Kimmel’s return to the air was watched by 6.3 million viewers — more than tripling the late-night show’s normal TV viewership

Jimmy Kimmel is more popular than Donald Trump, a new poll has found, following a public showdown between the two men that resulted in the talk show host being briefly taken off-air.

The survey, conducted by YouGov, asked respondents if they held favorable opinions of both men.

When asked about Kimmel, 44 percent said they had a favorable opinion of the comedian, while 41 percent said they did not. Fifteen percent said they were undecided, giving Kimmel a net favorability of +3.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      His into monologues are always fun. Most of the late night guys have good shows. Except Fallon. That guy sucks pure ass.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’m kind of lukewarm on Fallon. I dip in every once in a while, but he’s just way too “centrist” for my liking. This is the guy that tousled Taco’s hair just before the 2016 election, right? So the fact that he still seems to be way too apolitical now is not all that surprising. I’m not sure he sucks ass, I usually just watch everything else and then maybe him if I get to it…

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      The joke of these polls is that if their rolls were reversed, I’m more than confident that Trump would outpoll Kimmel.

      The Jester is always going to be more popular than the King. That’s why the job exists.

      • Zoot@reddthat.com
        1·
        1 day ago

        Or people just don’t like a pedophile, who’s also been convicted of what like 30+ felonies, and who is currently trying to destroy the country.

        If Jimmy ALSO was like that then I could totally see the roles being reversed and people being in favor of the guy with significantly less power. However even with no power trump is still one of the worst people there is.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Or people just don’t like a pedophile

          We know that’s not true. Hollywood is choke full of them.

          If Jimmy ALSO was like that

          Jimmy’s entire early career was getting 13 year olds horny and laughing about it. Nevermind the age bracket of “Women Jumping on Trampolines”. Kimmel and Carolla walked right up to the edge all the time.