“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (1.6 rating in adults 18-49) led the time period over CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” (1.0) and ABC’s “Nightline (0.9) in fast national “live plus same day” ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
The “Tonight” margin over “Late Show” in fast-national adult 18-49 rating is 60 percent.
Tuesday’s “Tonight” matched the show’s Monday rating in adults 18-49 (1.6 each night in fast nationals).
In total viewers in the fast nationals, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (5.8 million) ranked #1 among the major networks in the time period over “Late Show” (3.7 million) and “Nightline” (3.3 million). The “Tonight” margin over “Late Show” in total viewers in these fast-national results is 56 percent.
At 12:35 a.m., “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (0.7 in adults 18-49) out-delivered CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (0.6) by a margin of 17 percent in these fast nationals. In total viewers, “Late Night” (1.96 million viewers overall) topped “Late Late Show” (1.92 million) by a margin of 2 percent.
NOTE: All national ratings are “live plus same day” from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
(source: information provided by NBC)
