"Kimmel entered the stage in Hollywood to a standing ovation and minute-long applause for his monologue. "Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted," Kimmel said to open the show. He then joked that his program was "preempting your regularly-scheduled encore episode of Celebrity Family Feud to bring you this special report - I am happy to be here tonight.""
"The matter began on September 15 when Kimmel said in his monologue that the "MAGA gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them" and trying to "score political points from it." On September 17, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr said on a podcast that Kimmel should be off the air and that "we can do this the easy way or the hard way.""
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the show with a jokey opening featuring a montage of news clips, a monkey-and-banana-suit bit, and a standing ovation. He opened by saying, "Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted," and joked about preempting Celebrity Family Feud. The show had been off the air for nearly a week after ABC suspended Kimmel following comments related to the death of Charlie Kirk. The controversy began on September 15 when Kimmel criticized the "MAGA gang" for trying to portray the killer as not one of them and for trying to score political points. FCC chair Brendan Carr urged Kimmel's removal and Nexstar pulled the program from dozens of markets.
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