Weekly Ratings: Fallon Tops 11:35 With His Biggest Audience Since 2024

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With Jimmy Kimmel Live! in repeats, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon moved into first place at 11:35 p.m. in both total viewers and adults 18–49 last week—delivering its largest average weekly audience in 20 months.

According to Nielsen Live+3 data, Fallon averaged 1.541 million total nightly viewers the week of July 26, up 9 percent from the previous frame and the show’s best showing since the week of Nov. 18, 2024. It marked the second time this summer that Tonight has won the hour, following another week of first-run Fallon episodes opposite Kimmel repeats during the week of June 21.

Fallon also led the 11:35 p.m. programs in adults 18–49, rising 9 percent to 184,000 viewers. Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which aired five guest-host repeats, fell 32 percent in total viewers to 1.064 million and 31 percent in the demo to 141,000.

Kimmel’s move to repeats also benefited CBS’ Comics Unleashed, which is itself airing repeats through the summer. Its 11:35 p.m. half-hour grew 14 percent to 792,000 total viewers, a larger percentage gain than Fallon posted, though it still finished third in the time period. That represented an increase of roughly 97,000 viewers, compared with Fallon’s gain of about 127,000 and Kimmel’s loss of approximately 501,000.

Across its full hour, Comics Unleashed averaged 672,000 total viewers, up approximately 13 percent week over week, and 63,000 adults 18–49, up about 3 percent.

The gains continued into the second hour of Allen’s CBS block. The two half-hours of Funny You Should Ask averaged 449,000 total viewers, up about 13 percent from the previous week, and 52,000 adults 18–49, an increase of approximately 17 percent.

At 11:00 p.m., Comedy Central’s The Daily Show averaged 1.12 million total nightly viewers, unchanged week to week, while climbing 13 percent among adults 18–49 to 238,000—the largest demo audience among the shows we track. The program aired its final four original episodes before beginning a five-week summer break.

At 12:37 a.m., NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers posted gains in both measures during its final week of original episodes before taking a seven-week hiatus. Meyers averaged 943,000 total viewers, up 2 percent, and 120,000 adults 18–49, up 24 percent.

Without a fresh lead-in from Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC’s Nightline fell 19 percent in total viewers to 714,000 and 38 percent in the demo to 70,000.

Earlier in the evening, Fox News’ Gutfeld! (which airs at 10:00 p.m. ET and 7:00 p.m. PT) remained the most-watched program among the shows we track, averaging 2.93 million total viewers and 161,000 adults 18–49, flat in both measures.

Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live averaged 397,000 total viewers, down 6 percent, while growing 7 percent in the demo to 126,000.

Complete ratings charts for the week of July 26, 2026, follow below.

Live+ 3 Ratings — All Viewers (P2+)

Live+ 3 Ratings — In the Demo (P18-49)

Ratings data © The Nielsen Company, used under license.