via press release:
As the Only Broadcast Net to Build Over the Year-Ago Week in Both Viewers and Key Adults, ABC Late-Night Turns in its 3rd Straight Week of Year-Over-Year Increases
“Nightline” is No. 1 Season to Date Among
Adults 25-54 and Total Viewers for First Time Since 1993
ABC News’ “Nightline” is No. 2 in Total Viewers,
Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 for the Week
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Stands as the Only Entertainment Program in
Late-Night to Post Year-to-Year Increases in Viewers and Adults 18-49
“JKL” Tops CBS’ “Ferguson” in Adults 18-49 for the 4th Week in a Row
ABC Late-Night (Monday – Friday)
During the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday week, ABC Late-Night was up over the same week last year (w/o 1/18/10) by 8% in Total Viewers (2.32 million vs. 2.15 million), by 10% in Adults 18-49 (837,000 vs. 761,000) and by 16% in Adults 25-54 (1.06 million vs. 911,000), scoring its 3rd straight week of year-to-year increases. In fact, ABC stood as the only broadcast network in late-night to build over the year-ago week in all three measures.
“Nightline” (Monday – Friday)
For the week of January 17, 2011, ABC News’ “Nightline” took second in Total Viewers (3.86 million), Adults 25-54 (1.60 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.20 million), beating CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman,” according to Nielsen Media Research for the week of January 17, 2011.
- Season-to-date, “Nightline” ranks in first place among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. This is the first time that “Nightline” has been in first place at this point in the season since at least the 1993-94 season, when “Letterman” began on CBS. In addition, "Nightline" is up by +3% in Adults 25-54 season-to-date compared to the same point last year.
- For the 3rd week in a row, “Nightline” improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+5%), Adults 25-54 (+13%) and Adults 18-49 (+6%). In fact, the ABC program grew over the same week last year in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 in 6 of the last 7 weeks. Among the three late night shows, “Nightline” stood as the only program to build on the year-ago week in all three Nielsen measures.
*Note: Due to the Martin Luther King holiday, ABC's and NBC's Monday telecast were coded as specials and excluded from the weekly average.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (Monday – Friday)
During the week of January 17, 2011, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was up in both Total Viewers (+8% -- 1.69 million vs. 1.57 million) and Adults 18-49 (+11% -- 689,000 vs. 618,000) over the year-ago week (w/o 1/18/10), turning in its 3rd consecutive week of year-to-year increases. Impressively, “JKL” stood as the only late-night entertainment program among the broadcast networks to post year-to-year increases in both viewers and the key young adult demo.
- ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” topped CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” by 7% in Adults 18-49 (689,000 vs. 646,000), beating the CBS late-night program for the 4th week in a row.
*Note: Due to the Martin Luther King holiday, "Jimmy Kimmel Live's" Monday telecast was coded as a special and excluded from the weekly average.
Late-Night Rank:
TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000) A25-54(000)
ABC 2,320,000 837,000 1,060,000
CBS 2,650,000 872,000 1,200,000
NBC 2,360,000 910,000 1,110,000
Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 1/17/11, or as dated. Comparisons based on 000s. ABC Late-Night = “Nightline” and “JKL”; CBS Late-Night = “Letterman” and “Ferguson”; NBC Late-Night = “Tonight Show,” “Fallon” and “Carson Daly.”
