 million).

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