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My Thoughts On Jimmy Kimmel's "Historic" Return Last Night

2025-09-24 News & Politics
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Analyzing Jimmy Kimmel's Return and Ratings Post-Controversy

Understand why Jimmy Kimmel’s highly publicized return failed to impress even amid massive online viewership. Discover the metrics proving that traditional late-night television is facing an existential crisis supported by disproportionately large budgets.

Short Summary

  • Kimmel’s post-controversy apology was deemed insincere, characterized by the speaker as an exercise in self-pity rather than empathy for the victim, Charlie. [00:03:52]
  • Record digital viewership for Kimmel’s return (6.7 million YouTube views) significantly underperforms the 100 million audience reached by Charlie’s memorial service. [00:07:05], [013:12]
  • High-budget late-night operations achieve online audience ranges easily matched by un-promoted, single-host podcasters. [00:10:32]

This discussion breaks down Kimmel's monologue, critiques his alleged lack of accountability regarding initial, incorrect implications about the shooter's politics, and uses viewership data to argue that legacy media lacks sustainability online.

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Top Comments (10)

@Lawrence_Talbot 2025-09-24

Props to Sinclair and Nexstar for refusing to Kimmel’s show on the local affiliates that they own. That’s something that should get more praise

544 16 replies
@ALLNEWS-h8w 2025-09-24

Very few people are worth 15 million a year..Kimmel is NOT one of them.

261 6 replies
@steveyoung627 2025-09-24

poor jimmy: he wasnt shot at. check. he wasnt murdered and assassinated. check. he wasnt defamed by being called a nazi and racist. check. no one celebrated his death. check. yes, jimmy we are so sorry for you.

247 32 replies
@brianice9846 2025-09-24

The way this whole thing played out almost 100% positive that this was just a publicity stunt

126 6 replies
@everwake2689 2025-09-24

"His ratings are up 10000%!!" What will they say when they collapse back down to their usual levels?

119 5 replies
@jmo18 2025-09-24

Of course he had a great turnout last night...a bunch of conservatives tuned in to hear an apology that never came.

118 10 replies
@jaminschmitt 2025-09-24

“I’m sorry that you think this” apology.

111 10 replies
@unstablemolecules 2025-09-24

I love when celebrities act like they're crying, but you don't see their eyes well up, let alone actual tears rolling down

77 1 replies
@billiards0518 2025-09-24

There is NOTHING that Kimmel could say that would move me to watch him.

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@stacyparrillo4643 2025-09-25

Jimmy Kimmel refused to apologize directly to Charlie Kirk’s family but we should believe his half ass “apology” on TV was sincere?

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