Conan's First Night Audience: Young and Plentiful

Conan O'Brien's debut on TBS was welcomed by an estimated 4.1 million viewers, a massive haul for basic cable and enough eyeballs to out-gun network big boys like rival Jay Leno and former mentor David Letterman.

According to viewer tallies, released by TBS and Nielsen, 'Conan' easily bested O'Brien's primary 11PM frenemies Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
The Totals:
1. 'Conan': 4.1 million
2. 'Tonight Show': 3.5 million
3. 'Late Show': 3.4 million
4. 'Daily Show': 1.3 million
5. 'Colbert Report': 1 million

Not surprisingly, O'Brien's audience skewed young, with 2.4 million aged 18 to 34 tuning in and 3.3 million between 18 to 49. That means only about 870,000 people over 50 and under 18 were watching.

In his debut episode, Conan featured Seth Rogen, Jack White and 'Glee' star Lea Michele. Night two, he'll welcome Tom Hanks, '30 Rock' star Jack McBrayer and grunge granddaddies, Soundgarden.

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Conan’s first night whips rivals in viewership

NEW YORK (AP) — TBS says Conan O’Brien was welcomed back to television by more than 4.1 million viewers.

The former host of “The Tonight Show,” who left NBC eight months ago, returned to late night Monday with a new talk show, “Conan,” which premiered on basic-cable network TBS.

In the 11 p.m. Eastern hour, O’Brien’s opening night throttled his direct rivals on Comedy Central. “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” was seen by 1.3 million viewers, followed by “The Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) Report (ruh-POR’)” with 1 million.

Conan even beat Jay Leno, the host who reclaimed the “Tonight Show” chair from him. Starting at 11:35 p.m. Eastern, “Tonight” attracted 3.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen Co. figures released by TBS on Tuesday.

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