Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air and spoke about all of the people who have reached out over the last six days including fellow late night talk show hosts, fans of the show, and those who don’t support what he believes but support his right to share those beliefs anyway.
He also made a point to say that it was never his intention to make light of the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk, and how important it is to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.
While he started out on the more sober side, he did lean into some laughs.
Jimmy also chatted with the new FCC Chairman (Robert De Niro), and dove into Trump’s day addressing the United Nations, the escalator breaking, having trouble with the teleprompter, and the headache he’s creating with Bobby Brainworm over Tylenol.
And yes, the viewership was waaaaaaay up. The YouTube clip has nearly 12 million views less than 12 hours later.
By the way, YouTube is my preferred way to catch Kimmel’s monologue. So much so that YouTube puts his latest monologue in my ‘Recommended’ feed the minute I log on 🙂
Trump didn’t break Kimmel; he energized him. Viewership of Kimmel’s monologue has already broken records.
Already 7 million people have viewed it on YouTube. That’s by far the most watched Kimmel video on YouTube in the last 6 months.
The median Kimmel video gets ~240k views. pic.twitter.com/1orIZ7uPGn
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) September 24, 2025
The Donald took to his failing Truth Social platform to toss a word salad or two about Kimmel’s return.
REPUBLICANS: Trump wasn’t involved in Kimmel getting cancelled.
TRUMP: I was involved and I’m gonna try again. pic.twitter.com/rL5iwzRsPU
— Micah (@micah_erfan) September 24, 2025
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