Jimmy Kimmel ratings ‘surge’ as estimates predict one of his ‘strongest nights in recent years’

https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-increased-return-ratings-35959637

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  2. I’m guessing they ran out of time for Matt Damon because of all of this.

  3. ive never watched his show before but i did last night.

  4. So much for the “lowest ratings, even lower than Colbert” dig Trump lobbed at him.

  5. The idea that 1.7 million (his previous average) is considered low ratings in this high competition era is just disinformation. Most shows on network television have declined ratings over the last 10 years, its obviously because young people watch streaming now.

  6. The YouTube video of his monologue from last night hit a million views in the first hour (which is something for a video being uploaded so late at night), and his channel has gained over a quarter million followers in the time since its posting. Streisand Effect in effect.

  7. 1.77 million – oof. If that is a surge – late night is dead

  8. I’m not the biggest Kimmel fan but of course I had to watch last night. He was thrown off air for no good reason. We had to see what he was going to say. It still blows my mind that they thought they could get away with just taking his show off air.

  10. Now you know all the people are going to be this was entirely a publicity stunt to get him more ratings. They will not talk about how it was all a weird mess.

  12. *”Even worse than having no talent, he has no ratings.” – King Trump 1st of His Name, Protector of the Realm, the Unburnt, Breaker of Chains, Khaleese of the Great Grass Sea, and Mother of Dragons*

  13. Trump is the king at promoting his enemies.

    Most people hadn’t heard Jimmy’s initial comment until Trump made a big deal about it. I’d bet the majority of viewers last night hadn’t seen any late night TV in over a year.

    He did it again at the UN with that escalator. I would’ve never heard about it until he got up in front of the UN to talk about it, then I got to laugh at his goofy ass getting embarrassed (I wouldn’t have assumed anyone would be embarrassed by a faulty escalator until he basically admitted it).

  15. Be sure to write a nastygram expressing your disappointment to your local Sinclair or Nexstar owned ABC affiliate if they refuse to air.

  16. Trump is gonna love his. TV ratings are his favorite thing in the world.

  17. What’s funny is T man calls him no talent . He would have been gone a long time ago. Then he calls people dumb and losers and he can’t pronounce words . lol

  18. The fact that ratings surged while still not being aired on all Sinclair affiliated stations is good.

  21. He’s gained half a million subscribers overnight on YT; his monologue has 12 million views last I checked. He usually gets 2ish million on average it seems like.

  22. Counting down until Trump takes full credit….5…..4……3

  23. Sinclair really got ‘em by banishing the show and tanking their own ad views, derp

  24. Cool. It wasn’t about Kimmel, it was about freedom of speech and saying Fuck the FCC.

    Keep your subscription canceled. Fuck em.

  25. Duh the whole country wanted to see what he had to finally say. Track the rest of the week. Guarantee a drop off…

  26. Kimmel’s monologue from last night already has more views than any video Kirk ever made.

  29. Have we learned that cancelling drives more eyeballs yet?

  30. 🗣️ keep watching him

    Don’t allow someone to tell you six months from now “low ratings “ was the reason they cancelled him

    You know better

  31. We just wanted to see his neener neener moment. It was as disappointing as what he actually said vs how they ignorantly reacted to it

  32. It’s almost like we shouldn’t allow the late night talk show genre to fail.

  33. How likely will his numbers return to normal by the end of the month?

  35. Worst publicity stunt ever but it worked. 

    I hope y’all are happy being played 

  36. It surged. The bots made plays and people wanted to see what was the big deal was about. Let’s face it no one has given two shits about Kimmel in past decade, and only geriatrics watch legacy media outside sports.

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