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[12/17/15 - 10:53 AM]
"The Tonight Show" and "Late Night" Easily Outperform Timeslot Competition for Week of Dec. 7-11
NBC spins the late-night numbers for the week of December 7-11.

[via press release from NBC]

"THE TONIGHT SHOW" AND "LATE NIGHT" EASILY OUTPERFORM TIMESLOT COMPETITION FOR WEEK OF DEC. 7-11

Excluding NFL Boosts, This Is Fallon's Biggest Margin to Date Versus a Week of Colbert Originals in Total Viewers

NEW YORK - Dec. 17, 2015 - "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated the late-night ratings week of Dec. 7-11, defeating their ABC and CBS time-period competition in every key measure - adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.

For the week, Fallon outdelivered CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 1.255 million viewers overall (3.628 million vs. 2.373 million) and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" by 1.485 million viewers (3.628 million vs. 2.143 million).

Excluding weeks of rating boosts from primetime NFL coverage, this is Fallon's biggest margin to date versus a week of Colbert originals in total viewers. The prior biggest margin for a non-NFL week was the 1.135 million for the week of Oct. 26-30 (3.756 million vs. 2.621 million).

At 12:35 a.m. ET, Meyers beat CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" by 492,000 viewers (1.660 million vs. 1.168 million) and has over the last three weeks delivered his three biggest total-viewer margins of the season over Corden.

WEEKLY AVERAGES

(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of Dec. 7-11. 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" 0.96 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.54/3
ABC "Kimmel," 0.47/2 *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.30/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.49/3 *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 0.34/2 *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.29/2 *

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.628 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.373 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.143 million viewers *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.402 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.660 million viewers *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 1.168 million viewers *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.907 million viewers *

* Friday's "Kimmel," "Late Night," "Late Late Show" and "Last Call" were encores.

SEASON AVERAGES

ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 1.09 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.76/4
ABC "Kimmel," 0.59/3
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.38/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.51/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.34/2
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," 3.897 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.097 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.504 million viewers
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.591 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.658 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.268 million viewers
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.937 million viewers

SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK DEC. 7-11

NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.35
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.24
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.31
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.71
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," 0.853 million
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.560 million
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.669 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.438 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.091 million viewers





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