ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Scores a New Series Best With Adults 18-49

On Friday, June 10, 2016, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE delivered its highest-rated late-night telecast ever on any weeknight in Adults 18-49 (1.5/9) in the 25 LPM Markets. Friday's late-night telecast featured Anthony Anderson, Bill Simmons and music from Train.

Friday's telecast of "Kimmel" (6/10/16) matched the series debut of CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (9/8/15) among Adults 18-49 (1.5/9), while outdelivering every other weeknight telecast of the CBS late-night program.

ABC's "Kimmel" ranked as Friday's No. 1 talk show in late-night, beating NBC's "The Tonight Show" by 11% in Households (3.0/9 vs. 2.7/7) and nearly doubling the NBC late-night program with Adults 18-49 (+88% - 1.5/9 vs. 0.8/4).

PROGRAM AVERAGES HH Rtg A18-49 Rtg
ABC "Kimmel"** 3.0/9 1.5/9
NBC "Tonight Show" 2.7/7 0.8/4
CBS "Late Show" 1.7/4 0.3/1

**Please note: Due to NBA Championship coverage, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was delayed by ~40 minutes.

About Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jimmy Kimmel serves as host and executive producer of Emmy nominated "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC's late-night talk show. "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.

Source: WRAP Overnights, Weighted U.S. Metered Market Averages, Live + Same Day Program Ratings (6/10/16).

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