JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Starts 2018 With a New Season High

ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE kicked off the first week of 2018 (week of 1/1/18) with a new season high in Adults 18-49 (652,000) and its 2nd largest audience of the season (2.405 million). In fact, "Kimmel" delivered its best performance with Adults 18-49 in more than 6 months - since the NBA Finals-led week of 6/12/17.

ABC's "Kimmel" outdelivered "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" among Adults 18-49 on Wednesday (+7% - 692,000 vs. 644,000) and Friday (+2% - 630,000 vs. 619,000) to virtually tie the CBS late-night program for the week (652,000 vs. 674,000). "Kimmel" was the week's 2nd most watched late-night talk show (2.405 million), behind only "Colbert."

PROGRAM AVERAGES Total Viewers A18-49 (000)
ABC's "Kimmel" 2,405,000 652,000
CBS' "Colbert" 3,545,000 674,000
NBC's "Fallon" 2,327,000 775,000

Please note: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" were re-titled due to New Year's Day and excluded from the shows' averages.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for the week of 1/1/18 or as dated.

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes

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