'Nightline' on Top with Letterman, Conan in Repeats

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'Nightline' on Top with Letterman, Conan in Repeats

By Kevin Allocca on Oct 29, 2009 12:49 PM

With David Letterman and Conan O'Brien in repeats, ABC's "Nightline" returned to first place in Total Viewers ahead of CBS' "Late Show" and NBC's "Tonight" show, a position it last held in early September. Letterman remained in first place in the A25-54 demo. All three programs were down in viewers from the previous week.

Last week, "Nightline" ran a series of episodes about Scientology, which culminated in a spokesperson walking off during an interview with Martin Bashir. That episode drew 4.25 million viewers Friday night.

The numbers for the week of October 19:

Show	Network	A25-54	A18-49	Total Viewers
Nightline	ABC	1.53M	1.25M	3.87M
Late Show	CBS	1.56M	1.25M	3.69M
Tonight Show	NBC	1.28M	1.21M	2.39M

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