ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Delivers Most Watched Season Yet

For the complete 2013-14 TV season, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE grew for the 5th consecutive year to deliver its most-watched season ever (2.586 million), surpassing the prior year's previous high by 7%. Kimmel was also up in Adults 18-49, for the 2nd straight year, to deliver a 10-year high - since the 2003-04 TV season.

ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE beat CBS' THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN for the 2nd year in a row in Adults 18-49, growing its lead over the CBS program to 26% (851,000 vs. 676,000) versus 3% the prior year.

During the 3rd quarter of 2014, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE scored its most-watched-ever Q3 (2.340 million) and strongest in Adults 18-49 in 8 years (727,000) - since 2006. In fact, Kimmel attracted its largest-ever Q2 and Q3 audiences back to back during the 2013-14 TV season. JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE built on the year-ago 3rd quarter for the 5th year in a row in Total Viewers (+10%) and for the 4th time in 5 years in Adults 18-49 (+2%).

ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE finished the quarter as the #2 broadcast talk show in late-night in Adults 18-49, topping CBS' THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN by 31% (727,000 vs. 553,000) up from a 3% lead during the year-ago Q3. In fact, Kimmel outperformed Letterman in all 12 weeks of the quarter and for the 7th consecutive quarter in the key young adult demo.

Kimmel edged out CBS' Letterman in Total Viewers to rank as the quarter's 2nd-most-watched talk show in late-night on broadcast or cable.

During the final week of the 2013-14 season (week of 9/15/14), ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE grew over the prior week by 11% in Total Viewers, attracting its biggest audience in 11 weeks (since w/o 6/30/14), and by 9% in Adults 18-49 to score an 8-week high (since w/o 7/21/14). Kimmel was up over the year-ago week for the 3rd straight week in Total Viewers (+10%).

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