Tuesday’s midterm election episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” drew 2.4 million viewers on ABC, according to Nielsen. That was 53% more than the show’s previous midterm telecast, on Nov. 8, 2022, which reached 1.6 million viewers, and marked its biggest audience for a midterm election telecast.
The episode scored a 0.32 rating among adults ages 18 to 49, up 68% from the 0.19 rating in 2022.
Excluding episodes that followed NFL, NBA and NHL broadcasts, it was the show’s highest rating in more than a year. The previous high came on Sept. 23, 2025, when Kimmel returned to the air after a controversial suspension over comments he made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
