The return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to ABC on Tuesday was a major moment in history — as the show touted with a supercut of newscasters declaring its significance — and Kimmel has the numbers to prove it.

His 28-minute monologue has reached 17.7 million views on YouTube in 22 hours, making it his most-watched monologue ever on the platform. (On ABC, the episode was Kimmel’s No. 3 of all time .) Previously, the top monologue on YouTube was his 2020 remembrance of Kobe Bryant with just under the same amount, followed by his 2017 announcement of his son’s birth and heart disease with 14.7 million views.

It’s presumable that many of Kimmel’s YouTube viewers came from regions that did not have access to the broadcast on their local ABC stations. Nexstar and Sinclair, which own roughl

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