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(WND News Center)—Jimmy Kimmel, a late-night television entertainer, was taken off the air briefly after he made a horrific comment, styled as a “joke,” about the death of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
He suggested that conservatives were trying to portray the suspected killer, who could face the death penalty, as anyone other than one of them.
In fact, multiple testimonies have confirmed the suspect had turned far to leftist activities and agendas.
So Kimmel was silenced, briefly, before several networks that had objected to his joking about the death of a Christian man allowed his return.
On that night, his audience was huge.
Then it crashed.
His number plunged by 70%.
BREAKING 🅱️
Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings have plummeted 70% since returning 3 days ago..
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) September 27, 2025
And online was an explanation: “People stopped to see the car crash for a minute, but then kept on driving.”
Yep. People stopped to see the car crash for a minute, but then kept driving.
— Thor Odinson (@Thor_Odinson) September 27, 2025
A report at BizPacReview said his “comeback” “was embarrassingly short-lived.”
“Since his return to the airwaves, Kimmel has enjoyed a significant boost in support from leftists who wanted to stick it to Republicans. On Tuesday, he saw a record 6.3 million average viewers, many of whom undoubtedly turned in to see what he would say about his suspension. But on Wednesday night, he only managed to pull 2,414,000 average viewership, which is leagues above his normal average of 1.7 million but constitutes a 70% drop from the previous day.”
In fact, Kimmel’s audience has been dropping steadily for a long time.
This is why Sinclair and Nexstar put him back on. They figured they’d take the high road, and just him fail on his own. 😆😆
— ⭕ Chris (@OklaHero) September 27, 2025
Of course, everyone logged on to see what numnutz was going to say when he came back on the air. That shouldn’t be confused with his show somehow magically becoming popular.
— jsb (@jeff1140s) September 27, 2025
ABC, Sinclair Broadcast Group and others took him down, but then restored him to America’s airwaves.
Sinclair-owned ABC stations will bring 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' back to air Friday https://t.co/cwmdLv1plY
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 26, 2025
“Between Kimmel making around $17 million a year, his large staff, and the show’s production out of Los Angeles, ABC is almost certainly losing money on the program,” wrote Outkick’s Bobby Burack. “For comparison, CBS is losing around $40 million per year by producing Stephen Colbert’s competing late-night program, which draws 30% more viewers than Kimmel’s.”
Kimmel’s contract is coming to an end, and that could offer a solution to the network with an unwanted drain in their budget.
The substance of Kimmel’s offense was described online; “Jimmy Kimmel lied to millions of people and claimed Kirk was assassinated by a MAGA conservative. Charlie Kirk was gunned down by a far-left, pro-transgender radical who hated him for his conservative political views.”
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