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Kimmel Monologue Hits Record 14 Million Views on YouTube and Only Getting Bigger by the Hour: Trump Revived His Show (UPDATING)

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Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue on last night’s show is setting a record.

So far the return episode, with the 18 minute opening, is going past 14 million views on YouTube.

The normal Kimmel YouTube clip of a monologue is around 250,000.

Donald Trump has turned Kimmel into a massive hit.

The official Kimmel YouTube channel has 21 million subscribers, so it will be interesting to see if the views of the monologue exceed that number.

Of course, the clips of guests Glen Powell and Sarah Maclachlan drop to regular numbers.

But Kimmel’s opening remarks last night and probably for the rest of the week are going to be the subject of intense curiosity.

The inflated number also comes from conservative TV station owners Sinclair and Nexstar pulling the show in their markets.

Frustrated viewers are turning to YouTube.

Watch the Whole Jimmy Kimmel Monologue Here: Tearful, Genuine, Funny, Thanks Disney and All The People Who Supported Him

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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