Comedian Jimmy Kimmel marked his return to late-night television Tuesday with a nearly 30-minute monologue on free speech that addressed the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the conduct of Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr and the effect of his show's suspension on American democracy.

"(Freedom of speech) is something I'm embarrassed to say I took for granted until they pulled my friend Stephen (Colbert) off the air and tried to coerce the affiliates who run our show in the cities that you live in to take my show off the air," Kimmel said Tuesday, referencing Paramount's decision to end Colbert's show on as it sought FCC approval of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media in July. "That's not legal, that's not American. That is un-American, and it is so da

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