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It\u2019s not just Jimmy Kimmel making late-night radioactive.<\/span><\/p>\n The comedian\u2019s recent Trump assassination line drew plenty of heat, and rightly so, given that a third gunman just tried to kill the president days after that ABC broadcast.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s another, even more disturbing factor in play. Kimmel\u2019s studio audience howled at the crack, part of an alarming trend with far-Left audiences. And, perhaps most troubling of all, Kimmel\u2019s throng is about to expand.<\/span><\/p>\n Maybe by a lot. None of that bodes well for the national conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n Kimmel saying First Lady Melania Trump had the \u201cglow like an expectant widow\u201d didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. A few weeks earlier, \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d uncorked a similarly themed gag that drew a hearty response.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWeekend Update\u201d co-host Michael Che noted that President Donald Trump took time away from the Oval Office to take in a Broadway show.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s cool that the president is going to the theater. I mean, what\u2019s the worst that could happen?\u201d Once again, the crowd roared at the John Wilkes Booth insinuation.<\/span><\/p>\n Modern late-night audiences can\u2019t stop laughing at real or imagined violence. Late in 2024, \u201cThe Daily Show\u2019s\u201d <\/span>Jon Stewart looked stunned<\/span><\/a> as the show\u2019s audience greeted news of Luigi Mangione\u2019s capture following the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson with boos.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLook, I\u2019m sorry guys,\u201d Stewart meekly said.<\/span><\/p>\n Kimmel even did a bit showcasing how his <\/span>left-leaning female staffers had crushes on Mangione<\/span><\/a> following his alleged attack on a husband and father in cold blood.<\/span><\/p>\n Months later, Democrats began attacking Tesla dealerships to show their disgust with Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE policies. Part-time \u201cDaily Show\u201d host Jordan Klepper seemingly justified the serial attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMaybe people are mad at you because you don\u2019t seem to know what the [bleep] you\u2019re doing!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Once again, the crowd roared, and the message couldn\u2019t be clearer. Violence is acceptable if directed toward one\u2019s political foes.<\/span><\/p>\n Kimmel had previously jumped on the Left\u2019s anti-Tesla bandwagon, marinating in his audience\u2019s lust for violence. Here\u2019s OutKick describing one <\/span>particular monologue segment on the subject.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPeople have been vandalizing Tesla vehicles \u2014 new Tesla vehicles. Please don\u2019t vandalize, don\u2019t ever vandalize Tesla vehicles,\u201d Kimmel said before taking a long pause while the audience laughed.<\/span><\/p>\n Left-wing violence is worthy of laughs and encouragement to the average Kimmel fan\u2026and the host himself, apparently.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s betting the hard-working Americans who own and operate Tesla dealerships weren\u2019t amused. Nor should anyone be chuckling over political violence.<\/span><\/p>\n These aren\u2019t just a few random X users leaning on their worst instincts. It\u2019s people in a public venue showcasing vile sentiments. And, of course, cheering on comic ringleaders who have little interest in defusing that rage.<\/span><\/p>\n Just the opposite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mere months ago, Kimmel held up a T-shirt on camera that read, \u201cDonald J. Trump Is Gonna Kill You.\u201d That was neither funny nor subtle, much like Kimmel\u2019s brand.<\/span><\/p>\n And, through it all, the Legacy Media has circled the wagons. You won\u2019t read a bracing op-ed column castigating Kimmel, Colbert, Stewart, or other late-night voices for finding real-world violence hysterical.<\/span><\/p>\n The Hollywood Reporter quickly <\/span>rushed to defend Kimmel<\/span><\/a> following the \u201cexpectant widow\u201d crack, downplaying any attempt to fire him. The following day, the same site noted how actress Gina Carano <\/span>took years to claw back her career<\/span><\/a> after being fired by Disney, which owns ABC, for a social media plea for tolerance.<\/span><\/p>\n The hypocrisy was lost on the venerable outfit.<\/span><\/p>\n Kimmel\u2019s recent headlines find him the unofficial king of the far-Left resistance, and his fiefdom could get bigger soon. Colbert\u2019s \u201cLate Show\u201d ends its 11-year run May 21, following publicized reports that the show loses CBS a jaw-dropping $40 million a year.<\/span><\/p>\n Colbert will pop up elsewhere, either on a YouTube channel or a streamer eager to recreate his late-night shtick.<\/span><\/p>\n His viewers, weaned on a steady diet of far-Left rage, will have to go somewhere. Chances are, they\u2019ll give Kimmel a long, hard look. Late-night shows no longer grab the audiences that Johnny Carson did in his glory days. The media is far too splintered for that kind of unified audience.<\/span><\/p>\n Still, if you take Kimmel\u2019s ratings \u2014 the most <\/span>recent numbers<\/span><\/a> are 2.02 million viewers \u2014 and add some of that Colbert crowd (2.54 million), that\u2019s a sizable bump. For what it\u2019s worth, <\/span>Kimmel\u2019s ratings were smaller<\/span><\/a> before he misled viewers about Charlie Kirk\u2019s suspected assassin.<\/span><\/p>\n That, plus a Legacy Media arm that only encourages Kimmel to get meaner, suggests that Kimmel\u2019s Resistance shtick will have a much broader platform going into the midterm elections and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n The only chance that Kimmel\u2019s late-night screeds go the way of Samantha Bee, Magic Johnson, and other late-night victims comes down to simple economics.<\/span><\/p>\n CBS claimed \u201cThe Late Show\u201d under Colbert\u2019s reign was losing the network $40 million a year. That show regularly beats Kimmel\u2019s program in the ratings. So does anyone think \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d is actually making a profit? At some point, will an ABC executive crunch the numbers and ask why a major corporation finds losing money acceptable?<\/span><\/p>\n Until then, the hateful show will go on. The scariest part? \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d with Jimmy Fallon is left-leaning but far less callous than his late-night peers. And he\u2019s getting clobbered by both Kimmel and Colbert in the ratings.<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently, a large portion of the country craves hate and violence on their late-night TV.<\/span><\/p>\n More troubling news? Some of President Trump\u2019s would-be assassins\u2019 manifestos sound achingly similar to a standard Kimmel screed.<\/span><\/p>\n