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[06/11/15 - 10:46 AM]
ABC Posts Its Best Late-Night Performance in Adults 18-49 in 12 Weeks
ABC spins the late-night numbers for the week of June 1-5.

[via press release from ABC]

Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Late-Night Programming Week of June 1, 2015

ABC Posts its Best Late-Night Performance in Adults 18-49 in 12 Weeks

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Builds to a 6-Week High Among Adults 18-49

Up Week to Week in All Key Demos, "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in its 12:35am Slot

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 June 1, 2015, ABC soared to its best performance in late-night in 12 weeks among Adults 18-49 (750,000) - since the week of 3/9/15.

· ABC was the week's most-watched network in late-night, edging out NBC (2.120 million vs. 2.098 million).

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

During the week of June 1, 2015, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" grew to a 6-week high among Adults 18-49 (827,000) - since the week of 4/20/15.

· ABC's "Kimmel" was the week's No. 2 late-night talk show with Adults 18-49, behind only NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

· The Thursday telecast of "Kimmel" (6/4/15) was the night's No. 1 late-night telecast in Adults 18-49, beating "The Tonight Show" by 26% (1.347 million vs. 1.072 million).

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

ABC's "Nightline" scored an across-the-board victory over its CBS and NBC competition in Total Viewers (1.540 million), Adults 25-54 (682,000) and Adults 18-49 (593,000) during the week of June 1, 2015. "Nightline" has led in Total Viewers in 29 of the 37 weeks this season. In addition, "Nightline" led CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (+381,000, +230,000 and +249,000, respectively) by its largest margins ever in all three measures.

"Nightline" saw week-to-week increases (1.410 million, 576,000, and 477,000, respectively, on w/o 5/25/15) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+9%), Adults 25-54 (+18%) and Adults 18-49 (+24%). In fact, "Nightline" turned in its best key adult performances since March - since weeks of 3/23/15 and 3/2/15, respectively.

"Nightline's" Thursday airing (6/4/15) was the week's No. 1 telecast in all key target demos Total Viewers (1.993 million), Adults 25-54 (979,000) and Adults 18-49 (983,000), beating every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers." In addition, "Nightline's" scored its top Adult 18-49 telecast in nearly 2 years (since 6/18/13) and 2nd-best overall in its new time period.

Late-Night (Week of June 1): TOTAL VIEWERS A18-49(000)

ABC 2,120,000 750,000

CBS 1,159,000 344,000

NBC 2,098,000 783,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, Live + Same Day National Program Ratings for weeks of 6/1/15, 5/25/15 & 6/2/14, or as dated.

Follow "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on: Facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive Twitter @JimmyKimmel #Kimmel

Ratings Report: ABC News Programming For the Week of June 1, 2015

"Nightline" is #1 for the Week in All Key Demos: Total Viewers, Adults 18-49, and Adults 25-54

"Nightline" Ranks #1 in Total Viewers Season to Date, Winning in 29 of the 37 Weeks of the Season

"Nightline" Grows Week-to-Week in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

ABC News' "Nightline" scored an across-the-board victory in Total Viewers (1.540 million), Adults 25-54 (682,000) and Adults 18-49 (593,000) during the week of June 1, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" has led in Total Viewers in 29 of the 37 weeks this season. In addition, "Nightline" led CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (+381,000, +230,000 and +249,000, respectively) by its largest margins ever in all three measures.

"Nightline" saw week-to-week increases (1.410 million, 576,000, and 477,000, respectively, on w/o 5/25/15) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+9%), Adults 25-54 (+18%) and Adults 18-49 (+24%). In fact, "Nightline" turned in its best key adult performances since March - since weeks of 3/23/15 and 3/2/15, respectively.

"Nightline's" Thursday airing (6/4/15) was the week's No. 1 telecast in all key target demos Total Viewers (1.993 million), Adults 25-54 (979,000) and Adults 18-49 (983,000), beating every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers." In addition, "Nightline's" scored its top Adults 18-49 telecast in nearly 2 years (since 6/18/13) and 2nd-best overall in its new time period.

Season to date, ABC News' "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.676 million), outdelivering CBS' average of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"/"The Late Late Show"/"The Talk - After Dark/The Late Late Show with James Corden" (+260,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+164,000).

ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Roxanna Sherwood is executive producer, and Steven Baker is Senior Broadcast Producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m., ET on the ABC Television Network. Together with "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Nightline" is part of ABC's winning late night strategy of airing news and entertainment programming.

Week of June 1, 2015:

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

ABC "Nightline" 1,540,000 682,000/0.6 593,000/0.5

CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,159,000 452,000/0.4 344,000/0.3

NBC "Late Night" 1,429,000 662,000/0.6 559,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 6/1/15, 5/25/15 and 6/2/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 6/7/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 6/8/14). Averages based on regular telecasts. "Nightline" premiered in its new time period in January 2013. "Seth Meyers" premiered in February 2014. "James Corden" premiered in March 2015.





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