Seven weeks into the new TV season and “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” is still the dominant late-night show.
The show nearly doubles the ratings of its competitors
through November 7, with a Nielsen 1.13 rating/5 share among 18-49 viewers. ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is at a 0.66/3; while CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” is
at 0.51/2.
Total viewers offer up nearly the same results when comparing these shows: “Tonight” is at average 3.91 million viewers; “Kimmel” with 2.75 million; and
“Late Show” delivers 2.73 million.
In the most recent week, “Kimmel” was able to close the gap somewhat, with a 0.73/4 to 0.98/5 for "Tonight." Total viewers had
“Tonight” at 3.61 million and “Kimmel” at 2.97 million.
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At 12:35 a.m. ABC’s “Nightline” has a season-to-date average of 1.66 million viewers;
NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” is at 1.55 million viewers, versus CBS’ “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” at 1.40 million viewers.
Season-to-date
averages for cable late-night shows have Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” at 1.33 million viewers, at 11 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and “The Colbert Report”, at 1.06 million
viewers; TBS’ “Conan”, from 11 p.m. to midnight, has 917,000 viewers.
TBS’s "Adult Swim" at 11:30 p.m. is at 1.53 million viewers and the 12:30 p.m. showing of
“Adult Swim” is at 1.1 million.