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|RATINGS FOR THE
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18, '02|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 5.69
Nightline, 4.61
Late Show
with David Letterman 4.39-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 2.5/10, Late Show, 1.9/8, Nightline, 1.6/6
-A25-54:
Tonight Show, 2.8/11, Late Show, 2.1/8, Nightline, 1.9/7
Source: MediaWeek
Nightline
- Well done for the folks at Nightline, not only
did Nightline come in 2nd (just after The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno) it made significant gains in the
key demo's (18-49: 1.36 to 1.6/6, 25-54: 1.5/5 to 1.9/7)
and in the overall rating which was up 600,000 viewers
since the ratings were last made public in September.
Late Show -
You may look at the 3rd place finish and think it's all
over, well think again, the Late Show was in
3rd, yes, but the ratings are down just over 200,000
viewers, and when you look at the guest list for that week's show, it's no real
suprise. The most positive note is that Dave's numbers
remained exactly the same in the 18-49 and 25-54
demographics as they were in September.
The Tonight
Show - Jay Leno and company really have no
reason to worry about being kicked out of first place
really soon, unless the current Tonight Show
ratings trend continues, Leno is down in all demographics
(18-49: 2.6/11 to 2.5/10, 25-54: 2.9/11 to 2.8/11) but,
more surprisingly, the show is also WAY
down in total viewers, down more than one million viewers
from just 2 months ago! (6.71 to 5.69)
(See
Septembers ratings 3 stories down)
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|CBS TAKES LATE
SHOW TO RADIO [ZAP2IT]|
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David
Letterman may soon be coming to a radio near you. CBS and Infinity
Broadcasting, which owns about 180 radio stations, have
agreed to broadcast Letterman's Late Show
on 15 Infinity stations beginning Monday, Nov. 11.
The radio broadcast of the show will begin at the same
time as the Late Show in each market.
"We feel
this is a great opportunity for David Letterman's
millions of fans to listen to the show while they're
driving in their cars or away from their homes,"
says John Sykes, chairman and CEO of Infinity.
"Plus, FM radio will be an amazing new platform to
showcase the music of Paul Shaffer and the CBS
orchestra."
The 15 stations
are in some of the nation's biggest markets, including
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, as well
as smaller cities like Baltimore, Austin, Texas, and
Fresno, Calif. If the show does well in those markets,
more Infinity stations are expected to pick it up.
Infinity and
CBS are both part of the Viacom media empire.
The complete
list of stations:
WNEW, New York;
KLSX, Los Angeles; WCKG, Chicago; KKWV, San Francisco;
WYSP, Philadelphia; KYNG, Dallas; WJFK, Washington, D.C.;
WZGC, Atlanta; KAMX, Austin, Texas; KXOA, Sacramento,
Calif.; WFNZ, Charlotte, N.C.; KZON, Phoenix; WYUU,
Tampa, Fla.; WQSR, Baltimore; and KVSR, Fresno
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|CLASSIC LETTERMAN
TO AIR ON TRIO|
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It's Late Night with
David Letterman! TRIO, a cable arts channel
has picked up the rights to 80 episodes of the classic
NBC late night series that established David Letterman as
a well known talk show host and comic genius. The network
says that they plan on picking up more episodes in about
six months. Beginning on November 28, 2002, TRIO will air
back to back episodes of Late Night for nearly
three full days! That's more than 50 hours of classic Late
Night episodes. Late Night will make it's
official debut on January 2, 2003, it will air weeknights
at 10:00PM (EST) and 1:00AM (EST). If you aren't one of
the 17 million people who have TRIO, call your local
cable or satellite company and GET IT NOW!
For those of you wondering, below is a list
of the episodes that will air in that 53 hour marathon
(all times Eastern):
11/28/02
08:30am(02/04/82) J. CANDY, J. FLAHERTY, STUPID PET
TRICKS, FAILED PILOTS
09:30
(07/26/82) LARRY BUD MELMAN, JACK LALANNE
10:30 (10/11/82) JAY LENO, STING
11:30
(11/17/82) ANDY KAUFMAN, DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER, ALEC
BALDWIN
12:30pm(05/24/83) CAMPING WITH BARRY WHITE, J. BISSET, B.
GOLDTHWAIT
01:30
(10/06/83) R.E.M, JULIA CHILDS, DAVE LOOKS FOR SOPHIA
LOREN
02:30 (11/16/83) ANDREA MARTIN, GAYLORD PERRY, LARRY
"BUD" MELMAN
03:30
(02/09/84) STEVE MARTIN, STEWART COPELAND
04:30 (08/16/84) JAY LENO, GILDA RADNER
05:30
(10/18/84) TONY DANZA, CARL LEWIS, HOWARD STERN
06:30 (05/16/85) J. CARSON, L. MARVIN, T. BRADLEY, EDDIE
VAN HALEN
07:30
(08/20/85) TOM HANKS, MICKEY MANTLE
08:30 (11/05/85) STING, LILY TOMLIN
09:30
(11/26/85) LATE NIGHT IN TOKYO, K. ROGERS, R. BASS, M.
