RT 🚨 THE TWIST NO ONE SAW COMING: JIMMY KIMMEL’S “BOOTING” MAY HAVE SAVED HIS CAREER 😱📊🔥

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night desk with 6.3 million viewers Tuesday night, making it the most-watched regularly scheduled episode in the show’s history, per Variety.

Tuesday night’s broadcast marked a 343% increase from the previous season’s average of 1.4 million viewers, according to the outlet and preliminary data from Nielsen.

Jimmy Kimmel during his return to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Sept. 23. Disney via Getty Images

Jimmy Kimmel Disney via Getty Images

However, Kimmel’s impressive total could have been higher if Nextar and Sinclair – two of the largest companies that own and operate local TV stations and ABC affiliates across the country – didn’t blackout “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from 23% of US households.

The comedian’s show was temporarily pulled off the air by ABC last Wednesday following Kimmel’s controversial comments about Charlie Kirk, which sparked outrage among conservatives.  Continue reading

Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot dead on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10. He was 31.