Jimmy Fallon kicked off his monologue Thursday night with a number of awkward jokes surrounding his fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s TV exit.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off air “indefinitely” on Wednesday after a Trump-appointed FCC chairman appeared to threaten ABC. Fallon was the last of the late-night hosts to cover the drama.

“The big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking WTF‚" Fallon said. The humor didn’t get any edgier from there.

“This morning I woke up to 100 text messages from my dad saying, ‘I’m sorry they canceled your show.’ I go, ‘That’s not me. That’s Jimmy Kimmel,’” Fallon joked further.

Fallon assured viewers with mock seriousness that he wouldn’t allow any government censorship to affect his sho

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