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This week in late night: Jimmy Kimmel gets suspended and then he gets support.
- The clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live that MAGA is mad about
- Jimmy Fallon talks about Kimmel during his monologue
- Seth Meyers jokingly admires the president during A Closer Look
- Stephen Colbert stands up for Kimmel
- Colbert revives Colbert Report's The Word to mock MAGA
- Jon Stewart takes over The Daily Show desk on a Thursday
- ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel from the air indefinitely
- Details about what happened before and after the suspension
- A Thursday meeting left in a stalemate
- The network made the move due to cowardice
- The Hollywood Reporter covers how the suspension came about
- Nexstar wants to buy TEGNA and Kimmel may have been the rock in their shoe with the FCC
- Fans protesting Disney
- David Letterman tells The Atlantic his thoughts on FCC and President silencing Kimmel
- Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway cover the news
- Kimmel staffer suggests the show may be done for good
- Other late night hosts who came back after controversy
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