TAKAHASHI
10:30 (12/09/85) BRUCE WILLIS, ROCK CENTER XMAS TREE
12:30am(02/12/86)
B. HICKS, L. MARVIN, L. BUD AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY, C. ELIOTT
01:30 (04/24/86) J. WINTERS, R. WILLIAMS, REGGAE SINGER
JUDY MOWATT
11/29/02
08:30am(05/22/86)
CHER, DAVID SANBORN
09:30 (09/10/86) PAUL SIMON, SANDRA BERNARD
10:30
(10/16/86) JOHN WATERS, BONNIE RAITT, PAULINA PORIZKOVA
11:30 (12/08/86) JANE FONDA, STEVE MARTIN
12:30pm(12/11/86)
EDDIE MURPHY, PAUL REISER
01:30 (03/19/87) BILL MURRAY, JERRY SEINFELD
02:30
(05/19/87) S. DAVIS JR., TOUR OF CITY WITH ELVIS (FROM
LAS VEGAS)
03:30 (07/21/88) JACKIE MASON, IGGY POP
04:30
(10/05/88) BILLY CRYSTAL, TOM WAITS
05:30 (11/23/88) CANDICE BERGEN, JON LOVITZ, BOZ SCAGGS
06:30
(05/04/89) JAY LENO, LOU REED, MICHAEL JORDAN
07:30 (08/01/89) HOWARD STERN, B.B. KING
08:30
(08/17/89) GARY SHANDLING, MICK JONES & BILLY JOEL
09:30 (09/08/89) S. WINTERS, O. J. SIMPSON, VIEWER MAIL:
HEAD OF HOMICIDE
10:30
(11/28/89) ROSEANNE BARR, PHIL COLLINS
12:30am(03/02/90) TOM HANKS, NATASHA RICHARDSON
01:30
(07/18/90) DAVID BRENNER, MICHAEL J. FOX
11/30/02
08:00am(08/16/84) JAY LENO, GILDA RADNER
09:00
(11/23/88) CANDICE BERGEN, JON LOVITZ, BOZ SCAGGS
10:00 (10/16/86) JOHN WATERS, BONNIE RAITT, PAULINA
PORIZKOVA
11:00
(02/04/82) J. CANDY, J. FLAHERTY, STUPID PET TRICKS,
FAILED PILOTS
12:00pm(07/21/88) JACKIE MASON, IGGY POP
01:00
(08/17/89) GARY SHANDLING, MICK JONES & BILLY JOEL
02:00 (02/09/84) STEVE MARTIN, STEWART COPELAND
03:00
(10/05/88) BILLY CRYSTAL, TOM WAITS
04:00 (11/26/85) LATE NIGHT IN TOKYO, K. ROGERS, R. BASS,
M. TAKAHASHI
05:00
(07/18/90) DAVID BRENNER, MICHAEL J. FOX
06:00 (11/17/82) ANDY KAUFMAN, DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER, ALEC
BALDWIN
07:00
(10/06/83) R.E.M, JULIA CHILDS, DAVE LOOKS FOR SOPHIA
LOREN
08:00 (08/20/85) TOM HANKS, MICKEY MANTLE
09:00
(12/11/86) EDDIE MURPHY, PAUL REISER
10:00 (04/24/86) J. WINTERS, R. WILLIAMS, REGGAE SINGER
JUDY MOWATT
11:00
(03/19/87) BILL MURRAY, JERRY SEINFELD
12:00am(05/19/87) S. DAVIS JR., TOUR OF CITY WITH ELVIS
(FROM LAS VEGAS)
01:00
(09/08/89) S. WINTERS, O. J. SIMPSON, VIEWER MAIL: HEAD
OF HOMICIDE
02:00 (11/16/83) ANDREA MARTIN, GAYLORD PERRY, LARRY
"BUD" MELMAN
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|RATINGS FOR THE
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23, '02|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 6.71
Late Show with David Letterman, 4.63
Nightline,
4.01-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 2.6/11, Late Show, 1.9/8, Nightline, 1.3/6
-A25-54:
Tonight Show, 2.9/11, Late Show, 2.1/8, Nightline, 1.5/6
Source: MediaWeek
Nightline
had basically the exact same numbers as last week, up
from a 3.99 to a 4.01, and the ratings were the exact
same in the 18-49 and 25-54 demographic. Don't expect
Nightline's ratings to rise much above what they are
currently anytime soon.
