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Jon Stewart cracked a joke about Jimmy Kimmel 's return to ABC while taking aim at the FCC's threat to the network that coincidentally -- or not -- occurred just before "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was yanked from the air. Play video content

Check out this clip from Monday's 'Daily Show' ... Jon says he's shocked Jimmy's show is returning, considering he was told the FCC's threat to ABC -- that they could "do this the easy way or the hard way" -- had nothing to do with the show's now short-lived hiatus.

Instead, he quipped, with a ton of sarcasm ... "We just randomly remove one show a week!"

He also played a clip of Fox News arguing if Donald Trump wanted anyone who disagrees with him off the air, there would be only a "handful" of shows left ... which Jon said is the perfect

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