ENCORES OF "THE TONIGHT SHOW," "LATE NIGHT" DEFEAT ABC, CBS TIME-SLOT COMPETITION IN KEY DEMOS FOR WEEK OF AUG. 12-16

Leno's Week of Rebroadcasts Tops Kimmel's Week of Four Originals and One Encore, While Fallon Bests Ferguson Again

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Aug. 22, 2013 - Encore telecasts of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" have scored #1 finishes for the week of Aug. 12-16 over ABC and CBS timeslot competition.

Last week's "Tonight" encores topped ABC's week of mostly original "Jimmy Kimmel Live" telecasts in 18-49 viewers, total viewers and nearly all other key measures. Note that all NBC and CBS late-night programming last week was in rebroadcast while Friday's "Kimmel" was an encore and the rest of ABC's schedule was in originals.

At 12:35 a.m. ET, Fallon rebroadcasts outscored CBS's encore "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and ABC's original "Nightline" during their head-to-head half-hour in every key category - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers. Leno topped "Late Show" in all those measures and beat the mostly original week of "Kimmel" in adults, men and women 18-34; adults, men and women 18-49; adults and men 25-54; plus total viewers.

Leno has now delivered bigger 18-49 audiences than "Late Show" for the last 39 weeks in a row and topped "Kimmel" for 29 of their 32 head-to-head weeks. In total viewers, Leno has out-delivered "Late Show" for 43 weeks in a row and "Kimmel" for 32 of 32 weeks.

Fallon has now generated bigger 18-49 audiences than "Late Late Show" for 44 of the last 45 weeks and prevailed in total viewers for 41 of the last 43 weeks. Versus "Nightline" in their head-to-head half-hour, Fallon has out-delivered the ABC series for 32 of 32 weeks in viewers 18-49 and 18 weeks in a row in total viewers.

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."

WEEKLY AVERAGES

(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug. 12-16. 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.")

ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 0.7 rating, 3 share *
CBS "Late Show," 0.5/2 *
ABC "Kimmel," 0.6/3 *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.4/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.5/3 *
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.3/2*
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.2/2 *

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 2.9 million viewers *
CBS "Late Show," 2.4 million viewers *
ABC "Kimmel," 2.4 million viewers *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.4 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.5 million viewers *
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.2 million viewers *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.8 million viewers*

* All NBC and CBS programming was in rebroadcast last week and Friday's "Kimmel" was an encore.

SEASON TO DATE

ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 0.8 rating, 3 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.7/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.7/3**
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.4/2**
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.5/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.4/2
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.3/2

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.6 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.9 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.5 million viewers**
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.6 million viewers**
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.7 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.5 million viewers
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.9 million viewers

** Since January 8.

SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF AUG. 12-16

NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.5
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.5
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.5
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.0
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.7

Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.27 million viewers

TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. "The Daily Show," 1.3 million viewers
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Colbert Report," 1.1 million viewers
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 1.0 million viewers
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 2.1 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.4 million viewers