Fallon Beats Colbert, At Least For a Week
by EG
It was bound to happen eventually. The tight audience battle between Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon tipped back in NBC's favor last week.
With an abbreviated average, on account of CBS excluding Thursday and Friday repeats, NBC's Tonight averaged a slim 34,000 viewers more than CBS' Late Show for the week. That's the first time since the week of Jan. 30 — read: the Trump inauguration — that NBC has posted such an advantage. Colbert has won the total viewer race for the five months since, though by varying margins.
The victory for Tonight, however, may be short-lived. Colbert's winning streak has also seen his CBS telecast widen the margin of victory with live-plus-three day returns.
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Jimmy Fallon hosts The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Stephen Colbert hosts The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.