Brian Stelter

The most popular clips, the most shared clips, they are not his celebrity interviews.

They are not his sketches.

They are not his absurd segments.

They are his anti-Trump commentaries.

They are his political monologues.

That is what people come to look for now from Jimmy Kimmel.

So when we hear conservatives bemoan Kimmel and say he's not funny and say he should be canceled and all that stuff that's out there that's all across Fox News, it's not true in terms of what the audience that Kimmel has wants.

Kimmel's audience wants him to take on Donald Trump.

Kimmel's audience wants him to point out the Trump administration's conduct, in some cases misconduct.

So...

Yeah, it is amazing to go from the man show to where Kimmel is now.

But he seems perfectly positioned to do it, at least between now and May.

I suppose there's a world where he does see benefits to being free from some parent company.

But working for Disney also conveys a lot of benefits, you know, including the fact that he was on almost 200 stations last night, even though a few dozen of them refused to air the show.

You know, working for Disney does bring him some even more high-profile visibility.

You know, there are some benefits to his platform, as well as certainly some drawbacks.

And I think now we're in this moment where...

You know, Kimmel is a cause, right?

For better or worse, whatever you think of it, Kimmel's a cause.

What he went through and the public pressure from the administration is part of the cause.