ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Grows by Double Digits to Season Highs

During the week of November 7, 2016, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shot up over the prior week by double digits in Total Viewers (+12% - 2.374 million vs. 2.120 million) and Adults 18-49 (+15% - 677,000 vs. 588,000) to score season highs.

ABC's "Kimmel" topped CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" among Adults 18-49 for the 3rd week in a row (+6% - 677,000 vs. 636,000).

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)
ABC's "Kimmel" 2,374,000 677,000
NBC's "Fallon" 3,159,000 1,131,000
CBS' "Colbert" 2,632,000 636,000

Please note: all late-night programming was pre-empted on Tuesday for election coverage and was excluded from the shows' weekly average.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" is well known for its huge viral video successes with 1.5 billion views on Youtube alone. Some of Kimmel's most popular comedy bits include - Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Jimmy's Twerk Fail Prank, Unnecessary Censorship, Youtube Challenge, The Baby Bachelor, Movie: The Movie, Handsome Men's Club, Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective and music videos like "I (Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" and a Blurred Lines parody with Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Jimmy and his security guard Guillermo.

Kimmel's guests have included: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Larry David, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Foxx, Amy Poehler, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Oprah, and unfortunately Matt Damon.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 11/7/16 and 10/31/16 or as dated.

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes