Jimmy Kimmel's strong ratings at new time

Strong ratings for Kimmel

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" has gotten a warm welcome on its first night airing 30 minutes earlier, The Associated Press reports. Kimmel went head-to-head Tuesday for the first time against CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" and NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." According to Nielsen fast national ratings, Kimmel edged out Letterman and ran slightly behind Leno in total viewers. Tuesday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" was seen by roughly 3 million viewers, only 177,000 fewer than the audience for the "Tonight Show." It beat "Late Show" by 115,000 viewers.