YouTube and TV viewership for Jimmy Kimmel, pictured above with his on-air sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez, have been significantly larger than his pre-suspension numbers. Randy Holmes/Disney

Newfound enthusiasm about Jimmy Kimmel’s show is not evaporating after just one monologue.

Kimmel’s Wednesday night follow-up to his Tuesday night comeback show quickly racked up millions of views on YouTube on Thursday morning, indicating that interest in Kimmel’s commentary remains way above normal.

By 10 a.m. ET this morning, the Wednesday night monologue had topped 3.5 million views , enough to rank as one of his most-watched videos of the year on YouTube.

Meanwhile, his emotional Tuesday night monologue was closing in on 20 million views on YouTube . That one already ranks as his most-

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