When the charges are dismissed? You have no idea if the charges will be dismissed.
So a bunch of people tuned in to see Kimmel's comments? Not surprising at all. I doubt he maintains that level of viewership. His ratings suck. His ratings suck because he's an unfunny, dishonest, comedian political hack.
All the late-night shows' ratings have been falling since 2015. In 2024-2025 Stephen Colbert had the highest total viewership with Jimmy Kimmel coming in second and Jimmy Fallon coming in third. So yes, a huge bunch of people did tune in to see Jimmy Kimmel's show, somewhere around 6.3 million viewers which was up from an average of 1.4 million viewers. No doubt his return show pulled in many people who will not become regular viewers. But no doubt some will. My point was and continues to be that thanks to his being taken off the air, his return show grew by 340%. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in reference to suspending the Jimmy Kimmel show, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Then Disney, ABC and affiliates suspended the Jimmy Kimmel show for less than a week before they saw the light and put the show back on. The public spoke and the public and Jimmy Kimmel won this battle. This is Karma.
You are right, I have no way of knowing if the charges against James Comey will be dismissed just as you have no way of knowing that they won't. This is because neither you nor I are legal experts, many of whom believe it will be dismissed for various reasons, including that the charges lack crucial details such as specific quotes from Comey's testimony that are alleged to be criminal lies. Also, the DOJ previously declined to prosecute the case against him because they found no evidence of Comey's willful intent to violate the law. But, regardless of whether there is a dismissal, acquittal, or conviction, there is likely to be appeals, prolonging the legal process. Therefore, it could be quite long time before either you or I or the rest of the world will know how this mess turns out.
Again, you are right that I do not know if the case will be dismissed but my gut feeling based on what I have read and heard is that it will be. And I also think whether it is or is not dismissed, many people will disagree with the outcome.
