NBC's TONIGHT SHOW & LATE NIGHT Win the Week in All Key Categories

NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have delivered dominant wins for the late-night ratings week of March 21-25, topping their ABC and CBS time-period competition in all key categories - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

Fallon grew +6% versus the prior week in adult 18-49 rating (0.85 to 0.90) to equal his top average in five weeks (matching his best since a 0.96 for Feb. 15-19).

For the week, Fallon beat ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in adult 18-49 rating by an +80% advantage (with a 0.90 rating vs. a 0.50) and CBS's encores of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by an +88% margin (0.90 vs. 0.48). Note that Friday's Kimmel was an encore and CBS's Thursday and Friday telecasts were delayed by NCAA BASKETBALL overruns and are excluded.

Versus the same week last year, Meyers increased by +2% in 18-49 rating (0.45 vs. 0.44) and +10% in total viewers (1.559 million vs. 1.422 million).

At 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call with Carson Daly" grew +4% versus the same week last year in 18-49 (0.27 vs. 0.26) and +13% in total viewers (905,000 vs. 799,000).

The week concluded the first quarter of the year, during which Fallon and Meyers again defeated their ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure. Fallon topped Colbert for the quarter by a +64% margin in adult 18-49 rating (1.00 vs. 0.61) and Kimmel by +85% (1.00 vs. 0.54). Meyers outrated Corden by +47% (0.47 vs. 0.32) and in their head-to-head half-hour, topped "Nightline," also by +47% (0.53 from 12:30-1 a.m. vs. 0.36).

Season to date, Fallon and Meyers have outdelivered their ABC and CBS time-period competition for 27 of 27 weeks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.

WEEK 27

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...0.90/4...3.365 million
Late Sh (R)*...0.56/3...2.148 million
Kimmel *...0.50/2...2.341 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.34/2...1.485 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers *...0.45/3...1.559 million
Late Late Sh (R)*...0.29/2...1.114 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly *...0.27/2...0.905 million

* Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night" and "Last Call" were encores. Thursday and Friday CBS telecasts were delayed by NCAA BASKETBALL overruns and are excluded.

SEASON AVERAGES

11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.
Tonight...1.06/5...3.814 million
Late Sh...0.68/3...2.958 million
Kimmel...0.57/3...2.433 million

12:35-1:05 a.m.
Nightline...0.37/2...1.566 million

12:35-1:35 a.m.
Seth Meyers...0.49/3...1.629 million
Late Late Sh...0.33/2...1.276 million

1:35 a.m.-2:05 a.m.
Carson Daly...0.29/2...0.909 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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