What To Know
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! led late-night ratings for the week of June 28 despite airing reruns.
- James Corden’s FIFA World Cup on FOX After Hours trailed Kimmel.
- Other late-night programs, including Comics Unleashed, The Tonight Show, and Gutfeld! saw mixed results.
Jimmy Kimmel might be on summer hiatus, but the late-night host is still bringing in the numbers for ABC.
According to LateNighter, citing Nielsen Live+3 ratings data for the week of June 28, Jimmy Kimmel Live! took the top spot in total viewers and the 18-49 demo at 11:35 pm despite airing reruns for the second week in a row. The late-night program aired two weeks of repeats before the guest host stint kicked off on Monday (July 6) with Tiffany Haddish.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged 1.45 million total viewers and 167,000 demo viewers for the week of June 28. This was up 3 percent in total viewers and up 11 percent in the demo compared to the week before.
This was ahead of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which also aired repeats last week. The Tonight Show averaged 1.17 million total viewers (down 21 percent) and 143,000 demo viewers (down 23 percent).
The Kimmel reruns also outperformed James Corden‘s FIFA World Cup on FOX After Hours, which mostly aired from midnight. Across six original episodes, the show averaged 902,000 total viewers (up 38 percent on the week before) and 324,000 demo viewers (up 54 percent).
Meanwhile, on CBS, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen drew an average of 651,000 total viewers and 73,000 demo viewers across its two half-hour broadcasts at 11:35 pm. The show replaced The Late Show with Stephen Colbert back in May, but has yet to match its predecessor’s ratings.
Elsewhere, ABC’s Nightline aired four original episodes and averaged 879,000 total viewers (up 3 percent) and 84,000 demo viewers (up 12 percent) at the 12:37 am slot.
NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers aired a week of repeats and averaged 651,000 total viewers (down 6 percent) and 84,000 demo viewers (down 2 percent).
On cable, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show was on holiday and didn’t air last week, while Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live aired only one episode on Sunday (July 5). The Bravo show averaged 194,000 total viewers (down 24 percent) and 60,000 demo viewers (down 9 percent).
Finally, Gutfeld! aired new episodes Monday through Thursday on Fox News, averaging 2.79 million total viewers (flat with last week) and 161,000 demo viewers (down 14 percent).