HOLLYWOOD — Hours before Disney announced it was restoring Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show less than a week after suspending it indefinitely, six U.S. Congress members representing California rallied near his studio in Hollywood on Monday in support of free speech and to push back on the Trump administration's demands that Kimmel be taken off the air.

Joined by Los Angeles lawmakers and various unions representing film and television industry workers, they called on Disney CEO Bob Iger to return "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to its broadcast lineup and for the public to make their voices heard.

“Let’s call this what it is. It is an attempt at blatant government censorship,” Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Calif., said outside the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard as onlookers held up signs saying, “com

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