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Jimmy Fallon’s "Tonight Show" has taken a slim lead in viewers over Stephen Colbert’s "Late Show"

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00:00Trump promises that if he ever gets top secret information about Russia, he'll do the responsible

00:04thing and tweet it.

00:06About Russia, he'll do the responsible thing and tweet it.

00:09Fallon tipped back in NBC's favor last week.

00:13With an abbreviated average on account of CBS excluding Thursday and Friday repeats,

00:17NBC's Tonight averaged a slim 34,000.

00:21Fallon tipped back in NBC's favor last week, which also just so happens to be around the

00:25week of the Trump inauguration, AKA when Colbert's nightly skewering of the president

00:29kicked into high gear, that NBC has posted such an advantage.

00:33Colbert has won the total viewer race for the five months since, though by varying margins.

00:38The victory for tonight, however, may be short-lived.

00:41Colbert's winning streak has also seen his CBS telecast widen the margin of victory with

00:45live plus three-day returns.

00:48That's the first time since the week of January 30th.

00:51What time-shifting won't change is Fallon's continued dominance among adults 18 to 49.

00:57The latest week also marked Fallon's biggest demo win since January, his average .68 rating

01:02in the key debtor that NBC has posted such an advantage.

01:06Colbert has won the total viewer race for the five months.

01:09What's your take on the late-night showdown?

01:11Which show is your go-to?

01:12Let me know in the comments, guys.

01:13For the Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Paul Costabile.

01:16See you later.

01:20Margin of victory with live plus three-day returns.

01:23In short, more people catch up on Colbert with DVR and VOD, so that 34,000 gap may evaporate.

01:29New dominance among adults 18 to 49.

01:33The latest week also marked Fallon's biggest demo win, 62%.

01:37This week, both Fallon and Kobe.

01:38For the News, I'm Paul Costabile.

01:40See you later.