‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hits Its Highest Ratings Ever for a Midterm Election Telecast With 2.4 Million Viewers

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Last week’s midterm elections brought good news for more than just the Democratic party.

The Tuesday night episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” brought 2.4 million viewers to ABC, according to Nielsen. That total marks not only a 53% increase compared with the late night talk show’s most recent midterm telecast on Nov. 8, 2022, which reached 1.6 million viewers, but its biggest midterm election telecast ever. Kimmel also did well in terms of rating among adults age 18-49, scoring a 0.32 — an increase of 68% from 2022’s 0.19 rating. Excluding episodes that benefited from NFL, NBA and NHL lead-in, that’s the highest rating Kimmel has seen in more than a year, since the buzzy episode on Sept. 23, 2025 in which he returned to the air after his controversial suspension over comments he made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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