Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension and appeared emotional in his monologue, seeming close to tears.

Kimmel took the stage to a long-standing ovation and chants of "Jimmy, Jimmy."

Jimmy Kimmel monologue

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For 16 minutes , he touched on many topics and mixed humor and emotion to address the situation, but made no apologies. And he criticized the FCC's actions and the ABC affiliates who took his show off the air.

For context:

Two stations groups that represent about a quarter of ABC stations, Sinclair and Nexstar, ordered their outlets not to show Kimmel on Tuesday .

What he said:

"I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human

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