ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Grows to Its Strongest Performance Since Early February

With its late-night lineup of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" at 11:35 p.m. and "Nightline" at 12:35 a.m. during the week of March 14, 2016, ABC was up for the 3rd week in a row in Total Viewers (+2% - 2.158 million vs. 2.113 million) and Adults 18-49 (+5% - 628,000 vs. 600,000) to its strongest performance in late-night since early February - since the weeks of 2/1/16 and 2/8/16, respectively.

ABC was the most watched network in late-night (2.158 million) for the 2nd week running, outdrawing NBC by 6% (2.040 million) and CBS by 11% (1.938 million).

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (M-F, 11:35 p.m.)
During the week of March 14, 2016, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" grew for the 3rd-straight week in both Total Viewers (+4% - 2.469 million vs. 2.376 million) and Adults 18-49 (+5% - 704,000 vs. 672,000), delivering its most watched week since Thanksgiving and scoring a 5-week high among young adults - since the weeks of 11/23/15 and 2/8/16, respectively.

"Kimmel" outdelivered CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" by 6% among Adults 18-49 (704,000 vs. 667,000), marking the ABC late-night program's 4th-consecutive victory over "Colbert" and 6th win in 7 weeks. "Kimmel" was the week's No. 2 late-night talk show for the 4th week running among young adults, behind NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Monday's telecast of "Kimmel" (3.127 million on 3/14/16) was the show's most watched late-night telecast on any night this season and biggest overall since June - since Thursday, 6/11/15 .

"Nightline" (M-F, 12:35 a.m.)
ABC's "Nightline" averaged 1.556 million Total Viewers, 605,000 Adults 25-54 and 481,000 Adults 18-49 for the week of March 14, 2015, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" led CBS' "The Late Late Show" (1.326 million, 492,000 and 393,000, respectively) across all key target demos: Total Viewers (+230,000), Adults 25-54 (+113,000) and Adults 18-49 (+88,000).

For the 3rd week running, "Nightline" was up from the previous week in Adults 18-49 (+6% - 481,000 vs. 454,000 on w/o 3/7/16), delivering its strongest performance since November - since the week of 11/23/15.

"Nightline" owned the No. 1 12:35 a.m. telecast of the week in Total Viewers (1.867 million) with its Monday airing (3/14/16), outdrawing every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

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