Conan’s Ratings Slide Sharply In First Week, Still Eases Letterman

O’Brien’s “Tonight” premiere garnered a massive 7.1 overnight metered-market household rating, then dropped 30% on Tuesday (5.0), slipped 14% on Wednesday (4.3), went down 12% on Thursday (3.8) and fell 8% on Friday (3.5).

While Conan’s debut was the highest-rated Monday episode of the veteran franchise in four years, last night was the lowest-rated Friday episode of “Tonight” in six months.

“Tonight” beat second-place CBS’ “Late Show” by a 62% margin this week. The gap between O’Brien and Letterman narrowed nearly each night, however, with the CBS program pulling a 2.7 on Friday. (via)

Here’s the only good news for Letterman: He’s having Howard Stern on as the guest on Monday night.

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