Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings bonanza continues | CNN Business

Something isn’t loading properly. Please check back later. Newfound enthusiasm about Jimmy Kimmel’s show is not evaporating after just one monologue. Kimmel’s Wednesday night follow-up to his Tuesday night comeback show quickly racked up millions of views on YouTube on Thursday morning, indicating that interest in Kimmel’s commentary remains way above normal. By 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, the Wednesday night monologue had topped 5 million views, enough to rank as one of his most-watched videos of the year on YouTube. Meanwhile, his emotional Tuesday night monologue has surpassed 20 million views on YouTube. That one already ranks as his most-watched monologue of all time on the platform. The surge in online viewership is partly because Kimmel’s show has been blacked out by Nexstar and Sinclair. The two local TV station operators control ABC-affiliated stations in markets that represent about 23% of American TV households. Nexstar said Wednesday that it is having “productive discussions” with Disney, while Sinclair referred CNN back to its earlier statement on the matter. On traditional television, Kimmel’s return episode scored at least 6.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen measurements. That figure will increase once other forms of viewing are factored in. Kimmel alluded to his
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