Jimmy Kimmel's return receives more than triple it's usual viewership

Entertainment Editor Peter Ford on Jimmy Kimmel's return, Jessica Chastain's show being pulled days before its release due to the political climate, and a new look at the final trailer for Wicked.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back. Let's get some more on Jimmy Kimmel's triumphant
TV return after that six day suspension.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Yeah, Entertainment editor Peter Ford is back with us. Pete.
We heard earlier about record breaking online ratings. Kim Well
did get emotional amongst all the joking last night.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, he did. And since you spoke to Rob, we
actually have got the TV ratings in now and it
came in at six point three million people watching. And
what that means it's more than triple what the audience
would normally be on that night of the week. So
more than triple and as Rob mentioned, going through the
roof on social media. So if the idea was to

(00:38):
silence him and get him out of the game, stop
getting mocked by him, it hasn't worked. Obviously. I thought
the monologue was a bit long, but apart from that,
I thought it was hitting all the marks. I ticked
every box. I couldn't quite give him a perfect score.
I'll explain why I couldn't do that, But because it's

(00:58):
one of those things where you're never going to please everybody,
such an emotional, contentious thing, there'll be people who will say, no,
we're not happy with that. So anyway, it did have
moments of emotion, and there were moments also where there
were some regret was being offered as well from Jimmy
take a look at this grab.

Speaker 4 (01:17):
It was never my intention to make light of the
murder of a young man.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
I I don't think there's anything funny about it.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
I posted a message on Instagram when the Dames killed,
sending love to his family and asking him for a compassion,
and I meant it. I still do. Nor was it
my intention to blame any specific group for the actions
of what it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That
was really the opposite of the point I was trying
to make.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
So there is him.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
I couldn't give a perfect stories because I felt at
some point he should have used the s word sorry. Now.
The perfect place to have done that it would be
when he talked about Erica Kirk and he praised her.
He was extremely respectful of her. But I think that
would have been the perfect moment to say I'm sorry
if this has caused any distress for her over the

(02:13):
past week. And that's not having to have bit any
guilt or fault, it's just saying the situation was horrible,
but he did in many ways also just get back
to normal business, and that is sending up Donald Trump,
and he does that all the time, and it doesn't
look like in any way he's going to be pulling
that back. So in this clip, he showed a clip

(02:33):
of President Trump and then decided to respond to that,
have a look. Had no talent. He's a whack job,
but he had no talent.

Speaker 4 (02:42):
And more importantly than talent, he because a lot of
people have no talenty get readings, but he had no reddings.
Well I do tonight.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
So look, I think most people think that he did
pretty well with that. In a tough situation, those ratings
won't hold up. But if it's been about a rebirth
or a rebranding of his show, he certainly got it.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Not everyone was impressed by the monologue, of course, Pete.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
No, and as I said, that's impossible in this situation
that everybody would be.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
So.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
Andrew Colvert is the executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show,
and he doesn't believe that what was given was really
a fullsome apology to the Kirk family. He believes it
was more about the issue of free speech, which I
think it was a twofold story. This is Andrew Colvert.

Speaker 5 (03:45):
Where was the I'm sorry, where was the contrition? Yeah,
he was emotional, But I think he was emotional because
A he's really good on camera and B well, I
would say really good maybe, but he's used to it.
And B because you know, he's been under the gun
for the last couple of days. That's what he's emotional

(04:06):
about all he had.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
To do with.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
So let's see how this plays out. But Jimmy Kimmel
is most certainly back in business.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Sure is I Meanwhile, actress Jessica Chesstain has been involved
in a similar silencing. What's happened with Jessica Chester.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yeah, she's not happy about this because she has a
new series which was due to premiere this weekend for
Apple Plus, and it is a show called The Savant
and it's about a woman who infiltrates white supremacy groups
to stop them getting violent. And the belief was that
this is too close to home at the moment. Everyone

(04:42):
is too strained emotionally to deal with this. It sounds
like a bit of an overreaction to me. I mean,
it's a drama series. But Jessica on the other hand, says, no,
this is the timing now, this is why it should
be going to air and should be seen now. Now
I haven't seen it, so I can't judge what she
has decided is in the content of the show that

(05:03):
makes it so vital now, but she obviously believes that
she was the executive producer of it. Obviously, to pull
it just three days ahead of it dropping is a
very big decision to make.

Speaker 4 (05:14):
All right.

Speaker 1 (05:15):
Now, the final trailer for the Wicked sequel has been released.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
It's here. Yeah, I know you've been hanging for this, Larry,
and it has finally dropped today. We of course, still
have a way to go before the opening night. Now
in the trailer, we get to see how Glinda gets
her bubble for the first time. We're going to see
the Tin Man for the first time. You don't want
to hear from me. Take a look at this, So
there you go. It's exciting. It goes brand new music

(05:38):
from Stephen Schwartz as well, and.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
The Tea Man as well.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
Pee, there's music in it as well, and we've got
a glimpse there of the Lion. There's the tin Man.
There you go. So yeah, now what this is. Of course,
all leads up to it. If anyone doesn't understand what
Wicked is. It's the prequel to the Wizard of Oz.
So now everything is going to kind of fall into
place when Dorothy and the Tin Man and all heading
down the Yellow Brick roads.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
So, and the tin Man, of course, is Ariana's boyfriend.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
Right, Arianna's boyfriend, Arianna's boyfriend. Yeah, or even Slater, Yeah
he is, yeah, playing that role. Yeah, she's now. I
thought you meant the tin Man, Well, Tim Man is
a boyfriend, but not in character.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
I thought it's pretty simple.

Speaker 2 (06:18):
Thanks, Peter, isn't a man man of straw as well?

Speaker 1 (06:20):
What's is it?

Speaker 2 (06:20):
The scarecrow?

Speaker 1 (06:21):
Yeah, he's the other lady's boyfriend.