Jimmy Kimmel made his return to late-night on Tuesday, a week after Disney and ABC made the call to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live from the air, citing the host’s comments about the right-wing response to Charlie Kirk’s death. Media companies Sinclair and Nexstar are continuing to preempt the series. Still, while it didn’t air on their ABC affiliate channels last night, Kimmel’s 30-minute monologue has racked up nearly 12 million views in the past 12 hours.

The views are continuing to climb, setting the video on track to be the most-viewed upload from Jimmy Kimmel Live since the host sat down with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and 50 Cent last year. That clip sits at 16 million views.

“Maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don’t support my show and what I believe, but support my

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