Jimmy Kimmel’s Comeback Ratings Plummet 70% by Third Day, Trails ‘Gutfeld!’
And we just got the most spectacular proof of this from ABC’s own Jimmy Kimmel. The champagne corks were surely popping in Hollywood when he returned to a massive audience of 6.3 million viewers. That celebration lasted for about 24 hours. The very next night, his viewership evaporated, plummeting an astonishing 70% down to 2.4 million. Hollywood threw a party, but the American people declined the invitation.
So what really happened here? It’s simple. That initial ratings spike wasn’t a show of support; it was rubbernecking at a train wreck. As astute observers on social media pointed out, people tuned in out of morbid curiosity to see the “numnutz” perform, then immediately fled. Once the spectacle was over, so was the audience.
The numbers look even worse for Kimmel when you see where those viewers went. That same night, Greg Gutfeld’s show on Fox News, Gutfeld!, handily beat Kimmel with over 3.2 million viewers. Gutfeld built a late-night juggernaut by doing the one thing Kimmel and his ilk refuse to do: respect the audience. He offers a genuine, hilarious alternative, and Americans are rewarding him for it.
This leaves a network like ABC in a comical bind of its own creation. They’re caught between the wrath of the woke mob and the unforgiving reality of their own balance sheets. Shelling out a reported $17 million for a host who gets beaten by a conservative comedian isn’t just embarrassing; it’s an act of financial sabotage. They are lighting money on fire to avoid being canceled by the very activists who chased their audience away.
This is the “Go Woke, Go Broke” principle playing out in real-time. For too long, these media behemoths have chosen progressive dogma over profit, and the consequences are finally arriving. The Kimmel ratings disaster is more than just a bad night for a single host. It’s a resounding signal that the free market is finally correcting the arrogance of the entertainment industry.
The reign of the preachy, out-of-touch celebrity is ending. It isn’t being brought down by politicians, but by millions of citizens exercising their right to change the channel. They’re voting with the remote, and the woke lectures are losing. Badly.
So what really happened here? It’s simple. That initial ratings spike wasn’t a show of support; it was rubbernecking at a train wreck. As astute observers on social media pointed out, people tuned in out of morbid curiosity to see the “numnutz” perform, then immediately fled. Once the spectacle was over, so was the audience.
The numbers look even worse for Kimmel when you see where those viewers went. That same night, Greg Gutfeld’s show on Fox News, Gutfeld!, handily beat Kimmel with over 3.2 million viewers. Gutfeld built a late-night juggernaut by doing the one thing Kimmel and his ilk refuse to do: respect the audience. He offers a genuine, hilarious alternative, and Americans are rewarding him for it.
This leaves a network like ABC in a comical bind of its own creation. They’re caught between the wrath of the woke mob and the unforgiving reality of their own balance sheets. Shelling out a reported $17 million for a host who gets beaten by a conservative comedian isn’t just embarrassing; it’s an act of financial sabotage. They are lighting money on fire to avoid being canceled by the very activists who chased their audience away.
This is the “Go Woke, Go Broke” principle playing out in real-time. For too long, these media behemoths have chosen progressive dogma over profit, and the consequences are finally arriving. The Kimmel ratings disaster is more than just a bad night for a single host. It’s a resounding signal that the free market is finally correcting the arrogance of the entertainment industry.
The reign of the preachy, out-of-touch celebrity is ending. It isn’t being brought down by politicians, but by millions of citizens exercising their right to change the channel. They’re voting with the remote, and the woke lectures are losing. Badly.
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