Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Late-Night Programming Week of April 13, 2015

ABC Grows by Double Digits to its Best Performance in Late-Night in 5 Weeks

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Builds to a 5-Week High in Adults 18-49

"Nightline" Posts Double-Digit, Week-to-Week Increases in All Key Demos

ABC Late-Night (Monday - Friday)

With its late-night lineup of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" at 11:35 p.m. and "Nightline" at 12:35 a.m. during the week of April 13, 2015, ABC shot up over the prior week by double digits in Total Viewers (+23% - 2.248 million vs. 1.822 million) and Adults 18-49 (+38% - 736,000 vs. 534,000), hitting a 5-week high in the young adult demo - since the week of 3/9/15.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (M-F 11:35 p.m.)

During the week of April 13, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was up over its most recent week of originals by 11% in Adults 18-49 (831,000 vs. 750,000 for w/o 3/30/15) to deliver a 5-week high - since the week of 3/9/15.

· ABC's "Kimmel" was the week's No. 2 late-night broadcast talk show in Adults 18-49, behind only NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," while ranking No. 1 among Adults 18-34 (304,000).

"Nightline" (M-F 12:35 a.m.)

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in its 12:35 a.m. slot in all key target demos: Total Viewers (1.629 million), Adults 25-54 (681,000) and Adults 18-49 (543,000) during the week of April 13, 2015. Nightline has ranked No. 1 in its slot in Total Viewers in 23 of the last 26 weeks.

"Nightline" increased by double-digits week to week (1.432 million, 560,000 and 430,000, respectively on w/o 4/6/15) in Total Viewers (+14%), Adults 25-54 (+22%) and Adults 18-49 (+26%).

"Nightline" aired the week's No. 1 12:35 a.m. telecast in all key target demos: Total Viewers (1.834 million on 4/17/15), Adults 25-54 (762,000 both on 4/16 and 4/17/15) and Adults 18-49 (630,000 on 4/16/15), beating every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Late-Night (Week of Apr 13): TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)

ABC 2,248,000 736,000

CBS 2,054,000 528,000

NBC 1,728,000 663,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 4/13/15, 4/6/15 and 4/14/14, or as dated.

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