Jimmy Kimmel is back on the airwaves, and his opening monologue from his Tuesday night return to ABC is already shaping up to be one of his most-watched ever.

The 23-minute YouTube video has racked up more than 11 million views as of Wednesday morning, just more than 12 hours after it was posted. It’s already soared past some of his most popular monologues from years past, including his discussion of the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas in 2017, which garnered 10M views, and his reaction to Trump’s re-election in November, sitting at 9M.

Tuesday’s video is already Kimmel’s most-watched upload on his entire channel in over a year, since he sat down with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and 50 Cent in March 2024. That video has 16M views as of publication.

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