Late Night Ratings: Sept. 22 - Oct. 17, 2014

THE TONIGHT SHOW posted back-to-back four week lows, in total viewers, to kick off the first month of the 2014-15 TV season. At the same time, THE LATE SHOW posted a four week high, for the week of Oct. 6th, closing the gap between the two major forced in late night talk. But, THE TONIGHT SHOW still has a comfortable one million viewer lead over THE LATE SHOW.

Kimmel, like Fallon, posted back-to-back four week lows, letting Letterman pass by the ABC talker.  Kimmel still has the better four week average, in the A18-49 ratings, over the CBS show.

The after midnight shows still look relatively the same, with NBC's LATE NIGHT enjoying a slight edge over the LATE LATE SHOW. Both talkers still draw less viewers than NIGHTLINE, over the four week averages.

Series	Category	10/13	10/06	09/29	09/22	AVG
Tonight Show NBC	Viewers*	3.58	3.67	3.89	3.87	3.75
	A18-49	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1
Late Show CBS	Viewers*	2.66	2.76	2.62	2.74	2.70
	A18-49	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Conan TBS	Viewers*	0.76	0.65	0.95	0.84	0.80
	A18-49	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
Jimmy Kimmel ABC	Viewers*	2.48	2.59	2.77	2.89	2.68
	A18-49	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7
Late Night NBC	Viewers*	1.51	1.56	1.63	1.50	1.55
	A18-49	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Late Late Show CBS	Viewers*	1.42	1.34	1.32	1.51	1.40
	A18-49	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
Nightline ABC	Viewers*	1.49	1.50	1.73	1.78	1.63
	A18-49	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4

* - in millions