KIMMEL Scores Its Highest-Rated Thursday Telecast in Nearly 5 Months
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 06, 2015
On Thursday, November 5, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show in Households (2.5/7) in the 56 Metered Markets, tied with NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," while beating CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 19% (2.1/6).
Featuring Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross on Thursday, "Kimmel" matched its strongest telecast on the night in Households since an NBA finals-led telecast in June - since 6/11/15. Excluding the one NBA finals-led telecast, "Kimmel" tied its highest-rated Thursday telecast in Households in almost 8 months - since President Obama's visit on 3/12/15.PROGRAM AVERAGES HH Rtg A18-49 Rtg
ABC "Kimmel" 2.5/7 0.7/4
NBC "Tonight Show" 2.5/7 0.9/5
CBS "Late Show" 2.1/6 0.5/3
About Jimmy Kimmel Live: 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.
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