“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” took a noticeable hit in the second week of the new TV season, falling five-hundredths of a point from its previous 0.51 to a 0.46 rating in adults 18-49. The NBC series did, however, still win the 11:35 p.m. time slot in the demo. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” was similarly down week-to-week from a 0.30 to a 0.27.
Elsewhere, both CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (0.45) and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (0.37) were even with what they had scored the week before. Meanwhile, “The Late Late Show with James Corden” actually ticked up two-hundredths of a point from a 0.23 to a 0.25.
In cable, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” ticked down from a 0.24 to a 0.22, while TBS’ “Conan” was up two-hundredths to a 0.13.
Here are the late-night numbers for Oct. 1-5, 2018:
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Notes: Oct. 5’s “Kimmel,” “Late Night,” “Late Late Show” and “Last Call” were encores.
| Show | Net | Adults 18-49, 10/1 – 10/5 | Viewers (millions), 10/1 – 10/5 |
Adults 18-49 season to date | Viewers (millions) season to date |
| 11:35 p.m. | |||||
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | NBC | 0.46/3 | 2.13 | 0.49/3 | 2.24 |
| Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 0.45/3 | 3.18 | 0.45/3 | 3.16 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live | ABC | 0.37/2 | 1.87 | 0.37/3 | 1.88 |
| 12:35 a.m. | |||||
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | NBC | 0.27/3 | 1.31 | 0.29/3 | 1.32 |
| Nightline | ABC | 0.26/2 | 1.23 | 0.26/2 | 1.25 |
| Late Late Show with James Corden | CBS | 0.25/2 | 1.33 | 0.24/2 | 1.30 |
| 1:35 a.m. | |||||
| Last Call with Carson Daly | NBC | 0.18/2 | 0.77 | 0.19/2 | 0.78 |
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Notes: Oct. 3’s “Conan” was preempted.
| Show | Net | Time | Adults 18-49, 10/1 – 10/5 | Viewers (millions), 10/1 – 10/5 |
| Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 11:30 p.m. | 0.49 | 0.97 |
| Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 12:30 a.m. | 0.40 | 0.79 |
| The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central | 11 p.m. | 0.22 | 0.77 |
| Conan | TBS | 11 p.m. | 0.13 | 0.31 |
Source: The Nielsen Company
