via press release:
Conan O'BRIEN LEADS THE WEEK OF DEC. 7-11 IN THE KEY LATE-NIGHT RACE OF ADULTS 18-49
'TONIGHT' TOPS CBS'S 'LATE SHOW' AND ABC'S 'Nightline'-'KIMMEL' COMBINATION IN ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS, MEN AND WOMEN 18-34
JIMMY FALLON DELIVERS HIS BIGGEST ADULT 18-49 AUDIENCE IN EIGHT WEEKS AND HIS TOP TOTAL VIEWERSHIP OF THE SEASON TO DATE
'Last Call WITH CARSON DALY' GENERATES SEASON HIGHS IN 18-49 VIEWERS AND TOTAL VIEWERS
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – December 17, 2009 – NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" has won the week of December 7-11 in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49 over CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and the ABC lineup of "Nightline" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Conan has finished #1 or tied for #1 among broadcast networks in adult 18-49 rating for six of the last seven weeks.
In adults 18-34, Conan dominated Letterman and the ABC team of "Nightline" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for the week, posting a 1.0 rating in 18-34 versus "Late Show's" 0.7, "Nightline's" 0.6 and "Kimmel's" 0.4.
At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" tied CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in 18-49 rating and delivered bigger audiences than Ferguson and ABC's Kimmel in adults 18-49 as well as adults, men and women 18-34, men 18-49 and men 25-54.
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" delivered its biggest adult 18-49 audience (838,000 viewers) in eight weeks (since the week of October 12-16) and attracted its largest overall audience (1.5 million) so far this season. At 1:35 a.m. ET, "Last Call with Carson Daly" generated season highs in adult 18-49 viewers (524,000) and total viewers (939,000).
The median age of Conan's audience last week was 47.6, nine years younger than Letterman's 56.8 and "Nightline's" 57.1. At 12:35 a.m. ET last week, the median age of Jimmy Fallon's audience (46.1) was five years younger than Kimmel's (51.8) and six years younger than Ferguson's (52.6).
For the week of December 7-11, Conan's average 1.397 million adults 18-49 outscored Letterman's 1.358; in total viewers, Conan's audience of 2.647 million persons finished behind Letterman's 4.398 million; and in adults 18-34, Conan's 667,000 topped Letterman's 453,000. At 12:35 a.m. ET, Jimmy Fallon's 838,000 adults 18-49 for the week topped Ferguson's 778,000; in total viewers, Jimmy's 1.501 million finished behind Ferguson's 1.945 million; and in adults 18-34, Jimmy's 414,000 out-delivered Ferguson's 293,000.
WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of December 7-11. Ratings reflect "live plus same day" data 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. ET
NBC "Tonight," 1.1 rating, 4 share
CBS "Late Show," 1.0/4
ABC "Nightline," 1.0/4
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 0.6/3*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.6/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.6/3
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.4/3*
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 2.6 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 4.4 million viewers
ABC "Nightline," 3.9 million viewers
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 1.7 million viewers*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.5 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.9 million viewers
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.9 million viewers*
*Monday's "Last Call" and "Kimmel" were encores
SEASON TO DATE
ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," 1.0/4
CBS "Late Show," 1.0/4
ABC "Nightline," 1.0/4
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 0.5/3
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," 0.6/3
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.6/4
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.3/2
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," 2.5 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 4.2 million viewers
ABC "Nightline," 4.0 million viewers
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 1.7 million viewers
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," 1.4 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.9 million viewers
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.8 million viewers
SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF DECEMBER 7 - 11
NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.7
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.6
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 0.9
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.5
Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.32 million viewers
TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 1.6 million
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. ET, "The Colbert Report," 1.2 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.8 million
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.0 million
They must have just a massive book of synonyms for “lost to” and “beat” sitting on their desks when they write these press releases.
It’s good to see Fallon doing better. Independent of whether or not you like him as a host, the writing on his show is consistently good. It’s not always presented in the best way, but that’s another issue.
Fallon and O’brien are numbers 3 & 4 on people I can’t stand.
The first two have first names that start with R&B.
Craig beating Jimmy Fallon.
At 12:35 a.m. ET, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tied CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
When does Nielsen take ratings? In L.A., Craig’s show doesn’t start until 12:37. At 12:35, Dave’s musical act is still on…
O’Brien stinks. TV goes off at 11:30.
Highly recommend extra sleep.
Has America gone so far astray that the Letterman incident barely registers a blip? The fact that CBS and good ole Les did nothing about it shows that ratings are apparently the new values in America today.
Letterman violated the tenets of church groups, women’s groups, and government employment regulations all in one fell swoop, yet there appears to be zero accountability.
Perhaps this news is part of a quiet, switch the dial movement towards a guy who has become more political to keep in protection mode with those in power.
There was a time when CBS played reruns of its primetime shows latenight… They should be syndicating their own NCIS to themselves.
Jimmy Kimmel’s even worse than Letterman, Howard. He’s banging a chick that he promoted to head writer of his awful show! That’s criminally insane and a morale disaster! At least Letterman didn’t recklessly ruin the creative mojo of his program. An a-hole yes, an idiot, no.
Plus Letterman is, well, Letterman. He’s one of the Beatles as far as I’m concerned. Kimmel is and will always be culturally irrelevant poop.
Fallon is awful. O’Brien is brilliant. Ferguson is weird. Dave is past his prime. These are the facts.
If there is a God, Jimmy Fallon will be forced to quit.
Fallon’s not the best, but he has some topnotch writers with innovative ideas. There have definitely been flops, but the stuff that’s worked for him has been born of some serious creativity. Now if only Fallon were better himself…
Wow, Conan really gets better demo ratings then Dave? Dave is quality, but isn’t what he once was, Conan is awful, really just… weird never seen anything else so I won’t comment on them.
I think you’ll find that Conan’s fans embrace his oddities and the fact that he’s “weird” is what we like
I can’t watch Conan. I can’t put my finger on it, same goes for the remote when finding a channel, can’t put my finger on NBC for Conan. He turns me off so I don’t turn him on. The first week he was on I watched about 5 minutes and turned it off and haven’t watched since. I couldn’t watch his old show either, I don’t find him funny. He is like watching an unfunny friend who thinks he is funny when everyone else knows he is not.
Ratings dont mean everything…if they meant everything the
best tv show in the history of television would have been cancelled in its first year….
yes i AM talking about SEINFELD
Still FUNNY after all this year…while shows with huge ratings are
so unwatchable now (Friends, Will & Grace) and so annoying