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On Wednesday, former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized entertainment executives for bowing to political pressure in the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, warning that corporate interests may be trading free speech protections for favors from the Donald Trump administration.

The audience is especially impressive given that the program was not available to roughly 25% of ABC affiliates.

Read how Howard Stern's fiery protest may have 'solved' the Jimmy Kimmel controversy, while Whoopi Goldberg led 'The View' hosts in slamming ABC over the show's suspension.

Jimmy Kimmel returned last night and delivered an opening monologue that earned him several standing ovations. He even had Robert DeNiro cameo for a skit about freedom of speech. Amid the suspension fallout, Disney announced a price hike of its streaming services. Talk about poor timing...

TV host Jimmy Kimmel defended free speech when he returned to US screens on Tuesday, calling government pressure on his late-night talk show "anti-American" as critics decried his suspension as an attack on constitutional rights.

On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accused two of the nation's largest TV station owners of potential corruption for blocking Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show while seeking regulatory approval from the Donald Trump administration.

“If you like me, you like me; if you don’t, you don’t,” Jimmy Kimmel said before crying onstage following a 6-day suspension.

The host’s monologue noted that the suspension of his late-night programme had ignited a national debate over free speech

The late-night talk-show host was suspended ‘indefinitely’ last week after making comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk