ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Hits Series Highs in Late-Night in Adults 18-49

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE tied its highest-rated late-night telecast ever on any weeknight among Adults 18-49 (1.5/9) in the 25 LPM Markets and scored its top-rated in more than 2 years (and 2nd best-ever) in Households (3.2/9) in the 56 Metered Markets - since the "Behind the Scandalabra" broadcast on Thursday, 4/17/14. Wednesday's late-night telecast featured the new and old cast of "Ghostbusters" and music from Post Malone.

ABC's "Kimmel" ranked as Wednesday's No. 1 talk show in late-night, beating NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 33% in Households (3.2/9 vs. 2.4/6) and more than doubling "Fallon" with Adults 18-49 (+114% - 1.5/9 vs. 0.7/4).

"Kimmel" ranked No. 1 in its time slot in all 10 of the Top 10 U.S. Markets in both Homes and Adults 18-49 (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, D.C., Boston, Atlanta and Houston).

PROGRAM AVERAGES HH Rtg A18-49 Rtg
ABC "Kimmel"** 3.2/9 1.5/9
NBC "Tonight Show" 2.4/6 0.7/4
CBS "Late Show" 1.7/4 0.3/2

**Please note: Due to NBA Championship coverage, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was delayed by ~30 minutes.

Source: WRAP Overnights, Weighted U.S. Metered Market Averages, Live + Same Day Program Ratings (6/8/16).

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes*

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