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Ratings Report for Week of Sept. 28, 2026
Nielsen National Big Data Plus Panel Live+Same Day Program Ratings
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Leads Late Night With Live Shows From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Show Rises by Double Digits Over Last Year's 'Brooklyn Week,' Garnering 2.66 Million Total Viewers and a 0.27 Rating Among Adults 18-49
· "Jimmy Kimmel Live" topped late-night for the second week in a row this season, scoring 2.66 million Total Viewers and a 0.27 rating among Adults 18-49 as the show traveled to Brooklyn, New York, for a week of live shows from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House.
· Marking its eighth trip to the famed New York venue, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" rose by double digits over last year's Brooklyn Week in both Total Viewers (+21% - 2.66 million vs. 2.20 million) and Adults 18-49 (+23% - 0.27 rating vs. 0.22 rating) earning the show's most-watched Brooklyn Week in 11 years and top Adults 18-49 performance in seven years - since the weeks of 10/16/15 and 10/21/19, respectively.
· The show also rose week to week in both Total Viewers (+16% - 2.66 million vs. 2.30 million) and Adults 18-49 (+29% - 0.27 rating vs. 0.21 rating) for a strong second week of the season.
· Kicking off Monday (9/28/26), "Jimmy Kimmel Live" earned 3.25 million Total Viewers and a 0.47 rating among Adults 18-49, with the show's best telecasts in three months - since 6/8/26 and 6/10/26, respectively.
Source: Nielsen National Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week (w/o 9/28/26) and year-ago week (w/o 9/29/25). 25/26 and 24/25 season comparisons are based on Big Data Plus Panel, while prior seasons are panel-only.
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