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Stephen Colbert declared “our long national late nightmare is over” in celebrating the return of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to ABC Tuesday night.

Late-night hosts Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers also cheered the return of Kimmel.

Movie, TV and stage stars, along with comedians, directors and writers signed an open letter from the American Civil Liberties Union, urging Americans to fight to defend their constitutionally protected right to free speech.

Late-night hosts rejoiced Monday after Walt Disney Co. announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be back on the air Tuesday.

“Just a few hours before we tape this broadcast, we got word that our long national late nightmare is over,” Steph

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