Weekly Ratings: Kimmel Signs Off for Summer on Top, Comics Unleashed Edges Up

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Jimmy Kimmel signed off for summer break last week with a decisive win, topping the 11:35 field in both total viewers and adults 18–49 despite a comedown from the prior week’s sports-fueled near-season highs.

According to Nielsen Live+3 ratings data, Jimmy Kimmel Live! averaged 2.55 million total viewers (–17 percent) and 274,000 adults 18–49 (–50 percent) for the week of June 14, 2026. The show returns July 6 with a rotating lineup of guest hosts.

Kimmel’s week-to-week declines came after the show benefited the week prior from highly rated NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals lead-ins. Even so, the ABC late-night show handily beat its 11:35 p.m. competition and outpaced Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for the week’s top demo audience among all the shows we track.

NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon averaged 1.30 million total viewers (–5 percent) and 184,000 adults 18–49 (–3 percent) across three original episodes and two repeats. The show’s Monday night Knicks takeover produced a 31 percent lift week over week in total viewers and a 73 percent jump among younger viewers, but Tonight was unable to hold those gains across the rest of the week, with an extra Thursday repeat further weighing on its average.

At 12:37 a.m., NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers held steady in total viewers, averaging 909,000 (flat), while falling 19 percent in the demo to 101,000 adults 18–49. ABC’s Nightline averaged 1.01 million total viewers (–19 percent) and 108,000 adults 18–49 (–60 percent) across five original broadcasts.

On CBS, the network’s two-hour Byron Allen-produced late-night block saw audience gains nearly across the board in its latest full week, though it remained well behind its broadcast competitors. Averaging its two half-hour telecasts, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen drew 695,000 total viewers and 92,000 adults 18–49 across the 11:35 p.m. hour—less than a third of Kimmel’s total audience and just over half of Fallon’s.

The show’s first half-hour averaged 808,000 total viewers (+5 percent) and 104,000 adults 18–49 (+22 percent), while its 12:05 a.m. repeat drew 581,000 viewers (+9 percent) and 79,000 adults 18–49 (+31 percent).

Averaging its two half-hour telecasts, Funny You Should Ask drew 443,000 total viewers and 57,000 adults 18–49 across the 12:35 a.m. hour. Its first half-hour averaged 472,000 total viewers (+23 percent) and 61,000 adults 18–49 (+24 percent), followed by 414,000 total viewers (–5 percent) and 52,000 adults 18–49 (+3 percent) at 1:05 a.m.

Switching to cable, Gutfeld! (which airs on Fox News at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) drew the largest overall audience among the shows we track, averaging 2.93 million total viewers (+3 percent) across five original episodes. The show drew 166,000 adults 18–49 (–9 percent).

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show averaged 1.11 million total viewers (+7 percent) and 256,000 adults 18–49 (+29 percent) across four original episodes.

Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live averaged 227,000 total viewers (–22 percent) and 59,000 adults 18–49 (–19 percent) across five original episodes.

Complete ratings charts for the week of June 14, 2026, follow below.

Note: Time period listed is the most common airtime for each show.

Live+ 3 Ratings — All Viewers (P2+)

Live+ 3 Ratings — In the Demo (P18-49)

Ratings data © The Nielsen Company, used under license.