Jimmy Kimmel Suffers Massive Crash In Viewership A Week After Ratings Boom

Well-known comic Jimmy Kimmel‘s latest scores surge seems to have been short-lived, based on experiences.

The late-night host’s present had skilled an enormous surge upon coming back from a quick suspension over his controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk’s homicide and MAGA.

Nevertheless, that achieve has reportedly nosedived by a large share, leaving the way forward for Jimmy Kimmel’s present on shaky floor.

Only a week after having fun with a serious post-suspension enhance, Jimmy Kimmel’s present, “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” has suffered a dramatic 71% drop in viewership.

On September 23, the late-night host returned to the air and was watched by roughly 6.5 million viewers, the very best the present had ever recorded in its historical past.

Nevertheless, based on a report, that quantity plummeted to simply 1.9 million by October, seemingly ending any hopes Kimmel had that his triumphant return would positively impression his scores in the long term.

Even worse, the coveted 25–54 demographic noticed a good steeper decline, dropping to simply 265,000 viewers from the 1.7 million recorded on Kimmel’s first evening again.

With this scores nightmare, trade insiders have begun questioning whether or not Disney and different broadcasters will proceed to again Kimmel following the efforts they made to facilitate his return.

For now, it stays unclear what led to the huge decline, regardless of the present nonetheless being broadcast throughout all of the earlier ABC associates that carried it earlier than Kimmel’s suspension.

Nonetheless, it’s attainable that the preliminary spike in scores got here primarily from curious viewers wanting to see Kimmel’s return, slightly than his regular fan base. The present had averaged round 1.6 million viewers all through 2025 earlier than the suspension.

Kimmel and his group could now be strategizing methods to win again these misplaced viewers, however no matter plans they’ve in movement seem like saved tightly beneath wraps in the intervening time.

Amid the steep decline in scores, “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” additionally finds itself being outperformed by conservative rival Greg Gutfeld’s “Gutfeld!”

Whereas Kimmel managed simply 1.9 million viewers on October 2, Gutfeld pulled in a formidable 2.8 million.

Gutfeld additionally topped within the coveted 25–54 demographic, drawing 370,000 viewers in comparison with Kimmel’s 265,000.

Kimmel’s transient suspension got here after he made controversial remarks concerning the homicide of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

On the time, he claimed that Kirk’s accused killer, Tyler Robinson, was a part of the “MAGA gang” and that they have been utilizing the incident to attain political factors.

The assertion sparked widespread backlash from on-line customers and Kirk’s supporters, who referred to as for Kimmel to be canceled.

When the TV character was ultimately knowledgeable by ABC about his suspension, he was reportedly shocked and feared that his present would possibly by no means return.

“I assumed, that is it. It is over. It’s over. I am by no means coming again on the air. That is actually what I assumed,” Kimmel revealed throughout a latest sitdown with fellow late-night present host Stephen Colbert, per Fox News.

“And I walked out to my workplace, and I referred to as in a number of the govt producers. There are about 9 folks in there, and I mentioned, ‘They’re pulling this off the air.’ My spouse mentioned I used to be white, I used to be whiter than Jim Gaffigan once I got here out of there,” he additional recalled.