RATINGS: JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! Grows by Double Digits in Viewers to a 15-Week High

During the week of Feb. 25, 2019, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" returned from hiatus the prior week and grew over its most recent regular week by double digits in Total Viewers (+13% - 2.170 million vs. 1.922 million) to draw its biggest audience in 15 weeks - since the week of 11/12/18. In fact, this week marked "Kimmel's" 3rd most-watched week of the season to date. Additionally, "Kimmel" improved by 7% among Adults 18-49 (496,000 vs. 464,000) to hit a 6-week high - since the week of 1/14/19.

On Wednesday (2/27/19), "Kimmel" delivered its most-watched telecast on any night in over 3 months (2.459 million) - since Wednesday, 11/14/18. In addition, Wednesday's broadcast of "Kimmel" tied Monday's as the show's strongest single-day telecast since mid-November among Adults 18-49 (570,000) - since Thursday, 11/15/18, based on regular telecasts.

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)

ABC's "Kimmel" 2,170,000 496,000

CBS' "Colbert" 2,073,000 376,000

NBC's "Fallon" 2,567,000 659,000

Please note: CBS' "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" aired repeats all week and was retitled.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for the weeks of 2/25/19 & 2/11/19 or as dated. 2018-2019 = 9/24/18-3/1/19.