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Via NBC's Press Release
JAY AND JIMMY OUT-DELIVER THEIR ABC AND CBS TIME-PERIOD COMPETITION IN 18-49 VIEWERS AND TOTAL VIEWERS
JAY DELIVERS BIGGER AUDIENCES THAN ‘Late Show’ IN EVERY KEY CATEGORY: ADULTS, MEN AND WOMEN 18-34, 18-49 AND 25-54, PLUS TOTAL VIEWERS
JIMMY HITS A SEVEN-WEEK HIGH IN 18-49 VIEWERS AND TOPS ‘LATE Late Show’ AND THE HEAD-TO-HEAD HALF-HOUR OF ‘KIMMEL’ IN EVERY KEY MEASURE
SEASON TO DATE, JAY HAS STRETCHED HIS TOTAL-VIEWER LEAD OVER ‘Late Show’ TO 18 PERCENT FROM THE YEAR-AGO 12 PERCENT; JIMMY FALLON HAS ALSO INCREASED HIS MARGIN OVER ‘LATE Late Show’ TO 18 PERCENT , UP FROM LAST YEAR’S 5 PERCENT
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – July 19, 2012 – NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” have delivered bigger audiences than the ABC and CBS time-period competition in viewers 18-49, total viewers and other key categories for the week of July 9-13.
“Tonight” topped the time-period competition of CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and ABC's combination of "Nightline" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 18-49 and total viewers and delivered bigger audiences than “Late Show” in every key ratings category: adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers.
At 12:35 a.m. ET, Jimmy Fallon also out-delivered CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and “Kimmel” head to head for their common half-hour in each of those categories.
Jimmy Fallon generated his biggest 18-49 audience (616,000) in seven weeks (since the week of May 21-25).
Through the first 43 weeks of the 2011-12 broadcast year, "Tonight" has increased its total-viewer margin over "Late Show" to 18 percent (3.677 million vs. 3.106 million), up from the year-ago season-to-date advantage of 12 percent. Jimmy Fallon has also established a total-viewer lead over "Late Late Show" this season of 18 percent (1.753 million vs. 1.482 million), up from last year's advantage of 5 percent. Jimmy has also increased his season-to-date lead over "Late Late Show" in adults 18-34, to 45 percent (273,000 vs. 188,000) up from last year's 28 percent, and in adults 25-54, to 14 percent (849,000 vs. 748,000) up from 7 percent at this point last season.
"Tonight" delivered a bigger 18-49 audience than "Late Show" for the 26th time in 30 weeks while Jimmy Fallon attracted a bigger 18-49 audience than "Late Late Show" for a 33rd week in a row.
WEEKLY AVERAGES
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 9-13. Ratings reflect “live plus same day” data from Nielsen Media Research 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.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Tonight,” 0.7 rating, 3 share
CBS “Late Show,” 0.5/2*
11:35 p.m.-12 midnight ET
ABC “Nightline,” 0.8/3
12 midnight-1 a.m. ET
ABC “Kimmel,” 0.5/2*
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Late Night,” 0.5/3
CBS “Late Late Show,” 0.3/2 (in encore telecasts)
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC “Last Call,” 0.3/2 (in encore telecasts)
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Tonight,” 3.4 million viewers
CBS “Late Show,” 2.4 million viewers *
11:35 p.m.-12 midnight ET
ABC “Nightline,” 3.6 million viewers
12 midnight-1 a.m. ET
ABC “Kimmel,” 1.6 million viewers *
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Late Night,” 1.6 million viewers
CBS “Late Late Show,” 1.1 million viewers (in encore telecasts)
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC “Last Call,” 0.9 million viewers (in encore telecasts)
* Friday’s “Late Show” and “Kimmel” were encores.
