“Kimmel” is Growing its Overall Audience for the 3rd Week in a Row with its Largest Total Viewer Performance in Since February “JKL” Tops NBC’s “Fallon” in Viewers for the 2nd Straight Week.
“JKL” Beats CBS’s “Ferguson” Among Adults 18-49. “JKL’s” Monday Telecast Attracts the Show’s Most-Watched Telecast in 2 Months. “JKL’s” Tuesday Telecast Draws its Highest Adults 18-49 Performance on the Night Since October and 2nd Largest Tuesday Audience Overall this Season in Young Adults.
Weekly National Ratings:
During the week of April 5, 2010, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” improved over the previous week by 5% in Total Viewers (1.68 million vs. 1.60 million) and 22% in Adults 18-49 (731,000 vs. 598,000). Growing its overall audience for the 3rd week in a row, “JKL” saw its largest Total Viewer count in 8 weeks and best Adults 18-49 performance in 5 weeks – since w/o 2/8/10 and w/o 3/1/10, respectively. In addition, “JKL” was up by 8% in Total Viewers (1.68 million vs. 1.55 million) and 7% in Adults 18-49 (731,000 vs. 681,000) over the same week last year.
For the week, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” outperformed NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in Total Viewers (1.68 million vs. 1.65 million), defeating the NBC late-night program for the 2nd week in a row. Season to date, “JKL” is outdrawing NBC’s “Fallon” by 8% in Total Viewers (1.66 million vs. 1.53 million).
For the week, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” bettered CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” among Adults 18-49 (731,000 vs. 661,000).
On Monday (4/5/10), featuring actor Kellan Lutz, host Brooke Burke and musical guest She & Him, “JKL” attracted its largest audience (2.05 million) on any night in 2 months – since 2/5/10. Additionally, it was the most-watched Monday telecast of the season drawing its largest audience on the night over 1 year – since 3/2/09.
On Tuesday (4/6/10), featuring NBA star Kobe Bryant, Buzz Aldrin and musical guest Kelis, “JKL” saw its highest Adults 18-49 audience (852,000) on Tuesday in over 5 months (since 10/27/09) and second-highest young adult audience on the night this season.
(Source: ABC -The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 4/5/10.)
