Leno Returns Strong Against Letterman, ‘Nightline’

The Olympics are over. Jay Leno is back. David Letterman‘s live again. The late-night race is on.

In the first week of his return to 11:35, Leno handily topped the late-night competition, drawing almost two million more Total Viewers than CBS’ “Late Show.”

ABC’s “Nightline,” which grew its audience week-to-week, was narrowly third behind Letterman in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. “Nightline” was second in A18-49.

The numbers for the week of Mar. 1:

Show	Network	A25-54	A18-49	Total Viewers
Tonight Show	NBC	2.31M	1.95M	5.58M
Late Show	CBS	1.68M	1.30M	3.66M
Nightline	ABC	1.61M	1.33M	3.61M

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