Last week’s announcement that NBC will be stripping Jay Leno in prime time at 10 p.m. helped lift the network’s late-night franchises to their biggest audiences in almost a year. “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” wrapped up the week of Dec. 8-12 with a 1.5 rating/6 share among viewers 18-49, reaching...
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CBS’ “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” edged out NBC’s “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” in total viewers and tied for first among adults 25-54 for the week ending Nov. 21. “Ferguson” averaged 1.9 million viewers for that week, up 13% from 1.75 million the same time period last year, and beat “Conan...