India, Sept. 25 -- After nearly a weeklong suspension, Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night TV with an emotional episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which pulled in 6.3 million viewers. It emerged as its most-watched regularly scheduled episode ever.

The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host returned to his late-night desk with an emotional episode on Tuesday night. ABC had pulled the host off the air indefinitely in the wake of criticism over his comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month. On Monday, ABC announced the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

The viewership numbers are from traditional television, and are more than three times the show's typical TV viewership, even though the show was blacked out in many marke...