“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rose to the top of the late-night ratings for the week of August 5.
For the second week in a row, the two late-night shows averaged the same rating among adults 18-49, as both “Colbert” and “Kimmel” scored 0.32 ratings, up two-hundredths of a point from their previous 0.30s. Elsewhere, NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” grabbed a 0.31, down from the 0.35 it scored the week before.
ABC’s “Nightline” led the 12:35 a.m. time slot with its second straight 0.20 rating, while “Late Night with Seth Meyers” ticked back down from a 0.19 to a 0.18. “The Late Late Show with James Corden” went the other way, climbing up from a 0.14 to a 0.15.
In cable, TBS’ “Conan” returned from hiatus with a 0.12, and Comedy Central’s “Lights Out with David Spade” dropped from a 0.14 average rating to a 0.10 in its second week. “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” however, rose from a 0.18 to a 0.19.
Here are the late-night numbers for Aug. 5-9, 2019:
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Notes: August 9’s “Tonight,” “Kimmel,” “Late Show,” “Late Night,” and “Late Late Show” were encores, and the night’s CBS repeats are excluded from these averages.
Show | Net | Adults 18-49, 8/5 – 8/9 | Viewers (millions), 8/5 – 8/9 |
Adults 18-49 season to date | Viewers (millions) season to date |
11:35 p.m. | |||||
Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 0.32/3 | 2.45 | 0.50/4 | 3.66 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ABC | 0.32/3 | 1.67 | 0.38/3 | 2.00 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | NBC | 0.31/2 | 1.71 | 0.48/3 | 2.34 |
12:35 a.m. | |||||
Nightline | ABC | 0.20/2 | 1.04 | 0.25/2 | 1.25 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | NBC | 0.18/2 | 0.97 | 0.29/3 | 1.39 |
Late Late Show with James Corden | CBS | 0.15/2 | 0.93 | 0.22/2 | 1.31 |
1:35 a.m. | |||||
Last Call with Carson Daly – R | NBC | 0.11/1 | 0.52 | 0.17/2 | 0.70 |
CABLE
Show | Net | Time | Adults 18-49, 8/5 – 8/9 | Viewers (millions), 8/5 – 8/9 |
Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 11:30 p.m. | 0.34 | 0.66 |
Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 12:30 a.m. | 0.28 | 0.53 |
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central | 11 p.m. | 0.19 | 0.67 |
Lights Out with David Spade | Comedy Central | 11:30 p.m. | 0.10 | 0.26 |
Conan | TBS | 11 p.m. | 0.12 | 0.31 |
Source: The Nielsen Company