CNN —

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. Advertisement

By 10 a.m. ET this morning, the Wednesday night monologue had topped 3.5 million views, enough to rank as one of his most-watched videos of the year on YouTube.

Meanwhile, his emotional Tuesday night monologue was closing in on 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 sta

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