SEASON TO DATE
ADULTS 18-49
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Tonight,” 0.8 rating, 3 share
CBS “Late Show,” 0.8/3
11:35 p.m.-12 midnight ET
ABC “Nightline,” 0.9/3
12 midnight-1 a.m. ET
ABC “Kimmel,” 0.5/2
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Late Night,” 0.6/3
CBS “Late Late Show,” 0.5/3
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC “Last Call,” 0.3/2
TOTAL VIEWERS
11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Tonight,” 3.7 million viewers
CBS “Late Show,” 3.1 million viewers
11:35 p.m.-12 midnight ET
ABC “Nightline,” 3.8 million viewers
12 midnight-1 a.m. ET
ABC “Kimmel,” 1.8 million viewers
12:35-1:35 a.m. ET
NBC “Late Night,” 1.8 million viewers
CBS “Late Late Show,” 1.5 million viewers
1:35-2:05 a.m. ET
NBC “Last Call,” 0.9 million viewers
SELECTED CABLE RESULTS, WEEK OF JULY 2-6
NATIONAL ADULT 18-49 RATING
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. ET, “The Daily Show,” preempted
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, “The Colbert Report,” preempted
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, “Conan,” 0.5
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 1.0
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 0.6
Each adult 18-49 rating point equals 1.28 million viewers
TOTAL VIEWERS
Comedy Central, 11-11:30 p.m. “The Daily Show,” preempted
Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.-midnight ET, “The Colbert Report,” preempted
TBS, 11 p.m.-midnight, “Conan,” 1.0 million
Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET, 2.4 million
Adult Swim, 12:30-1:30 a.m. ET, 1.4 million
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Add Stewart and Colbert to contract renewals…Stewart until 2015 at Daily Show.
So we’ve got Letterman, Ferguson, O’Brien, Kimmel, Stewart, and Colbert now with announced contracts.
So, so strange that not a peep about Jay Leno. They say he’s signed already to 2014, but NBC’s lack of faith in him now is astounding.
So – shocker, I know – Stewart can’t be a successor to Letterman.
Leno’s deal would shame the others…he’ll be on The Tonight Show for life. Networks don’t replace kings.
Thoughts on this analysis?
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/07/aurora_theater_shooting_craig_ferguson_jay_leno_videos.php
I happened to be in the hospital watching both, and think this spot on. I could not believe Leno’s approach…
Haha. Mario, you are so delusional. At this point I cannot tell if you’re just a troll or someone really naive who makes other Leno fans look bad.
Danny…Jay was the only host on that night who showed anything resembling class.
Jimmy Fallon will be Jay’s lead-in tonight…
I wonder how Jimmy being the lead-in will affect Jay Leno’s ratings tonight.
Love Craig F. but the show hasn’t gotten really stale. Every night on Jimmy F.’s show I can expect something new or different like a new game played with the guest or a funny sketch. I hope Late Late show with Craig F. improves, I really really like him, but I just don’t watch every episode like I used to.
Super Mario’s been doin some more ‘shrooms….
Happen to be watching Leno lately and have been enjoying it. Very curious how Jimmy will do in the ratings and what boost it will bring to Leno. I can only think it will good and man do I hope so.
I’m with Keanon comments 100%!!!
Chris, Letterman and Ferguson haven’t been renewed to surpass Leno, only to match him. CBS and NBC are trying to figure each other out, trying to decide what to do depending on who does what first. Does CBS let Letterman stay up against Fallon? He won last time when up against Conan (even though it wasn’t a fair fight). Does NBC let Leno stay on if Ferguson gets moved forward? (Similar logic). Or… do they both just leave it the way it is (which I doubt) or they both have totally new hosts come in (which is what I will do).
Great show for Conan tonight. “Local News Roundup” is a skit that previously gave the feeling that the team just wanted to rush through the show, but tonight it felt like a comedy bit that Conan and Andy were actually having fun with. The Voledemort vs. Mary Poppins vs. Tiny Tim fight was also pretty funny.
How wasn’t it a fair fight between Dave and Conan? You thinking the so-called sex scandal?
It made for great television on CBS and NBC. Dave was back to putting his A game on, and Conan was trying to do some neat stuff and restore the luster of The Tonight Show, which had 17 years of mold and mildew covering it.
And the Fallon special helps show why he needs to be the flagship face at NBC at 11:30…now.
Well Conan didn’t get all the hottest stars in LA. Those would go to Leno at Primetime. Letterman would always get the hottest stars over in NYC. So Best of NY vs 2nd Best in LA, that is not a fair fight.
I think Letterman’s sex scandal helped him create buzz. It got me interested in him. Plus, once he got that buzz and had a new competitor, he was on fire!
That makes sense…indeed many of us recognized right away that when they announced Leno’s 10PM show it took the sails right away out of Conan’s sails. Plugging a film in primetime potentially could get more eyeballs than late night.
And it did. If I recall correctly. 1.2 Leno. 1.0 Letterman. 0.9 Conan.
But then Leno started sinking, and took Conan down the drain with him.
Well all of those ratings I listed were towards the end of Leno’s Primetime run. Leno would still beat Letterman and the res of thwm while Conan would only beat Kimmel, Fallon, and Ferguson.