The Late Show is
about on par with last years ratings around this time, an
up a million viewers from last week (last week the show
was in repeats) and is way up in 18-49 an 25-54
demographics. This is all very good news for Dave and
company, and hopefully once the major Viacom promotional
push goes more into effect we will see even more
competitive numbers,
The Tonight
Show is up about 700,000 viewers from last
week, that is because NBC's fall schedule is now in full
swing. The gap is narrowing between Letterman and Leno as
well, it is now at about just 2 million viewers.
(See last
weeks ratings one story down)
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|RATINGS FOR THE
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16, '02|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 6.06
Nightline, 3.99
Late Show
with David Letterman, 3.68-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 2.2/9, Late Show, 1.5/6, Nightline, 1.3/6
-A25-54:
Tonight Show, 2.4/10, Late Show, 1.6/6, Nightline, 1.5/6
Source: MediaWeek
Nightline
has a significant rise in the ratings compared to last
months report, this can be attributed to many things,
like the one year anniversary of September 11th, and the
fact that the Late Show was again in reruns, we
all love Nightline and respect the great work
they do--but we would still love to see Dave kick some
Koppel ass.
The Late Show is
doing better now than it was in the ratings listed here,
the ratings here are down because the Late Show
was in reruns and the CBS fall season had not yet begun
(the current ratings are more at regular levels but still
down) Still, all of these reruns are killing the ratings,
a word to the Late Show, air repeats from the
early days at CBS instead of reruns from last week to
help bring back viewers who left the show for Leno years
ago, and so that all of us that watched the show when it
was new, can see something different.
The Tonight
Show remains unstoppable (unfortunately),
and no doubt the ratings are even higher now that the NBC
fall season has begun. I'll let you know when I get them.
(See last
months ratings four stories down)
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|FIVE IN A ROW FOR
THE BEST SHOW|
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For the
fifth year in a row the Late Show with David
Letterman has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding
Variety, Music or Comedy Series, other shows
nominated in the category along with the Late Show
were The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,
Saturday Night Live, and
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Many congratulations to all of those who work so
hard to make the Late Show what it is, the show
has earned the award and we here at Stupid Fan Tricks
couldn't be happier for Dave and company!
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|WARREN ZEVON HAS
INCURABLE CANCER [CNN]|
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Singer-songwriter
Warren Zevon, best known for quirky hits like
"Werewolves of London," has been diagnosed with
inoperable lung cancer, a spokeswoman said Thursday. "I'm OK with it," Zevon,
55, said in a statement. "But it'll be a drag if I
don't make it until the next James Bond movie comes
out."
Zevon's more than
three-decades long career began with "Wanted Dead or
Alive" in 1969. His 1976 album, "Warren
Zevon," produced by Jackson Browne, won critical
praise, and his career soared with 1978's "Excitable
Boy," featuring the single "Werewolves of
London," which became his signature song.
He ended a five-year
recording absence in 2000 with "Life'll Kill
Ya."
Spokeswoman Diana Baron
said Zevon, who was told of the diagnosis by doctors last
month, is spending time with his grown children, as well
as writing and recording. He'll be in the recording
studio next week, she said.
Rhino Records will release
"Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon" on October
15.
Zevon's most recent album,
"My Ride's Here," released this year, features
contributions from Irish poet Paul Muldoon, journalist
Hunter S. Thompson and author Carl Hiaasen, as well as a
cameo from talk-show host David Letterman.
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|TUBBY VISITS THE
BIG MAN|
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Former
President of the United States, Bill Clinton, visited the
Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday,
September 11, 2002. This was a historic show in the eyes
of many, the conversation between David Letterman and
Bill Clinton varied from music, to energy, to war, to
Clinton's would-have-been talk show. The interview was
serious for the most part but many jokes were woven in,
in a way that only David Letterman can.The ratings for
the show were high, especially when you take into
consideration that it was a Wednesday show, there was
nearly no promotion of the fact that Bill Clinton was on,
the show aired later than usual all over the country, and
it's still the summer season, when ratings are lower. The
overnight numbers for September 11th, were as follows:
Late Show with David Letterman, 4.6/12
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 4.2/11
Nightline, 3.8/9
So what does that mean exactly? Well, about 4.6 million
households were tuned in to Letterman, which is 12% of
the TV population, 4.2 million households were tuned into
Leno, which is 11% of the TV population, and Nightline
had 3.8 million households and 9% of the TV population.Hear the
audio of Bill Clinton on the Late
Show by clicking here
Ratings source:
www.POVonline.com
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|RATINGS FOR THE
WEEK OF AUGUST 29, '02|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 5.0
Late Show with David Letterman, 3.9
Nightline, 3.6
Nightline
Upclose, 2.1-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 1.9/9, Late Show, 1.5/7, Nightline, 1.2/5, Nightline Upclose, 0.7/4
Alright, I apologize that
there isn't as much information as there usually is, I
didn't get the information from my usual source.
