With Conan on the way out, no "Conan was KILLING IT IN THE DEMOS!" headines.
Via NBC:
NBC LATE-NIGHT RESULTS FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 11-15
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - January 22, 2010 - NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien” has topped all broadcast and cable competition in the key late-night demographic of adults 18-49 for the week of January 11-15. At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" also delivered bigger 18-49 audiences than any cable or broadcast competition in the time period.
The week also saw Conan deliver bigger audiences than CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and the ABC lineup of “Nightline” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in adults, men and women 18-34, men and women 18-49 and adults and men 25-54. Jimmy Fallon out-delivered CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "Kimmel" in adults, men and women 18-34; men 18-49; and adults and men 25-54.
In total viewers, it was "Tonight's" biggest audience since the week of June 22-26 and in 18-49 viewers, it was the largest "Tonight" viewership since June 8-12. "Late Night" delivered its biggest overall audience in 17 weeks (since the week of September 14-18) and biggest 18-49 audience in 13 weeks (since October 12-16).
For the week of January 11-15, Conan’s average 1.900 million adults 18-49 topped the 1.345 million of Letterman; in total viewers, Conan’s audience of 3.492 million persons trailed Letterman's 4.487million; and in adults 18-34, Conan’s 948,000 out-scored Letterman’s 430,000. At 12:35 a.m. ET, Jimmy Fallon's 885,000 adults 18-49 for the week out-delivered Ferguson's 825,000; in total viewers, Jimmy's 1.564 million trailed Ferguson's 2.096 million; and in adults 18-34, Jimmy's 482,000 topped Ferguson's 328,000.
WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of January 11-15. 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," 1.4 rating, 6 share
CBS "Late Show," 1.0/4
ABC "Nightline," 0.9/3
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 0.5/2*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.7/4
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.6/4
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.4/3 (in encore telecasts)
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 3.5 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 4.5 million viewers
ABC "Nightline," 3.6 million viewers
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 1.6 million viewers*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.6 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 2.1 million viewers
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.8 million viewers (in encore telecasts)
* Monday's "Kimmel" was an encore.
SEASON TO DATE
ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," 1.1/4 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," 0.6/3
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," 2.6 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," 2.0 million viewers
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.8 million viewers
SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF JANUARY 11-15
NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11 p.m. ET, "The Daily Show," 0.6 Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. ET, "The Colbert Report," 0.5
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," 1.4 million Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m. ET, "The Colbert Report," 1.1 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.9 million Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.1 million
NBC, keeping it low key doesn’t make you look any less stupid for getting rid of the guy who is killing it in the ratings. If they were smarter they would’ve let him drum up the controversy and keep him there, he’s been winning over new viewers and getting his old ones to watch all week. I hope Conan find an even more expensive bit tonight, teach these fools a lesson.
These ratings aren’t really THAT impressive, even if you ignore the fact that the numbers are inflated by the conflict going on. If memory serves, that’s about what Leno was averaging in the demos as Tonight Show host, but nowhere near the total viewership. Even with this controversy and with some unusually weak Nightline numbers, he can’t break out of last in the total viewers department.
What caused Ferguson to suddenly break out in viewers like that? Yet this also ended up being a week where he lost in the demos?
Late night numbers in general have been down since the strike. I feel that over the next few months we will see more shows canceled. Truth is, now that Conan’s gone and Leno is back to the same old Leno, viewers can and will check out other choices, they will see how bad the quality out there is and the numbers will plummet.
I see Jimmy Kimmel Live, for example, going off the air soon. He can’t hide beyond the excuse of “the other” established guys taking viewers away from him anymore. New people will watch his show and see it’s just not good.
I think when the dust settles, Letterman into Ferguson and Conan on Fox will be the sole survivors. The rest (Kimmel, Fallon, Lopez) are pretty pointless.
Is there any way to find historical ratings charts/graphs for all the late night shows?
I’m here to say I’m a big fan of Craig Ferguson. Funny dude. I like that he seems to be truly a bit insane.
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Also, I can’t stand Jay Leno. In fact the entire NBC line-up now is horrendous. Leno, Fallon, & Daly? Jesus. Just horrible. Dumb people television.