Maybe President Donald Trump will want to revise his statement that Jimmy Kimmel gets “no ratings .” (Yeah, we know, probably not.)

Jimmy Kimmel Live !’ s return to ABC on Tuesday drew 6.3 million total viewers, the network has announced, despite the fact that it wasn’t available in 23% of households nationwide, with affiliate owners Nexstar and Sinclair continuing to preempt the show in protest of Kimmel’s recent comments about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Tuesday’s episode also earned a 0.87 rating in the key 18-49 demo, the best rating for a regularly scheduled episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in more than 10 years. Plus, Kimmel’s monologue has racked up more than 26 million views on YouTube and social media, ABC says. Related Stories

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