last week's averages based on final Nielsen numbers.
via press release:
'THE Tonight Show WITH JAY LENO' AND 'LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON' DELIVER MARCH 8-12 LATE-NIGHT WINS
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - March 18, 2010 - NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" has won the week of March 8-12 in adults 18-49 and total viewers over all cable and broadcast competition, delivering bigger audiences than CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and ABC's combination of "Nightline" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in every key ratings category: adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, as well as total viewers.
At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" also delivered more adult 18-49 viewers than any cable or broadcast competition in the time period, while tying CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in adult 18-49 rating points during the hour.
“Tonight” won the week over "Late Show" by a margin of 15 percent in 18-49 viewers, 17 percent in total viewers and 31 percent in adults 18-34. Jay won four of five nights in adults 18-49 and five of five nights in total viewers.
At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night" delivered more viewers than "Late Late Show" in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 and other key demos. "Late Night" out-rated "Late Late Show" by a 5 percent margin in 18-49 viewers and by 38 percent in adult 18-34 viewers.
For the week at 1:35 a.m. ET, “Last Call with Carson Daly” (0.4 rating in 18-49, 0.3 in 18-34) finished within a tenth of a rating point of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in adults 18-49 and tied Kimmel in adult 18-34 rating. "Last Call" also finished within a tenth of a rating point of CBS's "Late Late Show" in the valuable 18-34 demo.
For the week of March 8-12, Jay's average 1.546 million adults 18-49 outscored Letterman’s 1.348; in total viewers, Jay's audience of 4.405 million persons beat Letterman's 3.758 million; and in adults 18-34, Jay's 580,000 topped Letterman’s 442,000. At 12:35 a.m. ET, Jimmy Fallon's 834,000 adults 18-49 for the week topped Ferguson's 791,000; in total viewers, Jimmy's 1.696 million finished behind Ferguson's 1.801 million; and in adults 18-34, Jimmy's 354,000 out-delivered Ferguson's 257,000.
WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of March 8-12. 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," 1.2 rating, 5 share
CBS "Late Show," 1.0/5
ABC "Nightline," 1.0/4
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 0.5/3*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 0.6/4
CBS "Late Late Show," 0.6/4
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.4/3*
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight," 4.4 million viewers
CBS "Late Show," 3.8 million viewers
ABC "Nightline," 3.7 million viewers
12:05 a.m. ET
ABC "Kimmel," 1.6 million viewers*
12:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Late Night," 1.7 million viewers
CBS "Late Late Show," 1.8 million viewers
1:35 a.m. ET
NBC "Last Call," 0.9 million viewers*
*Monday’s “Last Call” and Friday's "Kimmel" were encores.
SEASON TO DATE
ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m. ET
NBC "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 1.3/6
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," 0.6/4 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 Jay Leno," 5.0 million viewers CBS "Late Show," 4.1 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 with Jimmy Fallon," 1.5 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 MARCH 8-12
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, 0.6
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, 1.3 million
Somebody mentioned that ABC may not renew Jimmy Kimmel contract, lord let it be true. Think ABC is a little ticked at him for dressing up like Jay Leno, even the haters thought that was hitting below the belt.
'This is the town where the clowns put it down,'
Where is team Coconut?
I never noticed that Jimmy got such low ratings. I wonder if ABC will stick with him. Maybe they should expand Nightline to one hour and have Jimmy start at 12:35 AM since he is getting approximately the same numbers as the other 12:35 talk shows.
I am a former employee of Jimmy Kimmel Live who resigned several months ago. I was a segment producer. I now live overseas, so I don't really care who sees this post. He is the worst person I've ever worked for. He is the least appreciative person I've ever worked for. He's the least talented writer at that writer's table and everyone knows it. He's a comedy killer. Even in rehearsals, he was incapable of creating his own humor off the cuff. He is addicted to his teleprompter and it's always been a running joke among the staff. Even his quips with guests are written. He's the worst kind of bully, putting down quiet, nice people and destroying morale for his own pleasure. He's a cheater in his personal life, leaving Sarah Silverman for a girl he then promoted to the head writer of the show over many, many more qualified candidates.
His face still gives me nightmares. We were all nervous wrecks around him and the big secret is that everyone who stays at that job, is only there for the money. True about a lot of jobs, but the most true in my lifetime about that particular one. If you don't consistently kiss his butt, he makes your life miserable How he's been allowed to stay on television this long is one of the great mysteries of the universe. IMO he's the most replaceable no-talent there's ever been and his ratings have proved that since day one.
I hope he gets canceled. He seems like the type of person you can't really trust at all even on screen so I guess hearing what you say behind the scenes isn't too surprising.
Well I'm glad Craig Ferguson's winning some of these total viewer numbers. He's the best one out there and people need to realize this and stop watching Leno.
He also needs to step away from the camera and stop pushing his face into the lens!
IceBeam, I'm uncertain whether you mean Kimmel or Ferguson. If Kimmel, then I agree. Keep Jimmy's slack jaw as far away for the camera as possible.
If Ferguson, then I disagree. There are a lot of us who live for the closeup of Craig's sparkling eyes and generous lips in that craggy, gorgeous face. We also like a full body shot in which his pants twist and ride up a bit. Whew, wait–I got distracted. What I mean to say is it's okay Craig gets so close to the camera because he's the best comedian in late night. By far.
Well I'm glad Craig Ferguson's winning some of these total viewer numbers. He's the best one out there and people need to realize this and stop watching Leno.
He also needs to step away from the camera and stop pushing his face into the lens!
IceBeam, I'm uncertain whether you mean Kimmel or Ferguson. If Kimmel, then I agree. Keep Jimmy's slack jaw as far away for the camera as possible.
If Ferguson, then I disagree. There are a lot of us who live for the closeup of Craig's sparkling eyes and generous lips in that craggy, gorgeous face. We also like a full body shot in which his pants twist and ride up a bit. Whew, wait–I got distracted. What I mean to say is it's okay Craig gets so close to the camera because he's the best comedian in late night. By far.