ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Grows to a Season High in Total Viewers

By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 01, 2016

During the week of October 24, 2016, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" grew for the 2nd consecutive week in Total Viewers (+2% - 2.274 million vs. 2.239 million) to a new season high and its largest audience since June - since the week of 6/13/16.

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" topped CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 7% among Adults 18-49 (626,000 vs. 586,000).

With a third appearance by President Barack Obama on Monday (10/24/16), ABC's "Kimmel" ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show in Total Viewers (3.359 million), outdrawing NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 18% (2.847 million) and CBS' "Colbert" by 34% (2.510 million). "Kimmel" also dominated "Colbert" by more than 30% on Monday among Adults 18-49 (+32% - 750,000 vs. 567,000). Monday's telecast also featured a guest appearance by Will Ferrell.

Excluding the NBA FINALS weeks in June, Monday's telecast of "Kimmel" (3.359 million) was the show's most watched telecast on any night in late-night since the President's last visit 19 months ago on a Thursday - since Thursday, 3/12/15.

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)
ABC's "Kimmel" 2,274,000 626,000
NBC's "Fallon" 3,141,000 1,061,000
CBS' "Colbert" 2,535,000 586,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 10/24/16 and 10/17/16 or as dated.