ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Grows by Double Digits to Season Highs

During the week of January 2, 2017, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" shot up by double digits over its last week of originals three weeks ago (w/o 12/12/16) in Total Viewers (+11% - 2.384 million vs. 2.148 million) and Adults 18-49 (+17% - 702,000 vs. 599,000) to draw its 2nd-biggest audience this season and score a new season high among young adults. In fact, "Kimmel" delivered its best performance among Adults 18-49 since June 2016 during the NBA FINALS - since the week of 6/13/16.

"Kimmel" grew over the first week of last year (2.277 million and 649,000 on w/o 1/4/16) by 5% in Total Viewers and 8% with Adults 18-49.

During the opening week of 2017, ABC's "Kimmel" topped CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 9% among Adults 18-49 (702,000 vs. 645,000).

On Thursday (1/5/17), "Kimmel" posted its strongest performance among Adults 18-49 (913,000) on any night in late-night in almost 7 months - since an NBA Finals-led broadcast on Thursday, 6/16/16.

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)

ABC's "Kimmel" 2,384,000 702,000

NBC's "Fallon" 2,760,000 908,000

CBS' "Colbert" 2,961,000 645,000

Please note: Due to the New Year's Day holiday, all late-night broadcast programs were coded as a special on Monday and excluded from the show's weekly average.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 1/2/17 or as dated.

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes

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