via press release:
DAVE AND CRAIG TOP CONAN AND A PAIR OF JIMMYS
“Late Show” Beats “The Tonight Show” in Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54
“The Late Late Show” Wins in Viewers, Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and Ties “Late Night” in Adults 18-34 for the First Time
CBS’s LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN and THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON finished ahead of NBC’s late night programs in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 20.
LATE SHOW posted a 2.8/08 in households with an average of 3.98m viewers, 1.3/06 in adults 25-54, 1.0/04 in adults 18-49 and 0.7/03 in adults 18-34.
LATE SHOW beat “The Tonight Show” in households by +65% (vs. 1.7/05), viewers by +71% (vs. 2.33m), adults 25-54 by +18% (vs. 1.1/05) and tied in adults 18-49.
LATE SHOW improved its competitive position against “The Tonight Show” compared to last year. CBS leads NBC by +67% in households this season (3.0/08 vs. 1.8/05) compared to trailing by -18% last year (2.8/07 vs. 3.4/09). In viewers, LATE SHOW has a +72% advantage (4.26m vs. 2.47m) compared to trailing by -18% last year (3.96m vs. 4.82m). In adults 25-54, LATE SHOW enjoys a +27% advantage (1.4/06 vs. 1.1/05) compared to -13% in 2008 (1.4/06 from 1.6/06). In adults 18-49 season-to-date, LATE SHOW and “Tonight” are tied (1.0/04, each) compared to 2008 when LATE SHOW trailed by -15% (1.1/05 vs. 1.3/05).
THE LATE LATE SHOW posted a 1.4/05 in households with 1.89m viewers, 0.6/04 in adults 18-49, 0.5/03 in adults 18-34 and 0.7/04 in adults 25-54.
THE LATE LATE SHOW beat “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in households (vs. 1.0/04, +40%), viewers (vs. 1.27m, +49%), adults 25-54 (vs. 0.6/03, +17%), adults 18-49 (vs. 0.5/03, +20%) and tied in adults 18-34. This is the first time since Craig Ferguson began hosting (January 3, 2005) that LATE LATE SHOW tied “Late Night” in adults 18-34.
LATE LATE SHOW also beat “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in viewers (vs. 1.76m, +7%), adults 18-49 (vs. 0.5/03, +20%) and adults 18-34 (vs. 0.3/02, +67%).
LATE LATE SHOW improved its competitive position against “Late Night” compared to last year. CBS leads NBC by +40% in households this season (1.4/05 vs. 1.0/04) compared to being tied last season (1.4/05 each, with Conan O’Brien hosting). LATE LATE SHOW has a +42% advantage in viewers (1.94m vs. 1.37m) compared to trailing by -3% last year (1.87m vs. 1.92m). Among adults 25-54, LATE LATE SHOW has a +17% lead in 2009 (0.7/04 from 0.6/04) after being tied last season (0.8/04 vs. 0.8/05). In adults 18-49, LATE LATE SHOW and “Late Night” are tied (0.6/04 vs. 0.6/03). In 2008, CBS trailed NBC by -14% in adults 18-49 (0.6/03 vs. 0.7/04).
damn, NBCs getting hosed
Not a big Dave fan but I love Craig and am glad that he is doing well.
Craig would have done a better job than Conan in replacing Jay! Of course since NBC moved Jay I have rarely watched it. I used to watch him more at the later hour.
The Dean is back. The leader of the lunatic fringe movement, so elegantly worded by Robert, has something to say. Conan sucks.
I’m embarrased I thought they didn’t get my first message…..
Anyway, I’m going to start my own late night website called the late night authority: Fringe unit.
For my money you can lose Letterman and move Craig into his slot. Put Letterman on at about uh 2am……..Yeah that’d be about right.
Nice. Good to see Craig beating he’s rivals now.
Since Craig likes to joke that nobody watches his show, it’s nice to see that changing. Maybe he’ll have to start joking that nobody watches the Jimmys and Conan.
If we could get more people to watch {tell all your friends & relatives.I do},we could MAKE Craig # 1,ya know ? He truly does deserve to be in the # 1 spot DAILY,doesn’t he ? Those of us who do watch Craig already know that he really IS the best.
I don’t know about what some are saying about late night hosts??? In this country our King of late night was , for 30 years, Johnny Carson who had it all! Then, in my mind the best person to ever come along to replace him was Dave, who should have gotten The Tonight Show hands down! Since then Letterman has proven night in and night out that he’s not only the best we have but also the greatest talk show host in the history of television! He can interview anyone from any walk of life or backround! A movie star, comic, scientist, doctor, sports figure and do a totally classy job! Letterman is super wity, intelligent, very classy and of course has the zany and off the wall quality any good host should have! Even when he’s been through all this stuff he’s been through lately, he’s shown strength and dignity which would be difficult night after night in front of millions of people! The bottom line to me is that since Dave has started on NBC all those years ago, it’s really been a one horse race as nobody has ever been even close to being in his league! Now then and surely not now, plus Dave now has all the years experience he has now. Anyone else in the conversation is a very distant 2nd in my mind although I agree that Craig is pretty damn good! Some of the others are as well but Dave’s just in a class of his own! Leno will even tell you that! John
Craig is the best since Johnny Carson!
I Love Craig and am glad he’s doing so great.
But Conan O’Brien is the funniest man in late-night.