“Nightline,” which devoted last night’s show to Michael Jackson‘s memorial, beat NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” in both Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers.
“Nightline” averaged 4.786M Total Viewers, to Letterman’s 3.903M and Conan’s 2.899M. In the A25-54 demo, “Nightline” was first with a 1.7 rating. Conan and Letterman tied with a 1.2 rating.