Press release - Ratings

October 4, 2022

ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Returns to Brooklyn to Rank as Week’s No. 1 Late-Night Talk Show in Adults 18-49

Ratings Report for Week of Sept. 26, 2022
National Live+Same Day Program Ratings

 

ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Returns to Brooklyn to Rank as Week’s No. 1 Late-Night Talk Show in Adults 18-49

‘Kimmel’ Grows Over Premiere Week to Score Its Strongest Week Since June

ABC Late-Night Talk Show Skyrockets Over Same Week Last Year

‘Kimmel’ Opens Week With Its Strongest Brooklyn Telecast Since 2018

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“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Monday-Friday, 11:35 p.m.)
Broadcasting from Brooklyn, New York, during the week of Sept. 26, 2022, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among Adults 18-49 (301,000), beating NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” by 8% (278,000) and CBS’ “The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert” by 14% (264,000). In fact, ABC’s “Kimmel” stood as the No. 1 late-night talk show for the 2nd week in a row with Adults 18-49.

 

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” grew over premiere week (w/o 9/19/22) in both Total Viewers (+10% – 1.631 million vs. 1.480 million) and Adults 18-49 (+1% – 301,000 vs. 298,000) to score its strongest week since June in both Nielsen measures – since the weeks of 6/6/22 and 6/13/22, respectively.

 

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” skyrocketed over the comparable week last year (w/o 9/27/21) in both Total Viewers (+21% – 1.631 million vs. 1.347 million) and Adults 18-49 (+32% – 301,000 vs. 228,000).

 

On its first airing of the week (Monday, 9/26/22), “Kimmel” opened with its strongest telecast broadcasting from Brooklyn since 2018 among Adults 18-49 (501,000) – since Friday, 10/19/18. Monday’s episode featured guests Amy Schumer and Charlamagne tha God and musical guest Run the Jewels.

 

Monday’s telecast of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was the week’s No. 1 late-night telecast among Adults 18-49 (501,000). In fact, ABC’s “Kimmel” claimed 2 of the week’s Top 3 late-night telecasts with its Monday (501,000) and Thursday (311,000) broadcasts, respectively.

 

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live+Same Day Program Ratings for weeks of 9/26/22, 9/19/22 and 9/27/21.

 

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