"On Tuesday, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned from his suspension with an empathetic but defiant monologue and included a joke about President Donald Trump. Kimmel said, "You almost have to feel sorry for him. He tried his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly." Just how bigly? By Wednesday afternoon, the video of the monologue on the show's official YouTube page was at 15 million views and climbing. That dwarfs the most-watched Kimmel video on YouTube in the past six months."
"The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd wrote, "Kimmel has many short clips from his show of sketches and guest interview segments that have racked up tens of millions of clicks over the years, but Tuesday night set a record in terms of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' monologue videos. The video is still going strong and averaging about 1 million views an hour." Hibberd reported that Kimmel's previous most-watched opening monologue was from eight years ago, when he emotionally talked about his son's birth and heart disease. That monologue has 14 million views on YouTube."
Jimmy Kimmel returned from suspension with an empathetic but defiant 18-minute monologue that mixed sympathy for a shooting victim with a sharp defense of the First Amendment and criticism of the Trump administration's attempts to censor him. The monologue included a joke about President Donald Trump and drew extraordinary attention online and on TV. The show's official YouTube upload reached 15 million views within a day, outpacing recent clips and setting a record for monologue videos. ABC reported a TV audience of 6.3 million, more than triple a typical episode, despite some affiliates not airing the program.
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