ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Grows to 6-Week Highs in Viewers & Adults 18-49

During the week of May 22, 2017, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" shot up over the prior week by 21% among Adults 18-49 (588,000 vs. 485,000) to a new 6-week high while tying its strongest performance in 10 weeks - since the weeks of 4/10/17 and 3/13/17, respectively. "Kimmel" also grew week to week by 14% in Total Viewers (2.117 million vs. 1.859 million) to draw its largest audience in 6 weeks - since the week of 4/10/17.

On Monday (5/22/17), "Kimmel" delivered its best performance in late-night on any night with Adults 18-49 (718,000) in nearly 3 months - since Monday, 3/6/17. Monday's guests featured "The Bachelorette" Rachel Lindsay, Jim Carrey and musical guest Bush.

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)
ABC's "Kimmel" 2,117,000 588,000
CBS' "Colbert" 2,960,000 622,000
NBC's "Fallon" 2,609,000 837,000

"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: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 5/22/17 and 5/15/17 or as dated.

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