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08.13.2009
"LATE SHOW" REPEATS BEAT "TONIGHT SHOW" ORIGINALS!

"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Tops "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" for the Fourth Consecutive Week

 

            Rebroadcasts of LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN delivered a larger audience than first-run broadcasts of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Aug. 7.

 

           LATE SHOW delivered a 2.1/06 in households with an average of 2.95m viewers beating first-run "The Tonight Show" in households (vs. 2.0/05, +5%) and viewers (vs. 2.94m). 

 

            This marks LATE SHOW's fifth consecutive weekly win in viewers over "The Tonight Show."

 

            THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON posted a 1.1/04 in households with 1.41m viewers. THE LATE LATE SHOW beat "Late Night" in households (vs. 1.0/04, +10%) and viewers (vs. 1.39m, +1%) for the fourth consecutive week. 

 

  

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