Since Jimmy Kimmel’s much-hyped return just three days ago, his show’s ratings have dropped by a jaw-dropping 70 percent.
Yes, you read that right. Seven-zero.
For a man the media has spent years propping up as some kind of comedic genius, that’s not just a stumble – that’s a freefall.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings have plummeted 70% since returning 3 days ago..
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And yet the Left still can’t admit the obvious. They want us to believe Kimmel’s failures are about politics, about Trump, about anything but the truth.
Here’s the reality: Jimmy Kimmel was fired because he failed. Period.
The fact that he turned his show into a nonstop Trump-bashing routine didn’t help either. In fact, it might have been both. He was fired because of his Trump obsession – and because he flopped as a comedian.
The ratings speak louder than the excuses. Performance matters. If you can’t make people laugh, if you can’t entertain, you don’t survive.
And right now, Kimmel’s numbers prove what conservatives have been saying for years: late-night comedy is dead.
From Laughter to Lectures
It didn’t have to be this way. Once upon a time, late-night TV was a staple of American culture.
Johnny Carson ruled The Tonight Show with wit, timing, and class. Jay Leno carried that torch, making audiences laugh without turning every joke into a political lecture.
Those days are gone. Today’s late-night hosts act less like comedians and more like Democratic Party spokesmen with punchlines. They don’t deliver humor; they deliver propaganda wrapped in sarcasm.
Kimmel’s Trump Fixation Cost Him
Kimmel is the worst offender.
Remember, this is the guy who turned weepy monologues about health care into his signature bit. Nothing says “comedy” like a millionaire Hollywood elitist crying on national television while lecturing middle America about how to live.
For years, Kimmel seemed to believe that if he said “Trump” enough times, people would confuse his bitterness for comedy. It didn’t work. The audience fled.
And now the numbers prove it. A 70 percent ratings collapse in three days isn’t just bad – it’s catastrophic. In the entertainment world, that’s a death sentence.
It tells us people aren’t tuning in because they’ve had enough of the same old recycled anti-Trump jokes, the same smug virtue signaling, the same tired schtick.
The CNN-ification of Comedy
Late-night comedy’s death mirrors the decline of mainstream media. Just like CNN, MSNBC, and the Washington Post, the late-night world abandoned its core mission – entertainment – and chose activism instead.
They don’t even pretend to be neutral. They think half the country doesn’t matter, so why bother making them laugh?
But here’s the kicker: comedy that alienates half the audience isn’t funny, it’s lazy.
Carson knew this. Leno knew this. They poked fun at everyone – Republicans, Democrats, presidents, celebrities – because everyone could laugh together.
That’s what real comedy does: it unites people. Today’s late-night comedians don’t unite anyone. They divide. They sneer. They mock average Americans for the cheap applause of a studio audience that already agrees with them.
Jimmy Kimmel’s collapse is just the most visible example. Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon aren’t far behind.
The formula is broken. The country doesn’t want another smug leftist comic wagging his finger at Trump supporters.
We want humor. We want originality. We want laughter without the lecture.
Kimmel’s Fall, Late-Night’s Fate
So yes, Kimmel’s downfall is about politics. But it’s also about talent – or rather, the lack of it. He simply isn’t funny.
And when the mask of politics slips, when the Trump obsession fades, all that’s left is a performer who bombed.
Late-night comedy is as dead as mainstream journalism that pretends to be “investigative.”
Both sold out their purpose to push an agenda. Both lost the trust of the American people. And both are paying the price.
Jimmy Kimmel’s 70 percent ratings drop isn’t just bad news for him – it’s the obituary for an entire genre.
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