The premiere of Conan O’Brien as host of veteran NBC franchise The Tonight Show opened with a hefty 7.1 rating/17 share in the metered markets last night. Overall, that was the highest overnight rating for a Tonight Show telecast on Monday since Jan. 24, 2005 (which featured a tribute to Johnny Carson); and seventh-highest rated for the night since Jay Leno took over as host on May 25, 1992.
Comparably, the 7.1 overnight rating was up by 82 percent over The Tonight Show’s second-quarter average (3.9).
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