NBC Latenight Shows Hit Season Highs

The finale week of NBC’s The Voice proved to be a good one in latenight as well for the net, with Tonight Show and Late Night hitting season highs.According to Nielsen estimates for Dec. 17-21, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno averaged 1.26 million adults 18-49 and 4.06 million viewers overall — its best demo showing since early September and its largest overall audience since the February week following the net’s coverage of the Super Bowl.

AP YEAR-END POLL

NBC’s Latenight Fiasco Is Year’s Top TV Story

The dramatic upheaval of late-night at NBC was chosen as 2010’s entertainment story of the year, as voted on by Associated Press members.