Powered by a stacked lineup that included Justin Timberlake, Ellen DeGeneres and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wednesday’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” appears to have beaten the second “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in adults 18-49.<\/p>\n
Its overnight household rating, which was the show’s highest in five months, nearly tied that of CBS’ show.<\/p>\n
According to data from the top 25 markets, Wednesday’s “Fallon” drew a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. It was up 50% from the 0.8 drawn on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Colbert” posted a 0.8. It was down by 47% from the 1.5 achieved for Tuesday’s series premiere.<\/p>\n
Wednesday’s “Tonight Show,” meanwhile, posted a 3.1 overnight household rating in the 56 metered markets. As noted, that was the show’s best since the April 8 episode drew the same 3.1. It was up by 29% from Tuesday’s rating and by 19% from the summer average.<\/p>\n
The second “Colbert” scored a 3.2 in the overnight households. It trailed Tuesday’s premiere number by 35%.<\/p>\n
Wednesday’s “Colbert” featured Scarlett Johansson, Elon Musk and Kendrick Lamar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[275,246,1728,210,2060,485],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n