The Tonight
Show ratings are down because it was in
reruns for that week, the Late Show
ratings are up, which is good, Dave has been at the top
of his game lately. When the CBS fall season begins look
for the Late Show ratings to return to the 4.5
area, or possibly higher if CBS prime-time ratings are
good, and the promotional push from Viacom does what it's
supposed to.
Nightline
ratings are also up, I guess both shows benefit when Jay
is away. Since this is the first time we have reported on
Nightline Upclose ratings, we
didn't compare them to any past numbers.
(See last
months ratings one story down)
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|RATINGS FOR THE
WEEK OF JULY 29, '02|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 5.98
Late Show with David Letterman, 3.63
Nightline, 3.54-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 2.1/9, Late Show, 1.3/6, Nightline, 1.0/4
-A25-54:
Tonight Show, 2.4/10, Late Show, 1.6/6, Nightline, 1.2/5
Source: MediaWeek
Ouch! In
the world of late night television the only show that
seems to be able to hold it's audience during the summer
is The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
which is actually up slightly from about a month ago (5.97
last month, 5.98 this month) while both the Late
Show (4.20 last month, 3.63 this
month) and Nightline
(3.96 last month, 3.54 this month) are down
considerably.
All that we can hope is
that Viacom's promotional push for the show (which will
begin over the next couple of months) and a strong
prime-time lineup for CBS this fall will help the Late
Show.
(See last
months ratings five stories down)
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|VINTAGE LETTERMAN
ON GAME SHOW NETWORK|
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Remeber when
Dave had bad.. err worse hair, suits that seemed to
tight, and chubby cheeks? Well, now you can see that oh
so wonderful look of the 70's once again by watching Game
Show Network as part of their "Breakfast with the
Stars" promotion. The week of August 19, you can see
stars like Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, David Letterman
and Kirstie Alley on Password. In primetime's 8-10 p.m. block of
classic game shows look for the original casts of Batman,
Baywatch, Roseanne, Gilligan's
Island and Three's Company on Family
Feud as well as David Letterman, Tony Danza and
Billy Crystal on Pyramid.
No exact dates or times
have been announced, Stupid Fan Tricks will
bring them to you when we get them.
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|VIACOM QUIET ON
PROMOTION DETAILS|
|LATE SHOW GETS
FOUR EMMY NOMINATIONS|
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It has been a great season for the Late
Show and it is being recognized for that with four
Emmy nominations! The show was nominated in the fallowing
categories: Outstanding
Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Also nominated in this category:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Outstanding
Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Also nominated in this category:
America: A Tribute To Heroes
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Conan O’Brien
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding
Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Also nominated in this category:
The 74th Annual Academy Awards
America: A Tribute To Heroes
From Broadway: Fosse
Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Outstanding
Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Series
Also nominated in this
category:
Saturday Night Live
Survivor: Africa
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
While I am glad to see
the Late Show get so many nominations, it amazes
me that The Tonight Show was nominated for the
huge award Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy
Series, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
was ignored. Oh well, I guess that makes less competition
for Dave. If the Late Show wins this year for Outstanding
Variety, Music or Comedy Series, it will make it 5
years in a row!
Be sure and watch the Primetime Emmy Awards on
NBC this September 22, the show will be hosted by the
very funny Conan O'Brien!
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|2002 SECOND
QUARTER RATINGS AVERAGE|
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-Total Viewers:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 6.49
Late Show with David Letterman, 4.36
Nightline, 4.19-Adults
18-49:
Tonight Show, 2.4/10, Late Show, 1.7/7, Nightline, 1.3/5
-A25-54:
Tonight Show, 2.7/11, Late Show, 2.0/8, Nightline, 1.5/6
Source: MediaWeek
Ratings are down compared
to the first quarter ratings average, but up from the
week of June 17, but the numbers are red to indicate that
the ratings are down, because I am comparing these
ratings to the first quarter numbers, not to the June 17
numbers.
The Tonight
Show is down by little more than 300,000
viewers, while the Late Show
dipped nearly 400,000 viewers, Nightline
is down by less than 200,000. The lower second quarter
ratings can be blamed on a lot of Letterman repeats, and
the low rated summer prime-time schedule doesn't help any
late night show.
(See last
quarters ratings in the Toupee News Archive)
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