ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Grows to 9-Week Highs in Viewers and AD18-49

During the week of January 26, 2015, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live jumped over the prior week by solid double digits in Total Viewers (+27% - 2.926 million vs. 2.312 million) and Adults 18-49 (+33% - 862,000 vs. 646,000) to hit 9-week highs - since the week of 11/24/14.

ABC's Kimmel was up over the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+19%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%).

· ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live was the week's #1 late-night talk show in Total Viewers (2.926 million).

· On Thursday (1/29/14), Kimmel drew 3.688 million Total Viewers, marking the show's 5th-most-watched telecast ever on any night in late-night. In fact, the Thursday airing of Kimmel was the week's #1 late-night telecast in both Total Viewers (3.688 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.246 million).

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ABC Late-Night (Monday - Friday)

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 January 26, 2015, ABC scored its best performance in late-night in 2 months (since the week of 11/24/14), soaring week to week by 25% in Total Viewers (2.542 million vs. 2.033 million) and by 30% in Adults 18-49 (758,000 vs. 581,000).

ABC also posted gains over its late-night performance during the same week last year (2.094 million and 709,000, respectively, on w/o 1/27/14) of 21% in Total Viewers and 7% among Adults 18-49.

· ABC was the week's No. 1 network in late-night in Total Viewers (2.542 million) and Adults 18-49 (758,000).

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (M-F 11:35 p.m.)

During the week of January 26, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" jumped over the prior week by solid double digits in Total Viewers (+27% - 2.926 million vs. 2.312 million) and Adults 18-49 (+33% - 862,000 vs. 646,000) to hit 9-week highs - since the week of 11/24/14.

ABC's "Kimmel" was up over the year-ago week (2.449 million and 850,000 on w/o 1/27/14) in Total Viewers (+19%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%).

· ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was the week's No. 1 late-night talk show in Total Viewers (2.926 million).

· On Thursday (1/29/15), "Kimmel" drew 3.688 million Total Viewers, marking the show's 5th-most-watched telecast ever on any night in late-night. In fact, the Thursday airing of "Kimmel" was the week's No. 1 late-night telecast in both Total Viewers (3.688 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.246 million).

"Nightline" (M-F 12:35 a.m.)

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 versus its CBS and NBC competition across all key target demos: Total Viewers (1.782 million), Adults 25-54 (744,000) and Adults 18-49 (552,000) for the week of January 26, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" has taken the top spot in Total Viewers for the last 6 weeks and in 14 of the last 15 weeks. Further, "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in all three measures for the first time in its new time period.

"Nightline" surged by double-digits week to week (1.492 million, 576,000 and 455,000, respectively on w/o 1/19/15) in Total Viewers (+19%), Adults 25-54 (+29%) and Adults 18-49 (+21%), hitting 2-month highs in all three measures - since the week of 11/24/14.

"Nightline" also increased by double-digits year to year (1.522 million, 671,000 and 480,000, respectively on w/o 1/27/14) in Total Viewers (+17%), Adults 25-54 (+11%) and Adults 18-49 (+15%).

"Nightline" owned the No. 1 12:35 a.m. telecast of the week with its Thursday airing (1/29/15) in Total Viewers (2.111 million), Adults 25-54 (924,000) and Adults 18-49 (754,000), leading every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Late-Night (Week of Jan 26): TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)

ABC 2,542,000 758,000

CBS 1,979,000 489,000

NBC 1,716,000 642,000

Please note: Regis Philbin was the guest host for CBS' "The Late Late Show" on Mon and Tue, Whitney Cummings was guest host on Wed and Thurs and Adam Pally on Friday.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 1/26/15, 1/19/15 & 1/27/14.

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Ratings Report: ABC News Programming For the Week of January 26, 2015

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"Nightline" Ranks #1 in Total Viewers 14 of Last 15 Weeks

"Nightline" Surges by Double Digits Week to Week and Year to Year in All Three Measures

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 across all key target demos: Total Viewers (1.782 million), Adults 25-54 (744,000) and Adults 18-49 (552,000) for the week of January 26, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" has taken the top spot in Total Viewers for the last 6 weeks and in 14 of the last 15 weeks. Further, "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in all three measures for the first time in its new time period.

"Nightline" surged by double-digits week to week (1.492 million, 576,000 and 455,000, respectively on w/o 1/19/15) in Total Viewers (+19%), Adults 25-54 (+29%) and Adults 18-49 (+21%), hitting 2-month highs in all three measures - since w/o 11/24/14.

"Nightline" also increased by double-digits year to year (1.522 million, 671,000 and 480,000, respectively on w/o 1/27/14) in Total Viewers (+17%), Adults 25-54 (+11%) and Adults 18-49 (+15%).

"Nightline" owned the No. 1 telecast of the week with its Thursday airing (1/29/15) in Total Viewers (2.111 million), Adults 25-54 (924,000) and Adults 18-49 (754,000), leading every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Season to date, ABC News' "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.692 million), outdelivering CBS' average of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"/"The Late Late Show"/"The Talk - After Dark" (+275,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+156,000).

Regis Philbin was the guest host for CBS' "The Late Late Show" on Mon-Tue, Whitney Cummings was guest host on Wed-Thurs and Adam Pally was guest host on Friday.

ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Roxanna Sherwood is executive producer, and Steven Baker is Senior Broadcast Producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m., ET on the ABC Television Network. Together with "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Nightline" is part of ABC's winning late night strategy of airing news and entertainment programming.

Week of January 26, 2015:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg

ABC "Nightline" 1,782,000 744,000/0.6 552,000/0.4

CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,193,000 465,000/0.4 367,000/0.3

NBC "Late Night" 1,211,000 560,000/0.5 465,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 1/26/15, 1/19/15 and 1/27/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 2/1/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 2/2/14). Averages based on regular telecasts. "Nightline" premiered in its new time period in January 2013. *NBC's year-ago week averages based on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."