Kimmel opens 2026-2027 as late night's No. 1 with 2.29m viewers

Jimmy Kimmel Live opened the 2026-2027 season as broadcast late night's No. 1, averaging 2.29 million viewers and a 0.21 rating in adults 18-49, the demo advertisers track most closely, for premiere week of Sept. 21, Variety reported Sept. 29. Figures are live-plus-same-day big data plus panel ratings, per the same report.