VIDEO : Jimmy Kimmel Wins Stephen Colbert in This Week Ratings

Jimmy Kimmel, had his first ratings victory over Stephen Colbert since the latter's installation at CBS' Late Show.

Jimmy Kimmel Live topped Colbert in both total viewers and adults 18-49, by a margin of 5 percent, for the week of Nov. 2.

The victory excludes Tuesday's episode on account of election results coming in. But Kimmel still averaged a robust 2.6 million viewers and 765,000 adults 18-49 ? right along the lines of his current season average.

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