ABC - NIGHTLINE WINS AGAIN

NIGHTLINE WINS AGAIN

Chalk up another wild-card victory for ABC's Nightline. The late-night news show beat both CBS's The Late Show With David Letterman and NBC's The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien in total viewers last week and came in second behind Tonight among viewers 25-54. Nightline recorded 3.25 million total viewers, while Late Show drew 2.95 million, just 10,000 ahead of Tonight. ( Late Show aired repeats; Tonight aired all-new episodes.) Among the Adults 25-54 demo, Tonight led with 1.57 million viewers; Nightline came in second with 1.22 million; Late Show, third with 1.17 million. Ratings analysts are keeping an eye on the ABC news show, which many believe could pick up additional viewers after Jay Leno's 10 00 p.m. show debuts next month. Several are predicting that viewers are not likely to watch two hours of back-to-back late-night comedy/talk and that Leno fans may be more likely to switch to Nightline following Leno and the local news rather than stick around for similar schtick with O'Brien.

14/08/2009