Why Jimmy Kimmel Is Thanking President Donald Trump After Suspension

On Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late night host revealed they’ll be filming in Brooklyn next week — joking, “What we have to do now is stay on the move so the FCC can’t get us,” after their prior suspension. He then addressed their “tumultuous week,” after his return to the air. “Even though we’re still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second-highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air. Our monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone,” he gloated, before adding, “And I want to say, we couldn’t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much.” Elsewhere in the monologue, Kimmel poked fun at Donald Trump’s elevator mishap, as well as Randy Quaid’s reaction to his late night return.