ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL Outdelivers 'Colbert' for 3rd-Consecutive Week in Adults 18-49

With its late-night lineup of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" at 11:35 p.m. and "Nightline" at 12:35 a.m. during the week of November 16, 2015, ABC was the No. 1 network in late-night in Total Viewers (2.124 million) for the 3rd-straight week and for the 4th time in the last 5 weeks, beating NBC by 2% (2.089 million) and CBS by 15% (1.840 million).

ABC grew week to week by 4% in Adults 18-49 (654,000 vs. 629,000).

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (M-F, 11:35 p.m.): During the week of November 16, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" topped CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" for the 3rd-consecutive week in Adults 18-49 (+3% - 739,000 vs. 716,000). Despite airing a repeat telecast on Friday, "Kimmel" won over "Colbert" with 5 original telecasts for the 3rd week running to rank as the No. 2 late-night talk show among young adults. In fact, on Friday, "Kimmel"s repeat telecast outdelivered "Colbert"s original broadcast by 8% in Total Viewers (2.713 million vs. 2.511 million) and by 41% in Adults 18-49 (799,000 vs. 566,000).

ABC's "Kimmel" also scored its first victory over "Colbert" among Adults 18-34, beating the CBS late-night talk show by 14% (236,000 vs. 207,000)

"Kimmel" was up over the prior week (2.399 million and 710,000, respectively, on w/o 11/9/15) in Total Viewers (+1%) and Adults 18-49 (+4%).

"Nightline" (M-F, 12:35 a.m.)
ABC's "Nightline" averaged 1.530 million Total Viewers, 591,000 Adults 25-54 and 480,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of November 16, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" outperformed CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.145 million, 480,000 and 382,000, respectively) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+385,000), Adults 25-54 (+111,000) and Adults 18-49 (+98,000).

"Nightline" aired the Top 2 12:35 a.m. telecasts of the week in Total Viewers with its Thursday (1.812 million - 11/19/15) and Monday (1.784 million - 11/16/15) airings, beating all telecasts of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Late-Night (Week of Nov 16): TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)
ABC 2,124,000 654,000
CBS 1,840,000 539,000
NBC 2,089,000 856,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 11/16/15 and 11/9/15 or as dated. ABC Late-Night = "Kimmel" and "Nightline"; CBS Late-Night ="Colbert" and "Corden"; NBC Late-Night = "Fallon," "Seth Meyers" and "Carson Daly."

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