Jimmy Kimmel made his return to late night television on Tuesday, his audience loudly cheering and chanting his name. Calling recent events "overwhelming," Kimmel stated that "everyone [he] had ever met has reached out ten or 11 times," giving shout outs to fellow talk show hosts such as Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, and Stephen Colbert.
ABC pulled Kimmel off air last Wednesday, seemingly bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC's broadcasting licence mere hours before the announcement, having taken objection to Kimmel's comments about Republicans' reactions to right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk's death. While President Donald Trump and his followers reacted to Kimmel's suspension