NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Delivers Biggest Margins to Date vs 'Colbert' in Total Viewers

Late-Night Results for Week 4: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has won the late-night ratings week of Oct. 12-16 by a +56% margin in adults 18-49 versus CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and a +30% advantage in total viewers, the biggest margins to date in both measures for Fallon versus Colbert. For the week, Fallon scored a 0.92 rating in 18-49 and 3.409 million viewers overall while Colbert averaged a 0.59 and 2.628 million viewers.

In the prior five weeks since Colbert debuted, Fallon's margins in 18-49 have been +28% for the week of Sept. 7-11, +38% for Sept. 14-18, +35% for Sept. 21-25, +41% for Sept. 28-Oct. 2 and +38% for Oct. 5-9. In total viewers, Colbert led his debut week, Sept. 7-11, by +13%, then Fallon won by +22% during the week of Sept. 14-18, +11% for Sept. 21-25, +19% for Sept. 28-Oct. 2 and +22% for Oct. 5-9.

For the most recent week of Oct. 12-16, Fallon grew +5% versus the prior week in 18-49 rating (0.92 vs. 0.88). At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" also generated a +5% gain versus the previous week in 18-49, with a 0.46 rating versus a 0.44 for Oct. 5-9, to stretch his advantage over CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" to a +39% win (0.46 vs. 0.33) versus a +29% margin the prior week (0.44 vs. 0.34).

Versus the same week last year, Meyers was up +4% in total viewers (1.572 million vs. 1.513 million), and at 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" was up +6% (901,000 vs. 850,000).

WEEK 4

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.92/5...3.409 million
Late Sh *...0.59/3...2.628 million
Kimmel *...0.52/3...2.216 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.35/2...1.438 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.46/3...1.572 million
Late Late Show *...0.33/2...1.234 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.27/2...0.914 million

* Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night," "Late Late Show" and "Last Call" were encores. Thursday's "Late Show" and "Late Late Show" were delayed by an NFL overrun.

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.05/5...3.782 million
Late Sh...0.83/4...3.379 million
Kimmel...0.56/3...2.365 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.525 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.51/3...1.661 million
Late Late Show...0.37/3...1.367 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.30/3...0.947 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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