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On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon set aside their late-night rivalry to welcome back fellow host Jimmy Kimmel, who returned from suspension. In his monologue on The Late Show, Colbert expressed gratitude for his own show, which is set to conclude at the end of the season following CBS’s cancellation. He humorously noted, “I’m gonna say thanks to everyone in here, and to everyone watching from home — who I think might just be my wife, Evie. Because everybody else is probably watching ABC because tonight, Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves.”

Colbert continued, “I’m glad Kimmel’s back. He is a wonderful fella. To know him well is to admire him immensely — even if he takes the whole summer off.” Meanwhile, Fallon also acknowledged Kimmel’s return during his monologue on NBC, joking, “If you’re tuning in to see what I’ll say about my suspension the last couple days, again, you’re watching the wrong Jimmy… Dad. The other Jimmy, Dad!”

Kimmel’s comeback on ABC featured a nearly 30-minute monologue where he thanked supporters during his suspension, addressed his controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk, and passionately defended free speech. His monologue is being praised for its timeliness and is expected to become one of his most-watched segments on YouTube in years. Kimmel stated, “Look, I never imagined I would be in a situation like this. I barely paid attention in school. One thing I did learn from Lenny Bruce and George Carlin and Howard Stern, is that a government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American. So I’m glad we have some solidarity on that from the right and left and from those in the middle — like Joe Rogan. Maybe the silver lining from this is we found one thing we can agree on … Let’s stop letting these politicians tell us what they want and tell them what we want.”

Prior to Kimmel’s return, his fellow late-night hosts, including Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Seth Meyers, celebrated the news after ABC lifted the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Meyers described the situation as “a massive national backlash to Trump’s crackdown on free speech, even among conservatives.” The Walt Disney Company, ABC’s parent, announced on Monday that Kimmel’s show would resume broadcasting after the brief suspension sparked a national debate over free speech and the pressure tactics of the Trump administration. However, the show will still be unavailable in many areas of the U.S., as Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar have decided to continue preempting it.

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