View Full Version : Late Night Ratings for 01-Dec-05. Wow.


Chelsea
12-02-2005, 04:38 PM
The Late Show with David Letterman (10.1/24) [CBS]
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4.6/11) [NBC]
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (3.3/12) [CBS]
Nightline (2.9/6) [ABC]
Late Night with Conan O' Brien (2.1/7) [NBC]
Last Call with Carson Daly (1.4/6) [NBC]
Jimmy Kimmel Live (1.3/4) [ABC]

Thoguhts: The 24 following 10.1 means that out of all late-night-broadcast watching households in America, 24% were watching Letterman last night. TWENTY FOUR PERCENT. In terms of butts-in-the-seats, the last time Dave did this well was when he was doing "Late Night" on NBC, back when there weren't any alternatives!

Being a (the only?) Craig Ferguson fan, I'm delighted to see him perform numbers that high, even if they're almost entirely due to the Dave/Oprah lead-in. I genuinely believe that now that a larger audience has been exposed to the show, his numbers will stay up - though obviously not at these levels. And it's just strange to see Conan in FIFTH place on the Night, due to a strong showing by Ferguson.

ABC should look at cancelling Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy's ok, but the numbers...they're just...bad. Even reflective of the time period (Midnight in most markets)

Munsters#1
12-04-2005, 01:50 PM
I'm not surprised to see Letterman and Ferguson so high. I have recently stopped watching Jay and Conan. They're OK, but they are both really starting to wear thin, and borderline stupid programming.

Jay's monologues have become so bad, and too political. Every other second Conan is talking about his hair, and someone with thinning hair (like myself) could not give two ****s about Conan's.

Daly and Kimmel should just give up. I've seen both shows, and both are not worth staying up for.

theshark8777
12-04-2005, 07:49 PM
Everyone tuned in to Letterman to see Oprah. Craig held a nice share of the lead in I see.

Conan and Kimmel behind Niteline? That's pretty bad.

coachjones
12-06-2005, 03:57 PM
Maybe the funniest of the bunch. Brings a lot more energy to late night too.

TVFactFan
12-06-2005, 04:14 PM
Leno talks about George Bush to much in his monolouge. Enough is enough especially since we already Bush is not too bright.


One More Question:Why is Leno still talking about Clinton and Lewinsky and that was 8 years ago? He needs some fresh material

Munsters#1
12-06-2005, 06:48 PM
Definitaly! Jay needs some new material to his monologues. We know Clinton had sex with another woman. It's old news. Jay's monologues were usually sports related, now he only talks about the Lakers, and even that is getting old. Plus, I never did like Jay's annoying "EXACTLY, EXACTLY!" That's really becomming a problem.

TVFactFan
12-06-2005, 06:58 PM
Definitaly! Jay needs some new material to his monologues. We know Clinton had sex with another woman. It's old news. Jay's monologues were usually sports related, now he only talks about the Lakers, and even that is getting old. Plus, I never did like Jay's annoying "EXACTLY, EXACTLY!" That's really becomming a problem.


Yeah it doesn't talk about Sports like he used to in 2001