‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Holds Onto Late-Night Ratings Crown With Highest 6-Week Average In Key Demo

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Kimmel Live is still delivering strong ratings, six weeks after late-night returned to the airwaves.

The week of November 6, Kimmel delivered a 0.15 rating among adults 18-49, which tied it for No. 1 with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, according to Live + Same Day Nielsen data. Since the show returned October 2, it has managed to hang on to the ratings crown.

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Throughout the last six weeks, Kimmel has stayed ahead as far as key demo ratings go, averaging a 0.19. That’s 12% above Fallon’s 0.17 rating and 27% above The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which averaged a 0.15.

However, Colbert was out of commission due to COVID for much of the week of October 16, so the other late night shows had a bit of a leg up in terms of original content.

Kimmel also appears to be improving in total viewers. The week of November 6, the show averaged 1.68M viewers, which is the second-largest audience of the season, according to live + same-day Nielsen data.

That’s up 8% over the week prior, marking the second consecutive week that the show grew its viewership. Year-over-year, the audience was up 32% from 1.27M.

Compared to the comparable six weeks last season, the show is up 13% in total viewers, averaging around 1.6M. That makes it the most-watched start to the season in four years.

Kimmel’s Wednesday night broadcast did particularly well. That episode — which featured Luke Grimes, Blake Shelton, and singer Jelly Roll — brought in 2.17M viewers and a 0.22 rating among the entertainment demo, besting its competition in both categories.

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