Jimmy Kimmel tops October late night ratings as rival network’s show plummets - The Independent
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The late-night ratings for October are in, revealing Jimmy Kimmel has held onto his top spot while other networks scramble to keep up.
According to LateNighter’s review of Nielsen ratings data, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! remained the top late night show last month with more than 3 million total viewers, a number largely unchanged from September.
On the other side of the political spectrum, ratings revealed that Fox News’s Gutfeld! dropped three percent from its September viewership, averaging 2.16 million total viewers.
Notably, fewer young people tuned in to the conservative cable show than in previous months. Only 141,000 adults aged 18 to 49 watched comedian Greg Gutfeld’s panel, leading to a seven percent drop in the demographic.
The Independent has reached out to Fox News for comment.
Launched in 2015, Gutfeld’s show airs at 10 p.m. ET primetime on weeknights. The program features a rotating panel of comedians and Fox personalities like Tyrus, Kat Timpf and Jessica Tarlov who provide political satire and commentary for a live studio audience.
Over the years, Gutfeld! has become Fox News’ answer to more left-leaning late night shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show.
But it was not the only talk show that ended up with disappointing results in October.
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon dropped in viewership across 12 brand new episodes, averaging 1.38 million total viewers and 201,000 viewers in its key demographic. This means the show was down eight percent in total viewers and down 13 percent in young adults watching compared to September.
Viewers also lost interest in Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen throughout the month, as it averaged 331,000 total viewers and 100,000 demographic viewers across its 21 episodes, bringing a nine percent drop in total viewers.
However, NBC landed a positive upward tick with Late Night with Seth Meyers, which went up one percent in total viewers with 1.05 million averaged. Meyers’ talk show also gained 148,000 viewers in its key demographic, bringing the number up six percent.
Comedy Central saw similar numbers with The Daily Show, averaging 1.02 million total viewers and 167,000 demographic viewers, meaning one percent up in total viewers and six percent in the demographic.
CBS earned the biggest climb with Comics Unleashed in Byron Allen’s two-hour block averaging 797,000 viewers in the month of October — up a whopping 19 percent in total.
