Tuesday TV Ratings 9/23/25: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Returns with 10-Year Demo High and All-Time In-Slot Viewer High, Murder in a Small Town Returns Slightly Lower, The Voice Rises [+ Analysis]

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was back on the air in most of the country after a widely publicized suspension, and it came with a massive ratings explosion. The late-night staple soared to a 0.87 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic and was viewed by over six million overall. Kimmel maintained a mere 0.13 average last season, so this serves as an unprecedented jump and its highest rating in ten years. ABC had good luck during prime time hours as well, as High Potential (0.34, 0.00) held steady, and Dancing with the Stars (1.02, -0.04) was only down slightly from last week's monster premiere rating. On NBC, The Voice (0.41) was up from Monday, but America's Got Talent (0.30, -0.10) lost a full tenth. CBS aired repeats of NCIS (0.13/0.14/0.12). On Fox, Murder in a Small Town (0.15) returned with a lower rating than its November 2024 finale (0.19). WWE NXT (0.12, -0.05) took a hit on the CW. Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat. 

Thursday TV Ratings 1/26/23: Jimmy Kimmel Live 20th Anniversary Weak, Law & Order, SVU and Organized Crime Steady After Week Off (UPDATED)

Finals Update: Celebrity Jeopardy (+0.1) and Law & Order: SVU (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Thursday TV Ratings 6/16/22: NBA Finals Jump in Final Game, Legacies Slightly Down for Series Finale (Final Ratings)

Ratings Analysis: The sixth and final game of the 2022 NBA Finals (4.32, +0.33) posted the highest rating out of all 2022 games and even eclipsed the last game of 2021 (4.27). ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' (0.53, -0.02) and 'NBA Countdown' (0.88, -0.02) declined by two-hundredths apiece in the 8PM hour. As the Golden State Warriors took home the gold, most of the other networks did not dare to air originals. CBS went with its usual repeat lineup of 'Young Sheldon' (0.30), 'United States of Al' (0.25), 'Ghosts' (0.24), 'B Positive' (0.22), and 'Bull' (0.22). NBC's reruns of 'Law & Order' (0.22), 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.26), and 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (0.24) had a slightly higher average than Fox's encores of 'MasterChef Junior' (0.25) and 'Don't Forget the Lyrics!' (0.21). Over on the CW, 'Walker' (0.11, -0.01) and the series finale of 'Legacies' (0.09, -0.01) each shed a single hundredth. 

Monday TV Ratings 6/13/22: NBA Finals Set 2022 High, American Ninja Warrior and Beat Shazam Slip, Roswell Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The 'NBA Finals' (3.99, +0.36) soared to its highest A18-49 rating of 2022 for game five and climbed to 13 million in terms of total viewership. 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' (0.55, +0.09) and 'NBA Countdown' (0.90, +0.08) also made solid gains in the 8PM hour, albeit not of the same caliber as the 'Finals'. As ABC dominated with basketball, NBC staple 'American Ninja Warrior' (0.34, -0.13) dealt with a serious collapse in week two. 'Weakest Link' (0.30, -0.05) dropped down some but remained above the majority of its spring ratings. Fox's music-themed duo also took a hit as both 'Don't Forget the Lyrics!' (0.32, -0.05) and 'Beat Shazam' (0.31, -0.09) fell several hundredths short of their week-ago telecasts. Only time will tell if these declines were due to NBA competition or a general lack of interest. On the CW, dramas 'Roswell, New Mexico' (0.06, +0.01) and 'In the Dark' (0.04, +0.01) picked up a hundredth apiece.

Finals Update: Game 5 of the 2022 'NBA Finals' (+1.2) and a rerun of 'Bob Hearts Abishola' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' (-0.8) and 'NBA Countdown' (-0.3) adjusted down.

Friday TV Ratings 6/10/22: Charmed Ends Steady, NBA Finals Inches Down for Game 4, Come Dance With Me Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Game four of the 'NBA Finals' (3.63, -0.02) dropped by two-hundredths in the Adults 18-49 demographic and tied the 2022 low set by game one (3.63). Though it went below the second (3.71) and third (3.65) games in the Nielsen ratings department, this was actually the most-watched of the four in terms of total viewership and the first to cross the 12 million mark. Before the game, ABC had its usual duo of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' (0.46, -0.05) and 'NBA Countdown' (0.82, -0.02). These two also experienced some minor slippage but still eclipsed everything on the other networks. On Fox, 'WWE Smackdown' (0.44, -0.03) lost three-hundredths in the face of legitimate competition. CBS series 'Come Dance With Me' (0.20, +0.02) recovered a bit from last week's fall and led into encores of 'Magnum PI' (0.17) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.21). NBC went with a repeat of 'American Ninja Warrior' (0.23) and a rising 'Dateline' (0.40, +0.12). The CW's 'Charmed' (0.07) held steady on series finale night and was followed by reruns of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.06/0.05).

Finals Update: Game 4 of the 'NBA Finals' (+1.3) and a repeat of 'Magnum PI' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' (-0.6), 'NBA Countdown' (-0.2), and the rerun of 'American Ninja Warrior' (-0.1) adjusted down. The chart below reflects these changes.