Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional return to his late-night talk show on Tuesday, September 23, six days after ABC suspended the show indefinitely — and stars around the world are celebrating.
Kimmel, 57, opened Tuesday’s return episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by thanking his viewers, allies, fellow late-night talk show hosts and even his critics for supporting him over the last week. Kimmel’s show was “indefinitely” pre-empted by ABC on September 17 following right-wing criticism over his remarks about the suspect in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“I’m happy to be here tonight with you. I’m not sure who had a weirder 48 hours: me or the CEO of Tylenol,” Kimmel quipped. “It’s been overwhelming. I’ve heard from a lot of people over the last six days. I’ve hard from all th