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By SteveK on Feb 27, 2009 12:22 PM

ABC's Nightline topped CBS' Late Show with David Letterman last week in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo.

Compared to the same week last year, Nightline grew 24% in Total Viewers and 11% in the demo. It also continues to close the gap with NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (which becomes The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on ~~May~~ June 1). Nightline has shrunk the gap in Total Viewers by 38% and 27% in the demo year-to-year.

Show	Network	A25-54	Total Viewers
Tonight Show	NBC	2.28M	5.15M
Nightline	ABC	1.67M	3.80M
Late Show	CBS	1.60M	3.71M

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