Properly, that was quick.
Simply three days after Democrats and the media made an enormous deal about Jimmy Kimmel’s massive comeback, his scores have completely evaporated. Because the starting of this week when he returned to the air, his scores have dropped by 70 p.c.
It seems to be like his much-hyped return was little greater than hype. A sugar-high lasts longer than this.
OutKick reviews:
What To Make Of Sinclair’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Reside!’ Determination Amid The Present’s 70% Rankings Drop
Jimmy Kimmel received — for now.
ABC reinstated the late-night host early this week after a short suspension, and Sinclair agreed to cease preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” on its ABC associates efficient instantly. Nexstar, which continues to dam the present on its 32 associates, is more likely to comply with.
Station house owners like Sinclair and Nexstar by no means had a lot long-term leverage. ABC might ultimately cancel and exchange its associates forward of the 2027 Tremendous Bowl, which might considerably harm Sinclair and Nexstar’s annual income…
Nonetheless, Kimmel’s long-term future with ABC stays a query. For these questioning if Kimmel might retain his newfound momentum, his scores on Wednesday counsel no.
Whereas Wednesday’s common of two.4 million is nicely forward of Kimmel’s norm (1.7 million), it marked a close to 70% drop from Tuesday’s document 6.3 million.
Late-night scores on Wednesday:
– Gutfeld! (Fox Information): 3,233,000
– Jimmy Kimmel Reside! (ABC): 2,414,000
– The Late Present with Stephen Colbert (CBS): 1,988,000
– The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC): 1,244,000Now you see why CNN media analyst Brian Stelter, who so badly needs Kimmel to note him, is touting Kimmel’s YouTube numbers this morning, not his tv viewers.
Bobby Burack, the author of the OutKick piece, tweeted this:
Jimmy Kimmel misplaced 70% of its viewers from Tuesday to Wednesday.
From 6.4 million to 2.4 million. I anticipate Kimmel to be again beneath 2 million by Monday.
— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) September 26, 2025
Greg Gutfeld is already kicking all of their butts in scores once more. Folks solely tuned in to see if Kimmel would apologize, which he didn’t. He can now return to being irrelevant once more.
