Jimmy Kimmel is back and better than ever.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host returned to his late-night desk with a record-breaking 6.3 million viewers on Tuesday night, making it the most-watched regularly scheduled episode in the show’s more than 22-year history, per Variety .

Tuesday night’s broadcast, meanwhile, marked a 343% increase from the previous season’s average of 1.4 million viewers, according to the outlet and preliminary data from Nielsen. 11

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However, Kimmel’s impressive 6.3 million total could have been even 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 late-night show was temporarily pul

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