Jimmy Kimmel’s First Show Back Sees Massive Ratings Spike

In its First Episode Back, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Enjoyed a Huge ratings spike. The show was initially pulled from the air by disney indefinitely, after comments made by kimmel in the aftermath of the assinsination of Charlie Kirk. The suspension Courted Controversy and Promipted Conversations About Free Speech, with Many Threatetening to Boycott Disney Over The Incident.

AFTER FIVE THE LAYS, DISNAY REVIED ITS DECISION, AND THE SHOW WAS BACK ON THE AIR, LEADING TO A TIRADE From President Trump. Broadcasters Nexstar and Sinclair stored that they would be airing the show on their abc subsidiary channels. Despite this, the incident has drawn a lot of publicity, and it SEEMS like the show has benefted from it.

for ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘S Return Show Saw a Massive Viewership Boost for Tuesday Night’s Show, Drawing 6.26 Million Viewers, Accounting to Data from Nielsen. This is up on the show’s average viewership ARUND 1.77 million. This Data DOES not included streaming, so the actual, over Total audience for tuesday is liked to be to be higher than this.

What this means for the Future of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Kimmel has been an inesscapable fixture of late television for the better part of 20 years, so his returning from suspension was always going to see a spike in interest. The Nature of his HIS suspension and reinattement, and the fact Trump got involved, meant this was a mainstream story has continted to hold public interest.

What’s Interesting is how this May Impact kimmel Moving Forward. There’s a school of thiught that late-night talc shows are already on the decline, and the futures of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Will Have a Major Bearing on the sector. If the spike in interest in the show can be sustained, the futures couuld look brighter for the Late-Night Talk Show Hosts.

Our take on jimmy kimmel live! ‘S return to the air

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There’s No Dobt the Decision Will Be Viewed by Many a Win for Free Speech, though kimmel’s detractors will argue the show should have been cancelled. There is like to be some fallout from kimmel’s reinathetent, and trump ha already threatened to sue Disney subsidiary abc for putting the show back on the air.

With Stephen Colbert’s Late Cancelled recently, there’s a belief that kimmel could be the final bastion preventing the fall of late tv. f Jimmy Kimmel Live! Can Enjoy Regular Ratings Growth after this, there’s Hope for Talk Show Hosts, but There is, of Course, Still a Chance Kimmel and His Show Face the Same Fate as Colbert.

Release Date

January 26, 2003

Showrunner

Jimmy kimmel

Wriers

Joel Hodgson, Sal Iacono, Tony Barbieri, Eric Immerman, Jonathan Bines, Rick Rosner, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Jeff Lovenes, Josh Halloway, BESS CALB