“The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno” continues to be the top late-night show for the first week of the new TV season.
For the week ending Sept. 27, NBC’s “Tonight” earned a
Nielsen 0.9 rating/4 share among key 18-49 viewers (1.2 million viewers) and 3.7 million overall late-night viewers in its 11:35 p.m. time slot.
"Tonight" was up 29% from the same week the
year before among 18-49 viewers and 12% more in overall viewers.
CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” was at a 0.6/3 among 18-49 viewers and 3.1 million overall viewers,
posting a smaller gain than "Tonight" of 5% versus versus a year ago.
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was at a 0.7/3 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers. It premiered January 2013
in its new 11:35 p.m. time slot.
At 12:35 p.m., NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” was also up nearly 30% to a 0.6/4 in 18-49 and 19% higher to 1.84 million viewers.
CBS’ “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” gained 6% in overall viewers -- 1.5 million -- from a year ago and was slightly higher among 18-49 viewers at 0.4/2.
ABC's
half-hour “Nightline” at 12:35 p.m. posted a 0.4/2 number for 18-49 viewers and 1.6 million overall viewers.
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Cable numbers: Comedy Central's “The Daily Show” earned a 0.7
rating among 18-49 viewers at 11 p.m. and 1.6 million overall viewers. Comedy's “The Colbert Report” was at a 0.6 rating and 1.3 million viewers, and TBS' “Conan” was at a 0.5
number and 900,000 viewers.