During the week of October 18, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” saw week-to-week increases in both Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.67 million) and Adults 18-49 (658,000 vs. 657,000), attracting the late-night program’s largest audience of the season. In fact, “JKL” drew its highest Total Viewer count in over 4 months – since w/o 6/14/10. In addition, for the 3rd time in 5 weeks of the season, “JKL” was up over the year-ago week in Total Viewers (1.65 million on w/o 10/19/09).
• ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” beat CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” in Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.65 million) and Adults 18-49 (658,000 vs. 610,000), topping the CBS late night program in the key young adult demo for the 3rd time in 5 weeks of the season.
• For the 2nd week in a row, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” bettered NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.41 million). “JKL” also outperformed “Fallon” among Adults 25-54 (831,000 vs. 718,000) and Women 18-49 (399,000 vs. 365,000).
(source: ABC)
