While Jimmy Kimmel has returned, the late-night reckoning continues

Published September 26, 2025 4:00am ET



When Jimmy Kimmel returned to the stage of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after a weeklong suspension that rocked Hollywood and sparked a national firestorm, the audience’s cheers were thunderous. The defiant host directly confronted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, whom he lampooned in a biting sketch featuring Robert De Niro as a mob-style censor. 

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