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[06/12/26 - 01:11 PM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Is No. 1 Across Late-Night with Best Numbers Since Season Premiere Week
Rising week to week in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" matched a season best in the key Adult demo of premiere week, while drawing its largest overall audience since its season premiere week eight months ago.
[via press release from ABC]

Ratings Report for Week of June 1, 2026

Nielsen National Big Data Plus Panel Live+Same Day Program Ratings

'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Is No. 1 Across Late-Night With Best Numbers Since Season Premiere Week

Season-to-Date, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Is Up Double Digits Versus Year Ago in Both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 - Delivering the Show's Most-Watched Season in Eight Years

· "Jimmy Kimmel Live" dominated late-night for the week, ranking No. 1 every night in both Total Viewers (2.722 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.40 rating) for the second straight week.

· Rising week to week in both Total Viewers (+10% - 2.722 million vs. 2.464 million) and Adults 18-49 (+90% - 0.40 rating vs. 0.21 rating), "Jimmy Kimmel Live" matched a season best in the key Adult demo of premiere week, while drawing its largest overall audience since its season premiere week eight months ago - since the week of 9/22/25.

· On Wednesday (6/3/26) and Friday (6/5/26), "Jimmy Kimmel Live" turned in its Top 2 telecasts of the week in both Total Viewers (3.453 million and 2.990 million, respectively) and Adults 18-49 (0.52 rating and 0.61 rating, respectively) in eight months - since 9/23/25.

· So far in 2026, the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" YouTube channel has earned over half a billion views.

· For the fourth week in a row, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" posted gains year to year in both Total Viewers (+66% - 2.722 million vs. 1.636 million) and Adults 18-49 (+135% - 0.40 rating vs. 0.17 rating).

· Season to date, "Jimmy Kimmy Live" continues to soar, notching double-digit increases in both Total Viewers (+24% - 2.017 million vs. 1.627 million) and Adults 18-49 (+29% - 0.18 rating vs. 0.14 rating) versus the comparable weeks last season, delivering its most-watched season in eight years - since the 2017-2018 season.

Source: Nielsen National Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for week of 6/1/26. Season to date: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 6/7/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 - 3/16/25). 24/25 season comparisons are based on Big Data Plus Panel, while prior seasons are panel-only.





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