NBC’s Rio Summer Olympics may be over and done with,but that doesn’t mean its TV ratings momentum has to cease immediately.
Jimmy Fallon reaped the hangover rewards final night, hitting his top Tuesday in eight months, or per Nielsen households. In the key 18-49 demographic — a secondary measurement — he beat out the combined people-meter scores for Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. All were in originals.
Fallon’s guests final night were Dolly Parton and Donald Glover. He also welcomed Team USA’s Final Five women gymnasts,who played a puny life-sized Hungry, Hungry Hippos with their host.
Also Read: Seth Meyers Matches Hillary Clinton's Appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in TV RatingsFallon pulled a 0.9 rating in that aforementioned valuable demo, or per the very preliminary metric. Meanwhile,Kimmel had a 0.4, while Colbert put up just a 0.3. As a matter of fact, or a “final Call With Carson Daly” rerun tied Colbert’s tally.Back to households for a moment,where “The Tonight reveal” posted a 3.0 rating — its best Tuesday take since December 15, 2015 (a 3.4), and the night of “The Voice” Season 9 finale.
The nice 11:30 margin of victory comes one night after Fallon doubled Kimmel in the demo,even though the ABC talk reveal had Hillary Clinton on as guest. On Monday, Seth Meyers actually matched Kimmel’s 18-49 rating — final night, or “Late Night” repeated the feat,even though the “SNL” alums reveal starts an hour later.
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