Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Late-Night Programming Week of September 27, 2010

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Retains Nearly 100% of its Premiere Week Audience, Pulling its 2nd Best Weekly Numbers in Over 3 Months

"JKL" Betters NBC's "Fallon" Across All Key Women Demos

Monday and Tuesday Airings Stand as "JKL's" Two Most-Watched Telecasts in Late Night Since June

Weekly National Ratings:

During the week of September 27, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" retained nearly 100% of its Total Viewer audience (1.68 million vs. 1.69 million) and held 94% retention in Adults 18-49 (689,000 vs. 733,000) of its strong premiere week performance. In fact, "JKL" turned in its 2nd-best weekly numbers in over 3 months - since the week of 6/14/10. In addition, "JKL" was up in Total Viewers over the same week last year (1.66 million on w/o 9/28/09).

· "Jimmy Kimmel Live" bettered NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" during the week across all key Women demographics: Women 18-34 (+24% - 141,000 vs. 114,000), Women 18-49 (+15% - 413,000 vs. 358,000) and Women 25-54 (+5% - 488,000 vs. 464,000).

· "JKL's" Monday (2.03 million - 9/27/10) and Tuesday (2.07 million - 9/28/10) airings drew the ABC late-night program's two most-watched telecasts in late night since June - since 6/17/10.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for week of 9/27/10, or as dated. Comparisons based on 000s.

Ratings Report for ABC News� "Nightline" For the Week of September 27, 2010

"NIGHTLINE" IS #2 IN TOTAL VIEWERS AND ADULTS 18-49 FOR THE WEEK

ABC News "Nightline" placed second among Total Viewers posting 3.74 million viewers and 1.28 million Adults 18-49 for the week of September 27, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research. For the week, "Nightline" tied for first place with NBC�s "Tonight Show" and CBS�s "The Late Show with David Letterman" in Adults 25-54 (1.3 rating). Week-to-week, "Nightline" grew the most versus the competition among Total Viewers (+4%) while "Letterman" declined -6%.

ABC News� "Nightline" is anchored by Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and Bill Weir. John Donvan and Vicki Mabrey are correspondents. James Goldston is the executive producer. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.

(Week September 27, 2010)

TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/ Rtg A18-49(000)/ Rtg

ABC "Nightline" 3,740,000 1,560,000/ 1.3 1,280,000/ 1.0

CBS "Late Show" 3,560,000 1,580,000/ 1.3 1,210,000/ .9

NBC "Tonight" 3,860,000 1,610,000/ 1.3 1,330,000/ 1.0

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 & Adults 18-49 Live+SD weeks of 9/27/10 & 9/20/10