ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Delivers Largest Audience Since April

During the week of October 20, 2014, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shot up over the prior week by 13% in Total Viewers (2.795 million vs. 2.482 million) to draw its biggest overall audience in 7 months - since the week of 4/14/14. In addition, Kimmel soared week to week by 13% among Adults 18-49 (822,000 vs. 728,000) to hit a 3-week high - since w/o 9/29/14.

Kimmel grew its overall audience by 14% over the same week last year and was flat among Adults 18-49 (2.461 million and 823,000 on w/o 10/21/13).

Featuring an exclusive concert by global superstar Taylor Swift on Thursday (10/23/14), ABC's Kimmel drew 3.536 million Total Viewers, marking the show's 5th-most-watched telecast on any night in late-night. On Thursday, Kimmel was the #1 talk-show in late-night in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 (1.096 million).

"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.

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