TBS spent big bucks to land Conan O’Brien because they hoped he would lure young comedy fans back to late night. So far, the bet seems to be paying off: TBS has just released data showing that, during its first two months on the air, Conan was the No. 1 show in late night among viewers under 50. O’Brien’s show is averaging about 1.44 million viewers in the adults 18 to 49 demo, about 100,000 more than nemesis Jay Leno (1.35 million) and substantially more than CBS’s David Letterman (1.16 million) and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show/Colbert Report tandem (about 829,000 for the hour). There’s a catch to the figures, though: TBS’s numbers are so-called “live plus seven” figures, which mean they counts folks who catch up on Coco within a week of each show’s broadcast.
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