{"id":1846,"date":"2025-10-14T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1846\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:21:16","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-real-ratings-revealed-for-brooklyn-week-shows-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1846\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Real Ratings Revealed for Brooklyn Week Shows | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u2018s return to Brooklyn was an enormous success,<\/a> with last week\u2019s episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> up 35% on the show\u2019s previous visit to the Big Apple in 2022.<\/p>\n

As reported by Variety<\/a>, citing Nielsen numbers provided by ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged 2.2 million viewers and a 0.22 rating in the key adults 18-49 demo for the week of September 29. This was up 35% with total viewers compared to the 2022 Brooklyn shows, which averaged 1.63 million.<\/p>\n

The numbers also put Kimmel\u2019s show above his fellow late-night competition for the week, including The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a>, which averaged 1.96 million viewers and a 0.13 in the demo, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, which averaged 1.09 million viewers and a 0.09 in the demo.<\/p>\n

In addition, Kimmel\u2019s Brooklyn week was up versus the show\u2019s 2024-2025 season average by 42% in total viewers (previously 1.55 million) and 57% in the 18-49 demo (previously 0.14).<\/p>\n

This was the seventh time Kimmel has broadcast his show from the Brooklyn Academy of Music\u2019s Howard Gilman Opera House.<\/p>\n

The ratings success comes after Kimmel\u2019s return to television on September 23. Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended<\/a> by ABC\u2019s parent company, Disney, last month, after media companies pulled the series from the air in response to comments the host made about Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2018s fatal shooting. Disney lifted the suspension less than a week later.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kimmel\u2019s return episode averaged 6.3 million viewers,<\/a> making it the show\u2019s second most-watched episode ever, and a 0.87 in adults 18-49, the show\u2019s best demo rating for a regularly scheduled episode since 2015.<\/p>\n

The ratings dropped after the initial surge for the return show, with a 64% decrease between the Tuesday broadcast and the Thursday (September 25) episode, which averaged 2.23 million total viewers.<\/p>\n

However, the show\u2019s ratings continue to be significantly higher compared to what they were averaging in the second quarter of 2025. According to\u00a0The Independent,<\/a>\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0was averaging approximately 1.77 million total viewers in Quarter 2.<\/p>\n

Kimmel\u2019s Brooklyn shows featured guests such as Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, Public Enemy<\/a>, Emily Blunt<\/a>, Stephen Colbert<\/a>, Kumail Nanjiani<\/a>, Ebon Moss-Bachrach<\/a>, Jeremy Allen White<\/a>, Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, Tom Hanks<\/a>, Spike Lee<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Weeknights, 11:35 p.m. ET, ABC<\/p>\n

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