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[04/09/15 - 10:32 AM]
"The Tonight Show" and "Late Night" Dominate Ratings Race Versus Timeslot Competition for Week of March 30-April 3
NBC spins the late-night numbers for the week of March 30-April 3.

[via press release from NBC]

"THE TONIGHT SHOW" AND "LATE NIGHT" DOMINATE RATINGS RACE VERSUS TIMESLOT COMPETITION FOR WEEK OF MARCH 30-APRIL 3

Fallon Bests Kimmel, Letterman While Meyers Outperforms Second Week of Corden

NEW YORK - April 9, 2015 - "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" have dominated late-night ratings for the week of March 30-April 3, outscoring 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.

Fallon earned a 0.96 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.706 million viewers overall, his top 18-49 and total-viewer results since the week of March 2-6 (1.10 in 18-49, 3.874 million). Meyers' 1.511 million viewers overall represents his biggest overall audience since that same week (1.614 million).

Meyers' 0.43 rating in adults 18-49 outscored week two of CBS's "Late Late Show with James Corden" (0.30) by a +43% margin, up from a +16% edge the prior week (when Corden premiered on Monday and excluded Thursday and Friday delayed encores from his averages). In total viewers, Meyers won the hour last week by a +26% margin (1.511 million vs. 1.201 million) after Corden had prevailed by +6% during his debut week.

In the 11:35 p.m. ET hour, Fallon outdelivered ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" in all key measures. Meyers prevailed over Corden in the 12:35 a.m. hour in every key category and won his head-to-head 12:30-1 a.m. half-hour versus "Nightline" in each of those measures.

WEEKLY AVERAGES

(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of March 30-April 3. 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," 0.45/2
ABC "Kimmel," 0.59/3 *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.35/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.43/3 *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 0.30/2 *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.24/2 *

TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.706 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.536 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.571 million viewers *
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.536 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.511 million viewers *
CBS "The Late Late Show," 1.201 million viewers *
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.766 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," 1.16 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 0.52/2
ABC "Kimmel," 0.64/3
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 0.41/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.49/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.33/2
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," 4.021 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 2.747 million viewers
ABC "Kimmel," 2.767 million viewers
12:35-1:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Nightline," 1.708 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.553 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.383 million viewers
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.846 million viewers

SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK MARCH 30-APRIL 3

NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.31 (R)
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.23 (R)
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.33
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.82
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.62

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

TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. "The Daily Show," 0.646 million (R)
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, "The Nightly Show," 0.451 million (R)
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, "Conan," 0.829 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.750 million viewers
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.294 million viewers





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