Millions watched as late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves on Tuesday.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" garnered 6.26 million viewers on Tuesday, Sept. 23, according to an ABC news release , despite the show not airing in in 23% of households after Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group said they would continue to preempt the show.

ABC also noted that the show earned a 0.87 rating among adults ages 18 to 49, which makes it the highest regularly scheduled episode in more than a decade — since March 12, 2015.

Kimmel walked out to a one-minute standing ovation on Tuesday night, with the audience cheering and clapping. The show was initially suspended by Disney on Sept. 17 over comments Kimmel made about conservative host and activist Charlie Kirk's alleged ki

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