David Letterman has been inching closer to Jay Leno for the better part of a year among key 18-49 viewers.
Now in the key November sweep period CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" has
topped NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" -- 1.19 million (0.9 rating/4 share) to 1.08 million 18-49 viewers (0.8 rating/3 share). CBS says this is the first time it had happened since 1994.
Still Leno is ahead in terms of overall viewers 3.65 million to 3.49 million. Letterman and Leno tied among young audiences 18-34, each with a 0.5/2 for the November sweep period which runs Oct. 27
through Nov. 23.
When looking at overall late night programming ABC's "Nightline" continues to top all comers -- an 1.26 million average among 18-49 viewers and 4.12 overall viewers. ABC's
"JKL", which follows "Nightline", also posted a decent November -- up 7% in total viewers to 1.99 million from a year ago, as well as averaging 810,000 18-49ers for the month.