NBC's TONIGHT SHOW Delivers Decisive Ratings Victory

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has delivered a decisive victory in late-night ratings for the week of Nov. 3-7 winning on five of five nights of the week versus the time period's ABC and CBS competition in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.

Fallon beat ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" for the week in every key ratings category - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Fallon's 0.98 rating for the week generated a +34% advantage over Kimmel (0.73) and a +100% margin over Letterman (0.49).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" topped CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" in adults 18-49 (with a 0.52 rating vs. a 0.49) despite starting an hour later.

Both "Late Night" (0.52 in 18-49, 1.563 million viewers overall) and "Last Call with Carson Daly" (0.33 in 18-49, 901,000 viewers overall) hit five-week highs in 18-49 and total viewers, with their best averages since the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 3. "Last Call" outrated CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (0.31) despite starting an hour later.

Note that all late-night shows on the broadcast networks except "Tonight" excluded their Tuesday results due to Election Night disruptions, and Kimmel, Meyers and Carson Daly aired encores on Friday night.

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" figures except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."

WEEK 7

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

Tonight...0.98/5...3.610 million
Dave *...0.49/2...2.669 million
Kimmel *...0.73/4...2.968 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline *...0.46/3...1.791 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.52/3...1.563 million
Ferguson *...0.31/2...1.326 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly * ...0.33/3...0.901 million

* All Tuesday telecasts except "Tonight" were excluded from weeklong averages due to Election Night disruptions. Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night" and "Last Call" were encores.

SEASON AVERAGES

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

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.13/5...3.905 million
Dave...0.51/2...2.730 million
Kimmel...0.66/3...2.748 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.41/3...1.657 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.50/3...1.548 million
Ferguson...0.34/2...1.397 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly ...0.31/3...0.867 million

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