Jimmy Kimmel is back on air, and audiences showed up and showed out in a major way.
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After being benched amid a firestorm for remarks made about Charlie Kirk, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ drew 6.3 million viewers on Tuesday night (September 23), marking a huge return for the late-night host.
The win is even more notable given that the show remains unavailable in over 20% of U.S. households due to Nexstar and Sinclair still refusing to air the show. Both opted to preempt in the markets they preside over.
As reported, Kimmel addressed the ratings discourse head-on in his opening monologue, directly citing critics, including President Donald Trump, who claimed the show had “no ratings” during its brief hiatus.
He said:
“Well, I do tonight! You almost have to feel sorry for [Trump]. He tried his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
With that, what are…


Shots fired. P*** Trump is shaking 🫨
PEDOPHİLE TRUMP 🤡
This damn censorship is worse than communist China
Based on recent reports, Candace Owens’ YouTube live streams have reached peak concurrent viewers of around 222,000, as seen in a September 2025 broadcast.
Typical concurrent numbers vary by topic but often range from 50,000 to 200,000 for popular episodes.
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This has got to hurt Trump!
Jimmy Kimmel: “You almost have to feel sorry for him. He did his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
Congratulations Maga!
You just revived the career of someone you hate ….
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MAGA’s: “Hurr derr, Jimmy Kimmel getting his show back means he has to apologize to Trump”
Jimmy Kimmel: Yeah, I’m back. Trumps a p********.
The World: 😂🙌
Soon, the only comedian left on TV will be Karoline Leavitt!!!
He didn’t take his foot off trump neck and bow down like bi+ch. Job well done.