Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show following a nearly week-long suspension over comments about Charlie Kirk's killing.

Jimmy Kimmel is firing back at Vice President JD Vance.

The comedian responded on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to comments recently made by the vice president about the late-night host's temporary suspension.

In an interview with Fox News, Vance argued that Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission who controversially pressured ABC to take action against Kimmel, wasn't responsible for the late-night show being suspended. Vance added that Kimmel was off the air in some parts of the country because he's "not funny" and his "ratings aren't very good."

"I have some good news for you, J. Dog: We're back on all the stations," Kimmel said, referring to the fact that Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group have both resumed airing his show on their ABC affiliates.

Kimmel described Vance's comments about his suspension as a "fairytale even a five-year-old wouldn't believe" and addressed the vice president's claims about his ratings.

"My ratings aren't very good?" he said. "Last time I checked, your ratings were somewhere between a hair in your salad and chlamydia. In three-and-a-half years, I'm not the one who's going to be doing mascara tutorials on YouTube."

Kimmel was temporarily suspended earlier this month after he said that President Donald Trump's supporters were "desperately trying to characterize" Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with killing Charlie Kirk, as "anything other than one of them." The suspension came after Carr seemed to threaten ABC to take action against Kimmel. The network's move sparked widespread outcry in the entertainment industry and accusations of government censorship.

When he returned to the air after almost a week, Kimmel said that Carr pressuring ABC was a "direct violation of the First Amendment" and slammed Trump for trying to "cancel" him. He also clarified that it was "never my intention to make light" of Kirk's murder. Kimmel initially remained off air in parts of the country after Sinclair and Nexstar continued preempting him, but both later announced the show would return on their ABC affiliates.

On Sept. 29, Kimmel kicked off a series of shows filmed from Brooklyn, New York. The comedian is originally from Brooklyn, and he declared in his monologue that "no one tells somebody from Brooklyn to shut up, and if they do, we don't listen."

Kimmel is set to be joined on his Sept. 30 show by Stephen Colbert, whose "The Late Show" was controversially canceled by CBS in July. Kimmel will also appear on Colbert's show the same night.

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