Jimmy Fallon kicked off his monologue Thursday night with a number of awkward jokes surrounding his fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s TV exit.Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off air “indefinitely” on Wednesday after a Trump-appointed FCC chairman appeared to threaten ABC.

ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air Sept. 17 over comments made about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer. Here's how late-night hosts reacted.

After ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live!, insiders hint at a team-up with Stephen Colbert as Hollywood rallies behind the late-night host. The supporter of the president shared her thoughts in a viral post on X. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld got a brutal $787 million receipt dropped on him as he joked about the ouster of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

"Well, guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking, 'WTF?'" Fallon joked.

"Late Night" host Seth Meyers took time out of his monologue to comment on Jimmy Kimmel's abrupt ouster, characterizing it as a threat to free speech.

Minutes before NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon was slated to appear on a New York conference stage Thursday, organizers said he was out of the lineup.

ABC is stupid,” said one ABC source. “They should have edited Kimmel. They know Trump is after him. Their standards department should have flagged it. They should have known better.”

"Well, you know what my community values are, buster? Freedom of speech," Colbert said in his opening monologue on Thursday.

Jimmy Fallon addressed the indefinite suspension of fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's show on his late-night show. His response was slammed as "weak" by people online