The affiliate groups boycotting Jimmy Kimmel Live! missed airing — and selling ads — on what could become Jimmy Kimmel’s most-watched monologue in many years, if not ever.
Kimmel’s return to ABC on Tuesday night (watch the video, below) featured a nearly 30-minute show opening that included the host’s emotional monologue where he thanked those who supported him during his suspension, attempted to clarify his controversial comments about Charlie Kirk and, most of all, passionately defended free speech.
So far, the show’s official YouTube account has clocked the monologue video at eight million views in just nine hours. Kimmel has many short clips from his show of sketches and guest interview segments that have racked up tens of millions of clicks over the years, but Wednesday night’s monologue is looking like it might set a record in terms of opening monologue videos.
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