Jimmy Kimmel's First Words Back on Air Were a Nod to Another Late Night Host Embroiled in Controversy

Jimmy Kimmel's return to ABC on Tuesday night was met with rapturous applause, and while his monologue was at once emotional, incisive and playful as he addressed the uproar over his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassin and the backlash to ABC pulling him from the air, he chose his opening words carefully in a nod to another late night host who was embroiled in controversy over network censorship. "Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted," Kimmel said at the top of his first show back after being off the air for four days, a line that was identical to how "Tonight Show" . . .