http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/09/02/late-night-ratings-august-22-26-2016-jimmy-kimmel-live-scores-low/
In case the formatting from the chart below from tvbythenumbers is not preserved, I will briefly summarize: The relative rankings of the three network broadcast 11:35 shows is preserved from the Dave/Leno era . From my memory, the magnitude of the differences is about the same as well - CBS about 1M behind NBC and .5M ahead of ABC (year long average). The demo numbers show Kimmel to be a bit closer to Colbert. I still don't understand the hand wringing about Colbert's numbers, unless there really was an expectation at Black Rock that Colbert would improve over Dave. Most likely there is some disappointment that Colbert has not significantly improved over Dave's ratings in the demo. But, Colbert makes "only" $4.6M/year; the Time article linked below says Dave was making $30M/year, but my memory and other sources suggest Dave took a pay cut in the last few years and was making more like $20M. Fallon makes $11-$12M, Kimmel $10M. To me it seems like the Colbert Late Show is a huge finanancial success for CBS, which is making out like a bandit: For less than a quarter of what they paid Dave they are getting basically the same ratings; for less than half of what NBC pays Fallon they are getting two thirds of the ratings; for less than half what ABC pays Kimmel they are getting better ratings. http://time.com/money/4025147/stephen-colbert-late-show-salary/ *Show* *Net* *Adults 18-49, 8/22- 8/26* *Viewers (millions), 8/22- 8/26* *Adults 18-49 season to date * *Viewers (millions) season to date* *11:35 p.m.* The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon NBC 0.82/5 3.18 0.99/5 3.63 Late Show with Stephen Colbert ABC 0.46/2 2.14 0.61/3 2.76 Jimmy Kimmel Live CBS 0.42/2 1.97 0.53/3 2.31 *12:35 a.m.* Late Night with Seth Myers NBC 0.45/3 1.51 0.45/3 1.54 Late Late Show with James Corden CBS 0.28/2 1.06 0.37/2 1.23 Nightline ABC 0.27/2 1.25 0.36/2 1.51 *1:35 a.m.* Last Call with Carson Daly – R NBC 0.30/3 0.87 0.27/2 0.86 On Sunday, 4 September 2016, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > He mentioned it was episode 202 and end of Season 1. To circle back to > the > > subject header, I don't expect any sudden cancelations, but I do feel > like > > the show has not ripened as well as Wilmore's did. > > Given both CBS' investment in Colbert and what seem to me to be acceptable > ratings*, I don't think he's in any danger of cancellation. As we've been > discussing, the show doesn't seem to have hit its stride, nor does it seem > to be interested in being as smart as it's capable of being. But that > doesn't look like it's fatal. > > > * I haven't paid much attention to ratings, so I'll defer to anyone who > has, but I haven't seen anything that leads me to believe that the Late > Show is doing badly enough for its future to be a concern. > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
