All three late-night broadcasters had something to be grateful for during Thanksgiving week.
NBC: With help from a huge NFL lead-in on Thanksgiving, both “The Tonight Show” (1.28 in 18-49) and “Late Night” (0.62) were up substantially vs. the previous week. “Tonight” had its best week in nine months, while “Late Night” brought in its best numbers since May.
ABC: “Jimmy Kimmel Live” had its largest margin of victory over “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to date. Kimmel averaged a 0.65 for its two rated broadcasts of the week (see note below) vs. a 0.54 for the three rated “Late Show” episodes.
CBS: For November sweeps, “The Late Show” is the only 11:35 p.m. show that grew year over year. It was up a tenth in both adults 18-49 (0.6 vs. 0.5) and adults 18-34 (0.2 vs. 0.1).
Here are the late-night numbers for Nov. 23-27.
BROADCAST
Note: The Nov. 27 “Tonight Show” and “Late Night,” Nov. 26-27 “Late Show” and “Late Late Show” and Nov. 25-27 “Kimmel” and “Nightline” were classified as specials because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Numbers for those nights are not included in the weekly averages.
Show | Net | Adults 18-49, 11/23-27 | Viewers (000s), 11/23-27 | Adults 18-49 season to date | Viewers (000s) season to date |
11:35 p.m. | |||||
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | NBC | 1.28/6 | 4.21 | 1.09/5 | 3.86 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live | ABC | 0.65/3 | 2.60 | 0.61/3 | 2.55 |
Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 0.54/3 | 2.50 | 0.78/4 | 3.18 |
12:35 a.m. | |||||
Late Night with Seth Meyers | NBC | 0.62/4 | 1.97 | 0.51/3 | 1.65 |
Nightline | ABC | 0.39/2 | 1.64 | 0.39/2 | 1.61 |
Late Late Show with James Corden | CBS | 0.35/2 | 1.31 | 0.35/2 | 1.29 |
1:35 a.m. | |||||
Last Call with Carson Daly – R | NBC | 0.36/3 | 1.08 | 0.3/3 | 0.94 |
CABLE
Note: “The Daily Show” and “The Nightly Show” were pre-empted on Nov. 26.
Show | Net | Time | Adults 18-49, 11/23-27 | Viewers (000s), 11/23-27 |
Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 11:30 p.m. | 0.63 | 1.28 |
Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 12:30 a.m. | 0.51 | 1.05 |
Conan – R | TBS | 11 p.m. | 0.28 | 0.61 |
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – R | Comedy Central | 11 p.m. | 0.23 | 0.48 |
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore – R | Comedy Central | 11:30 p.m. | 0.15 | 0.33 |
Source: The Nielsen Company