ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Scores a 3-Month High in Late-Night in Households

On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" delivered its highest-rated late-night telecast on any night in 3 months in Households (2.2/6) in the 56 Metered Markets - since Thursday, 6/16/16. Excluding the NBA FINALS weeks in June, Wednesday's telecast was the show's strongest single-day late-night telecast since the end of May - since Wednesday, 5/25/16. Wednesday's telecast featured Lupita Nyong'o, Bill O'Reilly and music from Jake Owen.

ABC's "Kimmel" topped CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 22% in Households (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/5).

PROGRAM AVERAGES HH Rtg A18-49 Rtg
ABC "Kimmel" 2.2/6 0.6/3
NBC "Tonight Show" 2.6/7 0.8/5
CBS "Late Show" 1.8/5 0.3/2

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 (9/21/16).

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes