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Its 1.2 adults 18-49 rating (in the top 25 markets) ties a season high.<\/p>\n<p>Both numbers were up considerably from the Wednesday edition, which drew a 2.1 household rating with a 0.6 in the demo.<\/p>\n<p>They also brought &#8220;Kimmel&#8221; within striking distance of NBC&#8217;s new &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;  In its weakest performance to date, &#8220;Fallon&#8221; only managed a 3.4 with a 1.4 in the adults 18-49 demo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scandal,&#8221; which led into the local news that led into &#8220;Kimmel,&#8221; posted a strong 3.3 adults 18-49 rating with 9.3 million viewers.  It was the show&#8217;s best performance since October.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Strahan, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J also appeared on Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[233,1722,730,649,1744,228,1720],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kerry Washington Drives &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live&quot; to Ratings High<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Offering a masterclass in synergy, ABC parlayed strong interest in the midseason &quot;Scandal&quot; premiere into season high ratings for its &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/02\/28\/kerry-washington-drives-jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-high\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kerry Washington Drives &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live&quot; to Ratings High\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Offering a masterclass in synergy, ABC parlayed strong interest in the midseason &quot;Scandal&quot; premiere into season high ratings for its &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/02\/28\/kerry-washington-drives-jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-high\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-28T17:13:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-02-28T17:44:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/02\/28\/kerry-washington-drives-jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-high\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/02\/28\/kerry-washington-drives-jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-high\/\",\"name\":\"Kerry Washington Drives \\\"Jimmy Kimmel Live\\\" to Ratings High\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-28T17:13:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-28T17:44:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Offering a masterclass in synergy, ABC parlayed strong interest in the midseason \\\"Scandal\\\" premiere into season high ratings for its \\\"Jimmy Kimmel Live.\\\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/02\/28\/kerry-washington-drives-jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-high\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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