“The Late Late Show with James Corden” took a small hit in the late-night ratings for the week of Jan. 20.
The CBS late-night series averaged a 0.16 rating in the adults 18-49 demo for the week, down two-hundredths of a point from the 0.18 it averaged the week before. “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” similarly ticked down from a 0.35 rating to a 0.32, tying it with NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (0.32), which also experienced a notable downtick, for the week’s demo win.
Unlike those 3 shows, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” managed to maintain its previous 0.29 average rating for the second week in a row. Meanwhile, on NBC, “A Little Late with Lilly Singh” ticked up from a 0.13 to a 0.14, but the same could not be said for “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” which slipped from a 0.21 to a 0.20.
In cable, TBS’ “Conan” climbed up from its previous 0.13 average to a 0.18, while Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (0.21) and “Lights Out with David Spade” (0.11) both improved week-to-week as well.
Here are the late-night numbers for Jan. 20-24, 2020:
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Notes: Jan. 24’s “Late Show,” “Kimmel,” “Late Night,” “Late Late Show,” and “A Little Late” were all encores. The CBS rebroadcasts were excluded from these averages.
| Show | Net | Adults 18-49, 1/20 – 1/24 | Viewers (millions), 1/20 – 1/24 |
Adults 18-49 season to date | Viewers (millions) season to date |
| 11:35 p.m. | |||||
| Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 0.32/3 | 2.94 | 0.44/4 | 3.61 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | NBC | 0.32/3 | 1.74 | 0.41/3 | 1.99 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ABC | 0.29/2 | 1.70 | 0.34/3 | 1.92 |
| 12:35 a.m. | |||||
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | NBC | 0.20/2 | 1.05 | 0.25/3 | 1.32 |
| Nightline | ABC | 0.19/2 | 1.05 | 0.21/2 | 1.14 |
| Late Late Show with James Corden | CBS | 0.16/2 | 1.17 | 0.20/2 | 1.28 |
| 1:35 a.m. | |||||
| A Little Late with Lilly Singh | NBC | 0.14/2 | 0.63 | 0.16/2 | 0.69 |
CABLE
| Show | Net | Time | Adults 18-49, 1/20 – 1/24 | Viewers (millions), 1/20 – 1/24 |
| Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 11:30 p.m. | 0.36 | 0.70 |
| Adult Swim programming | Adult Swim | 12:30 a.m. | 0.31 | 0.57 |
| The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central | 11 p.m. | 0.21 | 0.65 |
| Conan | TBS | 11 p.m. | 0.18 | 0.47 |
| Lights Out with David Spade | Comedy Central | 11:30 p.m. | 0.11 | 0.27 |
Source: The Nielsen Company