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Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television after a brief suspension drew 6.26 million total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings, making it the show’s highest-performing regularly scheduled episode in over a decade.

The robust ratings are remarkable partly because a typical episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" attracts roughly 1.6 million viewers.

Disney, which owns ABC, highlighted that the latest episode did not air in 23% of American households. That’s because Nexstar and Sinclair, two major owners of ABC broadcast affiliates, continue to refuse to run the show following Kimmel’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 63 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (4 children)

It's tempting to imagine that, but I doubt he actually cares at all (or is even fully conscious of the discord). This is all distraction, and he's playing the agitator role to muddy the waters around his real scandals. Newspapers are a relic of a bygone time, but it's still true that journalists only have so many column inches. The human capacity to care about many things at once is limited, and Trump is really good at creating reasons to be pissed off.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I know what you're saying, but his post didnt seem very happy either lol.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is a perfect reason why your lawyer tells you to keep your mouth shut.

Mentioning that ABC apparently told the WH he was let go, directly. Why would they do that without a legitimate and serious federal law being broken? (there wasn't one)

Then elucidating your intentions of wealth and political gain by writing about an assumed bias of the entertainment content and using the word 'lucrative' when comparing to a previous case with the same proposed defendant.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a man who should never be trusted with the nuclear codes. I bought my ticket the day after the election and am now living permanently in a safer country.

America is cooked.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What country did you go to and how did you get permission to live there?

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Australia by blood. I am sorry.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Would you marry me? Pls? I wanna go there 🥺👉👈

/kidding lol...

...

unless... 👀

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sure, but imagine I'm right, and he's just trying to stir shit up. Wouldn't he write exactly the same thing? Like if he was actually upset, he's going to pretend like he doesn't care. Like with the Epstein stuff.

I could be entirely wrong, though. In the end, doesn't make much difference.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Both things can be true I suspect.

He's incredibly thin skinned, so this definitely gets to him. But also, he's using it as a distraction.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Kimmel's next episode should start with the fash removing the Epistein friendship statue from the National Mall & then do a deep dive into how close they were.

Bring the birthday book out too. Maybe have an Epstein victim as a guest if they would like to come on.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

He cares. He cares a lot. Ratings and perceived popularity have always been incredibly important to him, like he's a mean girl in high school or something. He really is that small-minded and petty. Comes with the territory for fascist Dear Leaders.

[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I like remaining wary of folks playing a deeper game but let’s be honest; folks in trumps orbit may be but I very much doubt he is.

He repeats the same gripes all the time.

His not-DM to Bondi is literally the same language he uses in campaign rallies.

I think all of this bothers him way more than the normal person and WAY more than a president should care.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah. It's beautiful, isn't it?