{"id":2048565,"date":"2025-09-25T07:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2048565"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:53:58","slug":"record-ratings-for-jimmy-kimmels-return-despite-abc-affiliates-refusing-to-air-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/record-ratings-for-jimmy-kimmels-return-despite-abc-affiliates-refusing-to-air-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Record ratings for Jimmy Kimmel’s return despite ABC affiliates refusing to air show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jimmy Kimmel’s return after a near weeklong suspension<\/strong><\/a> has resulted in the show\u2019s highest ratings in a decade.<\/p>\n

Disney-owned ABC confirmed the ratings boost, reporting that nearly 6.3 million people tuned in to the broadcast \u2013 a figure which does not include viewership from streaming services. <\/p>\n

Typically, Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0gets about 1.4 to 1.8 million viewers each night on television. <\/p>\n

As is often the case with late-night hosts’ monologues, there was a larger audience online, with more than 15 million people watching Kimmel’s opening remarks on YouTube by Wednesday evening. ABC says more than 26 million people watched Kimmel’s return on social media, including YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

These record numbers come despite the blackouts in many cities like Washington, Seattle, Nashville and St. Louis. Roughly a quarter of ABC stations not airing the show, with Nexstar and Sinclair corporations still refusing to bring Kimmel back.<\/p>\n

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