{"id":705645,"date":"2026-06-15T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705645\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:59:09","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-show-huge-dramatic-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705645\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Ratings Show Huge, Dramatic Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest late-night ratings are in, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> is off to a strong start this June, marking its highest-rated week since last fall<\/a> when Kimmel returned from his temporary suspension<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to LateNighter<\/a>, citing Nielsen Live+3 ratings data for the week of June 1, Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged 2.89 million total viewers and 516,000 viewers in the coveted 18-49 demographic across four original episodes and one rerun. This was up 19 percent in total viewers and up a huge 105 percent in the demo compared to the week prior.<\/p>\n

Kimmel\u2019s numbers received a boost from the NBA Finals lead-ins, including Wednesday\u2019s (June 10) post-Game 1 broadcast, which drew 3.89 million total viewers (the second-highest of the season) and 751,000 demo viewers. Friday\u2019s (June 12) post-Game 2 episode averaged 3.38 million total viewers and 846,000 in the key demo.<\/p>\n

Over on NBC, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> averaged 1.37 million total viewers and 164,000 demo viewers across its four original episodes and one rerun. This was down 3 percent in total viewers and down 39 percent in the demo compared to the previous week.<\/p>\n

CBS\u2019 Late Show<\/a> replacement, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen<\/a>, also continued to shed viewers. The show\u2019s 11:35 pm half-hour averaged 786,000 total viewers (down 11 percent) and 80,000 demo viewers (down 15 percent). It\u2019s 12:05 am half-hour averaged 520,000 viewers (down 12 percent) and 57,000 demo viewers (down 8 percent).<\/p>\n

Comics Unleashed\u2018s one-hour average (653,000 total viewers and 69,000 demo viewers) is down significantly from Colbert\u2019s final full quarter, which averaged 2.7 million total viewers and 233,000 demo viewers.<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s\u00a0Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/a> returned to the 12:37 am slot after a week of repeats, averaging 897,000 total viewers (up 17 percent) and 103,000 demo viewers (down 16 percent).<\/p>\n

ABC\u2019s Nightline<\/a>, also airing in the 12:37 am slot, averaged 1.17 million total viewers (up 24 percent) and 215,000 demo viewers (up 159 percent).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on cable, Fox News\u2019 Gutfeld!<\/a> averaged 2.97 million total viewers (up 3 percent) and 213,000 demo viewers (up 36 percent) across five original episodes in the 10 pm slot. In the same slot, Bravo\u2019s Watch What Happens Live<\/a> averaged 353,000 total viewers (up 3 percent) and 103,000 demo viewers (down 9 percent).<\/p>\n

Finally, Comedy Central\u2019s The Daily Show<\/a> returned to the 11 pm slot after a week off, averaging 1.04 million total viewers and 201,000 in the demo.<\/p>\n

Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest late-night ratings are in, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! is off to a strong start this June,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,17114],"class_list":["post-705645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}