‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Tops Late-Night for Third Week in a Row Among Adults 18-49

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• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” ranked No. 1 in late-night among Adults 18-49 (0.16 rating) for the third week in a row, taking the top spot in the key Adult demo for six of the last seven weeks.
• So far in 2026, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” YouTube channel has earned over 281 million views, with the show’s nightly monologues averaging over 4.4 million views each.
• The Thursday, March 5, episode featuring “Scrubs” stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison and comedian Chris Fleming scored the show’s top telecast across all three weeks among Adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), with the show’s best rating in the key adult demo in four weeks — since 2/2/26.
• Year over year, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” delivered double-digit increases in both Total Viewers (+22% – 1.91 million vs. 1.56 million) and Adults 18-49 (+45% – 0.16 rating vs. 0.11 rating).
• Season to date, “Jimmy Kimmy Live” is posting double-digit increases in both Total Viewers (+20% – 1.99 million vs. 1.66 million) and Adults 18-49 (+20% – 0.18 rating vs. 0.15 rating) versus the comparable weeks last season.

Source: Nielsen National Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for week of 3/9//26. Season to date: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 3/15/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 3/16/25). 24/25 season comparisons are based on Big Data Plus Panel, while prior seasons are panel-only.

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