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[01/24/23 - 11:25 AM]
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Is Week's No. 1 Late-Night Talker in Adults 18-49, Beating NBC's "Fallon" and CBS' "Colbert" by More Than 20% Each
The Monday broadcast of "Kimmel" (on 1/16/23) was the No. 1 late-night telecast of the week among Adults 18-49 (584,000).
[via press release from ABC]

Ratings Report for Week of Jan. 16, 2023

National Live+Same Day Program Ratings

ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Is Week's No. 1 Late-Night Talker in Adults 18-49, Beating NBC's 'Fallon' and CBS' 'Colbert' by More Than 20% Each

ABC Late-Night Talk Show Soars to Its Strongest Week Since June

Monday's 'Kimmel' Ranks Among Season's Top 3 Telecasts for Any Late-Night Talk Show in Adults 18-49

'Kimmel' Is Up Over Last Season by 8% in Total Viewers

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (Monday-Friday, 11:35 p.m.)

During the week of Jan. 16, 2023, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among Adults 18-49 (307,000), beating NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 21% (253,000) and CBS' "The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert" by 27% (241,000). In fact, "Kimmel" posted its largest advantage over "The Tonight Show" so far this season in Adults 18-49 (+21%).

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" shot up over the prior week by 23% in Total Viewers (1.746 million vs. 1.419 million) and by 48% in Adults 18-49 (307,000 vs. 207,000) to score its strongest week since June - since the weeks of 6/6/22 and 6/13/22, respectively.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" improved over the same week last year (w/o 1/17/22) in both Total Viewers (+15% - 1.746 million vs. 1.519 million) and Adults 18-49 (+3% - 307,000 vs. 299,000).

The Monday broadcast of "Kimmel" (on 1/16/23) was the No. 1 late-night telecast of the week among Adults 18-49 (584,000). In fact, Monday's "Kimmel" ranked among the Top 3 telecasts for any late-night talk show this season in Adults 18-49 (No. 3). Monday's episode featured guests Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito and Travis Bennett, and musical guest bbno$.

On average for the 2022-2023 season, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" is up over the comparable weeks last season by 8% in Total Viewers (1.614 million vs. 1.498 million).

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will celebrate 20 years on Thursday, Jan. 26, and will air a special primetime anniversary episode that evening at 10 p.m. The episode will re-air in the show's regular 11:35 p.m. timeslot later that night.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live+Same Day Program Ratings for weeks of 1/16/23, 1/9/23 and 1/17/22; National Most Current Program Ratings for 2022-23 season (9/19/22-1/22/23) and 2021-22 season (9/20/21-1/23/22).





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