JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Delivers 16-Week Highs in Viewers and Adults 18-49

During the week of October 3, 2016, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was up over the prior week by 7% in Total Viewers (2.286 million vs. 2.145 million) and matched the prior week's performance among Adults 18-49 (644,000) to deliver 16-week highs - since the week of 6/13/16.

ABC's "Kimmel" grew its overall audience over the same week last year by 3% (2.219 million on w/o 10/5/15).

"Kimmel" was the only late-night broadcast talk show to grow week to week (+7%) or year to year (+3%) in Total Viewers.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 10/3/16, 9/26/16 and 10/5/15 or as dated.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" is well known for its huge viral video successes with 1.5 billion views on Youtube alone. Some of Kimmel's most popular comedy bits include - Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Jimmy's Twerk Fail Prank, Unnecessary Censorship, Youtube Challenge, The Baby Bachelor, Movie: The Movie, Handsome Men's Club, Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective and music videos like "I (Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" and a Blurred Lines parody with Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Jimmy and his security guard Guillermo.

Kimmel's guests have included: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Larry David, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Foxx, Amy Poehler, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Oprah, and unfortunately Matt Damon.

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes

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