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“After boasting about what a great host he is and how much better he is than I am and how huge his ratings would be, Trump hosted the lowest-rated Kennedy Center Honors telecast of all time. … You know, as I recall, he said he’d step down if this happened. He said, ‘If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel, then I don’t think I should be president.’ Hey, a deal is a deal. Back to Mar-a-Lago you go.”
— Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night after his winter break and he used his first monologue of the year to taunt President Trump about his low ratings, Variety reports.
“I’ll go when you go, OK? … If I may borrow a phrase from you: Quiet, Piggy!”
— Jimmy Kimmel, responding to new calls from Donald Trump that he be fired.
1.7 million
Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancellations in the week after suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, The Handbasket reports.
“Even though we are still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second-highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air. Our monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone. And I want to say, we couldn’t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. We got the Trump bump, and we appreciate it.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show Friday night.
“Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn’t threatening ABC by threatening ABC.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by CNN.
6.3 million
Nearly 6.3 million people tuned in to the Jimmy Kimmel broadcast last night, despite the blackouts in many cities, the AP reports. And there was a larger audience online, with more than 15 million people watching Kimmel’s opening remarks on YouTube by Wednesday evening.
“Just a former president suggesting he’ll use the military against his fellow citizens for exercising their freedom of speech. Nothing to worry about, folks. Seriously, when is he gonna grow that little mustache already? Because there’s only three weeks left!”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on his show last night.
“I feel like maybe other Republicans like having her around to make the rest of them seem normal.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by the New York Times, on why Republicans refuse to discipline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
