President Obama Appearance Draws 4th Biggest-Ever Late Night Audience to KIMMEL

By: Mar. 13, 2015
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With a second appearance by President Barack Obama on Thursday, March 12, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" attracted an impressive 3.914 million Total Viewers and 1.179 million Adults 18-49, marking the ABC talk show's 4th-largest-ever single-day audience in late-night. Additional guests last night included Sean Penn, star of the upcoming film "The Gunman."

President Obama visited "Jimmy Kimmel Live" via satellite in primetime back in June of 2008.

· ABC's "Kimmel" was Thursday's No. 1 talk show in late-night in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

· "Kimmel" ranked No. 1 in its 11:35 p.m. time period in the Top 2 U.S. Markets (New York and Los Angeles) in both Households and Adults 18-49.

Program Averages: TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)

"Kimmel" 3,915,000 1,179,000

"Fallon" 2,571,000 882,000

"Letterman" 2,662,000 727,000

Source: Nielsen Media Research, (Live + Same Day, Fast National Program Ratings, 3/12/15).

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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.

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.



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