Jimmy Kimmel made a triumphant return to television (in most, but not all, cities) on Tuesday night, devoting his monologue to his short but shocking removal from the air. The comedian tackled the uproar head-on, directly naming Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission Chair who had instigated Kimmel’s censorship. In a later segment, he took aim at Carr in a sketch where Robert De Niro played an unnamed FCC Chair occupying Carr’s office.
In his opening remarks, Kimmel impressed upon the value of free speech, saying that he had met comedians and talk show hosts from totalitarian countries who had told him that they could “get thro …
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