Jimmy Kimmel ’s return to his talk show on Tuesday night promises to be one of the most massive television moments of the decade.

And based on past performance, Kimmel is up to the challenge.

In bringing down the temperature around his show — a show that became the object of conservative ire and FCC threats after a series of jokes last week pertaining to the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk — Kimmel will need to demonstrate some sensitivity. In reasserting himself as a comedian with the right to speak his mind without reprisal from the government, he will need to keep his signature bite. And through it all, he will have to be funny.

Consider, for instance, his broadcasts after the birth of his son Billy, in 2017. Billy was born with a congenital heart defect that required

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