Jimmy Kimmel Reside! acquired a large enhance in scores when the present returned from its short-term suspension final Tuesday (September 23), however how has the late-night present been faring within the days since?
Kimmel’s Tuesday night time return was watched by 6.3 million viewers, making it the second most-watched broadcast within the present’s historical past and greater than tripling its common viewership. The return got here after Disney and ABC suspended Kimmel for feedback he made on-air in regards to the deadly taking pictures of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The suspension adopted the refusal of highly effective station group Nexstar to air the present on its 32 broadcast associates. Fellow station group Sinclair quickly adopted swimsuit. Nexstar and Sinclair continued to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Reside! final week after its return till Friday (September 26), when each teams lifted the ban.
Kimmel’s scores have been down for the Thursday (September 25) broadcast, in keeping with Fox Information, which studies that a median of two.23 million complete viewers tuned into the present. This was down 64 per cent from Tuesday’s massive return present.
Nonetheless, regardless of the drop, the present’s scores are nonetheless considerably increased in comparison with what they have been averaging within the second quarter of 2025. Based on The Impartial, Jimmy Kimmel Reside! was averaging roughly 1.77 million complete viewers in Quarter 2.
Kimmel addressed the scores speak on Monday’s present (September 29), the primary in per week of broadcasts from the Howard Gilman Opera Home on the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York Metropolis. The comic aired a clip of Vice President JD Vance on Fox Information, who claimed sure stations aren’t airing the present as a result of “[Kimmel] isn’t humorous and since his scores aren’t superb.”
“I’ve some excellent news for you, J-Canine. We’re again on all of the stations,” Kimmel retorted. “Each dwelling, each bar, each strip membership and each jail in America. However, sorry, I didn’t imply to interrupt your bulls***. Go on.”
As for Vance’s feedback about Kimmel’s scores, the late-night host responded, “My scores aren’t superb? Your scores are someplace between a hair in your salad and chlamydia.”
“In three-and-a-half years, I’m not the one who’s gonna be doing mascara tutorials on YouTube,” he continued. “How did we wind up with a president and vp who put on extra make-up than Kylie Jenner and Girl Gaga mixed?”
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