{"id":2058456,"date":"2025-09-29T22:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2058456"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:36:01","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-tank-just-days-after-the-late-night-show-returns-to-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-live-ratings-tank-just-days-after-the-late-night-show-returns-to-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Ratings Tank Just Days After the Late-Night Show Returns to ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> may have experienced an explosion in views when his late-night show returned to the air after his suspension, but that number tanked just two days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> returned after a five day suspension on September 23 with more than 6 million viewers tuning in, but on September 25, that number only hit 2.3 million \u2013 a whopping 64 percent drop, according to a report from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jimmy-kimmel-sheds-64-audience-after-short-lived-ratings-spike-following-suspension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fox News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fox News<\/a> published on Monday, September 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plus, to make matters worse, the show saw a 73 percent drop in the most sought-after demographic of adults aged 25-54. The outlet reported that Kimmel, 57, pulled in 1.7 million viewers in that demographic on the night of his return, but only 465,000 returned 48 hours later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/18\/media\/jimmy-kimmels-ratings-were-slipping-before-abc-suspended-him-for-charlie-kirk-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>celebrity.land<\/em><\/a>, the show drew in 1.95 million viewers in January of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-replacement-named-144653862.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:was suspended earlier this month;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">was suspended earlier this month<\/a> after the late night host criticized President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and his supporters\u2019 response to the death of <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>. Kirk <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/charlie-kirk-dead-age-31-204625133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:was shot and killed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">was shot and killed<\/a> on September 10 at the age of 31 during the first stop of his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d Kimmel said during the monologue of his September 15 episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ABC announced the show had been \u201csuspended indefinitely,\u201d but five days later, they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/disney-announces-jimmy-kimmel-live-200721611.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:retracted the suspension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">retracted the suspension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel may have experienced an explosion in views when his late-night show returned to the air after his suspension, but that number tanked just two days later. Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned after a five day suspension on September 23 with more than 6 million viewers tuning in, but on September 25, that number only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2058457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[340116,23060],"class_list":["post-2058456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-jimmy-kimmel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u2018Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-Ratings-Tank-Just-Days-After-the-Late-Night.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}