The overnight ratings for the first airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in its regular time slot did not give ABC much cause to party. See for yourself…
Someone will probably be out spinning this as a good start, noting that many affiliates didn't clear the show, and saying the network has great confidence and will give it time to grow. And some of that's probably true. But Kimmel's show had every ounce of hype the network could muster and it got about the same numbers that Politically Incorrect received in that slot with none.
By the by: Don't bother coming back here tomorrow to check on tonight's numbers because I won't be posting a chart every day or maybe even ever again. But I thought just this once was worth the effort.