via CBS press release:
"Late Late Show" Up +67% in Adults 18-34 and +20% in Adults 18-49 and Tops "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in Viewers on Three Nights
"Late Late Show" Continues to Narrow the Gap with "Late Night"
CBS's THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON posted double digit percentage increases in viewers and key demographics versus the same week a year ago and topped "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in viewers on three nights, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week endingJan. 30.
THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON posted a 1.4/05 in households with 1.94m viewers, up +16% in viewers (from 1.66m) compared to the same week last year. LATE LATE SHOW was up +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 from 0.7/04), +20% in adults 18-49 (0.6/04 from 0.5/03) and +67% in adults 18-34 (0.5/03 from 0.3/02) compared to the same week last year.
LATE LATE SHOW beat "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in viewers on Monday (1.99m vs. 1.83m). Tuesday (2.27m vs. 2.11m) and Thursday (1.88m vs. 1.72m); in adults 25-54 on Thursday (0.8/04 vs. 0.7/04) and tied on Monday (0.8/05 vs. 0.8/04); and tied in adults 18-49 on Monday (0.7/04, each).
Season-to-date, LATE LATE SHOW is up +8% in households (1.4/05 from 1.3/05), +9% in viewers (1.91m from 1.75m), +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 from 0.7/04) and even in both adults 18-49 (0.6/03) and adults 18-34 (0.4/02) compared to last year.
Season-to-date, LATE LATE SHOW has improved its competitive position with "Late Night" in viewers (-60,000 viewers in 2008-09 from -140,000 viewers in 2007-08), adults 25-54 (tied in 2008-09 from -0.1 in 2007-08) and adults 18-34 (-0.3 in 2008-08 from -0.4 in 2007-08).
Yeah Craig!
Keep on rockin’!
Craig is amazing. I can’t wait to see what happens when Leno moves to primetime and Conan moves to compete with Letterman.
Selfish wish: I wish they’d shoot Craig’s show in HD. I can’t stand the standard def black bars.
Craig is a marvelous comic, he can do more with a few words and a facial expression than most of the late night guys who either read their jokes off a card or off a teleprompter. He deserves his success….you should count people who switch to CBS right after Jay Leno. Soon we will be watching Jay and then switching over to CBS. I don’t like that silly Conan O’Brian, he isn’t that funny, he is just a silly man. Dave letterman isn’t my favorite late night guy but I will watch him rather than suffer through Conan. Count us older folks in those numbers, my husband and I are retired and we both love Jay and Craig. I am in my 60s and he is in his 70s, so we don’t have to get up for college, or a job. Come on give us some credit for watching TV. Craig is a very interesting man I love just seeing him fly by the seat of his pants and also I love his interaction with the guest. Dave make CBS fix the roof on Craig’s tiny little studio. Poor man was using buckets to catch the drips.
I’m with Malia! At my house it’s Jay to Craig. Craig is by far the most natural, creative, comedy guy on late night. The puppets are hilarious-Craig will put himself out there-he’s not afraid to look ridiculous-and is so genuine and sweet. He really does care about people-even when he’s making some very funny jokes about them! I love it that he looks into the camera and plays to us at home-makes him very personal. AND, who else could make a leaking roof so funny! His comments about women’s breasts have made for some interesting discussions here at home!!
that’s true craig should be able to be seen in hd I can’t believe that the show right after craig ferguson, comics unleashesd is in hd rather than craig
Mary,
Must you post everywhere Craig is mentioned on the internet? You are a terrible writer–boring and repetitive. We get it–you’re a fan. And I am too. But I’m sick of seeing your insipid input everywhere I find info about Craig.
I’m totally with Jesse on the HD biz. I’ve been emailing the network begging for it because in fact Comics Unleashed IS in HD and it’s a crap show. I found the action to be CBS giving a slap in the face to Craig. It’s also clear by Craig’s comments that he’s wanted HD for a long while now but due to budgeting, it’s a long jump. They would have to change a lot of things including the lighting and the sound because there’s nothing worse than watching a show in high def that is poorly made because HD emphasizes all good things and bad.
Chic Doodles, you’ve got a serious problem because you are bitching to someone that hasn’t even posted a message and why would you go through the trouble of writing such a dumb comment. Go to hospital, I’m quite sure they can give you a script to help out with that.
I never could get into the redheaded guy, and the first craig was horrid. Then came the Ferguson. At first I thought, just go to bed. He had nothing but “b” list guests, and then about a year and a half ago, I caught him again. He was funny. I liked the guests, I was hooked. However, I am so mad they never let the little cat just meow. I don’t mind the stoner cat, that is the viewer’s fault for being stoned. However, once in a while let the cat just meow.
By the way, his wife is a doll.
Very Funny, very creative, comic.( I find him more in the mold of Johnny Carson than the other four)
Fix the roof, a good band, then HD, would be the proper order, IMHO!
I can honestly say that Craig makes me laugh ; never a dull moment. I love his show. Granted I only get to watch it on Friday’s because I usually have to get up early but wow do I enjoy that one night. It just really bothers me how his show has such a low budget. I find his show way more interesting than any other late show so the fact that Conan gets a way better studio with a – list guests is surprising to say the least. I can’t wait until CBS realizes the show’s true potential and devote more money to it.