ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL Delivers Best Numbers Yet in New Time Slot

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" delivered its best numbers yet in its new 11:35 p.m. time slot on its third day, spiking over Wednesday by 11% in Total Viewers (3.167 million vs. 2.859 million) and by 15% in Adults 18-49 (1.241 million vs. 1.083 million). In fact, with Thursday's telecast (3.167 million) and Tuesday's debut (3.097 million), "JKL" scored 2 of its Top 3 most-watched episodes ever.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" ranked as Thursday's No. 1 talk-show in late-night in Adults 18-49 (1.241 million), beating NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" by an impressive 32% (938,000) and CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" by a best-yet 34% (929,000).

Through its first 3 days in its new time slot (Tuesday-Thursday), "JKL" (1.070 million) is leading "The Tonight Show" by 3% (1.037 million) in Adults 18-49 and CBS' "The Late Show" by 23% (870,000).

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "JKL" ranked No. 1 in its time periods in Adults 18-49 in each of the Top 5 U.S. markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas.

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)/ Rtg

Thursday, 01/10/13

ABC "JKL" 3,167,000 1,241,000/ 0.98

NBC "Tonight Show" 3,400,000 938,000/ 0.74

CBS "Late Show" 3,289,000 929,000/ 0.73

Source: Nielsen Media Research, (Live + Same Day, Fast National Program Ratings, 1/10/13).