Ratings: Kimmel Overtakes Colbert

By: Nov. 20, 2015
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Variety.com reports that Jimmy Kimmel has overtaken Stephen Colbert's LATE SHOW for the week. In Nielsen's "live plus same-day" estimates for the week of Nov. 2-6, which saw NBC's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" remain a dominant No. 1, "Kimmel" bested "Late Show" by 5% in both adults 18-49 rating (0.60 vs. 0.57) and total viewers (2.626 million vs. 2.492 million). The ABC program got a boost on Thursday when a visit by Hillary Clinton produced its most-watched telecast on any night in six months (3.116 million). It also won by 22% in 18-49 over "Late Show" that night (0.73 vs. 0.60).

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" was the only 11:35 p.m. talkshow up week to week, rising 6% in 18-49 and 10% in total viewers; the show's Tuesday averages were excluded due to Election Night coverage. "Tonight," which averaged a 0.91 in 18-49 and 3.372 million total viewers, and "Late Show" were both down 6% in the demo.

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.

Kimmel's guests have included: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Larry David, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Foxx, Amy Poehler, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Oprah, and unfortunately Matt Damon.


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