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[11/12/15 - 10:48 AM]
"The Tonight Show" Outperforms "Late Show" by Biggest Margin to Date in 18-49 Demo
NBC spins the late-night numbers for the week of November 2-6.

[via press release from NBC]

'THE TONIGHT SHOW' OUTPERFORMS 'LATE SHOW' BY BIGGEST MARGIN TO DATE IN 18-49 DEMO

Fallon Handily Wins the Week of Nov. 2-6, While "Late Night" Narrows Gap to Smallest To Date Versus Colbert,"Last Call" Tops "Late Late Show" Despite Later Start Times

NEW YORK - Nov. 12, 2015 - "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has won the late-night ratings week of Nov. 2-6, outrating CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by a +60% margin in adults 18-49, the biggest advantage to date for Fallon versus Colbert.

For the week, Fallon scored a 0.91 rating in 18-49 while Colbert averaged a 0.57.

It's the third week in a row (excluding a week of Colbert encores) that Fallon has delivered biggest-yet margins versus "The Late Show."

In the prior seven 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, +38% for Oct. 5-9, +56% for Oct. 12-16, +54% for the encore week of Oct. 19-23 and +59% for Oct. 26-30.

For the week of Nov. 2-6, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" pulled within 0.05 of a rating point of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in 18-49 (0.52 vs. 0.57) and within 0.08 of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (0.52 vs. 0.60), despite starting an hour later. It's the narrowest gap to date between Meyers and Colbert, with the prior smallest margin being 0.13 during the week of Oct. 12-16 (0.46 vs. 0.59).

For the week, Meyers' hit five-week highs in 18-49 (0.52) and total viewers (1.652 million), with his best results since Sept. 28-Oct. 2 (0.55 in 18-49, 1.795 million viewers overall).

In adults 18-49 at 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call with Carson Daly" (0.34) decisively outrated CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.30), despite starting an hour later, and also topped cable's "Conan" (0.26), "Daily Show" (0.27) and "Nightly Show" (0.18).

Daly's 0.34 in 18-49 is a six-week high (strongest since Sept. 21-25, 0.35) and his 976,000 viewers overall is a five-week high (best since Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 996,000).

WEEKLY AVERAGES

(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 2-6. 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" 0.91 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.57/3 *
ABC "Kimmel," 0.60/3 *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.43/3
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.52/4 *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 0.30/2 *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.34/3 *

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.372 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.492 million viewers *
ABC "Kimmel," 2.626 million viewers *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.719 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.652 million viewers *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 1.155 million viewers *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.976 million viewers *

* Tuesday's Kimmel was excluded due to Election Night coverage. 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

ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 1.04 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.79/5
ABC "Kimmel," 0.60/3
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.39/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.49/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.35/3
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.30/3

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.786 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.187 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.527 million viewers
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.603 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.636 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.294 million viewers
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.938 million viewers

SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK NOV. 2-6

NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.27
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.18
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.26
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.70
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.52

Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.27 million viewers.

TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m., "The Daily Show," 0.682 million
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.457 million
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.564 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.381 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.068 million viewers





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