Jimmy Kimmel's late night return drew his show's highest ratings in a decade.

The 57-year-old comedian's late night talk show was back on air on Tuesday (23.09.25) after the programme was suspended by Disney's ABC following remarks he made after the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Now, Disney has revealed the return episode pulled in 6.3million viewers, which is the most watched since 2014.

It's also the most watched regularly scheduled episode in the programme's history, with larger audiences only seen twice before during special Sunday episodes.

The first of those aired right after the 2006 Super Bowl, while the other was after the 2014 Academy Awards.

So far, Jimmy's 28-minute monologue from Tuesday night's show has been viewed over 18.7million times on YouTube, which is his most-watched

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