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The Trump administration\u2019s attempt to silence Jimmy Kimmel appears to have backfired<\/a>. The host\u2019s broadcast return to late-night television <\/a>on Tuesday brought in 6.2 million views, four times\u00a0his usual audience, according to data from Nielsen. Meanwhile, Kimmel\u2019s monologue on YouTube has reached 21 million views and counting, making it his most-watched monologue of all time on the platform.<\/p>\n The comedian took a moment to thank the president for his efforts on Thursday\u2019s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s been a tumultuous week. Even though we\u2019re still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air,\u201d said Kimmel. \u201cThe monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone. And I want to say we couldn\u2019t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Last week, ABC\u00a0abruptly suspended<\/a>\u00a0Kimmel\u2019s long-running series, citing an \u201cill-timed and thus insensitive\u201d monologue in which the comedian criticized the right for trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d off the murder of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel did not issue a statement in the days that followed, but\u00a0Hollywood raised its voice on his behalf<\/a> with more than 400 artists, actors, and entertainment figures pushing back against \u201cgovernment threats to our freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n Disney reached a formal decision to bring Kimmel<\/a>\u00a0back to the ABC airwaves a week after his indefinite suspension. \u201cWe have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,\u201d the Walt Disney Co. said in a statement.<\/p>\n Donald Trump responded to the announcement of Kimmel\u2019s comeback with a rant\u00a0on Truth Social<\/a>, declaring that he intends to sue the late-night show\u2019s network<\/a>.\u00a0Naturally, the host\u00a0acknowledged the president\u2019s tantrum the day after, describing Trump as an \u201cEighties movie-style bully\u201d<\/a> and delivering a line-by-line takedown of his\u00a0Truth Social post.<\/p>\n Elsewhere on Thursday\u2019s monologue, Kimmel poked fun at \u201cthe escalator that tried to viciously attack the president this week,\u201d referring to Trump\u2019s public fuming over a malfunctioning escalator at the U.N. General Assembly. \u201cHave you been enjoying Trump\u2019s most ridiculous distraction from the Epstein trials?\u201d said Kimmel on his show, before rolling clips of conservative media bemoaning the president\u2019s transportation fiasco. \u201cYou know what another word for frozen escalator is? Stairs,\u201d quipped Kimmel. \u201cIs [Trump] the strongest, healthiest, most physically powerful man-beast ever elected president or a brittle-bone grandma with osteoporosis?\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Trump administration\u2019s attempt to silence Jimmy Kimmel appears to have backfired. The host\u2019s broadcast return to late-night television on Tuesday brought in 6.2 million views, four times\u00a0his usual audience, according to data from Nielsen. 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