"In his second show back from suspension on September 24, Kimmel laughed off Donald Trump's Truth Social post saying he "can't believe" ABC brought back the show. "You can't believe they gave me my job back?" Kimmel said in his monologue. "I can't believe we gave you my job back." Trump's post continued, "I think we're going to test ABC out on this."
""There's the threat again, this time straight from FCC-biscuit's mouth," Kimmel barely had to joke. "Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn't threatening ABC by threatening ABC." Despite only returning "for most of the country," Jimmy Kimmel Live! had 6.2 million broadcast viewers on September 23 and broke its own monologue-viewing record on YouTube. "He does know bad ratings."
Jimmy Kimmel returned from a suspension on September 24 and immediately mocked a Truth Social post by Donald Trump claiming disbelief that ABC brought Kimmel back. Trump threatened ABC, referenced receiving $16 million previously, and wrote "Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad ratings." Kimmel joked that only Trump would try to prove he wasn't threatening ABC by threatening ABC. Jimmy Kimmel Live! drew 6.2 million broadcast viewers on September 23 and set a new monologue-viewing record on YouTube. Kimmel ridiculed Trump's low approval and Ethan Hawke called signing for Kimmel "one of the greatest privileges" but may have forgotten to sign.
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