Jimmy Kimmel's fellow late night hosts react to his return and ratings success: from Stephen Colbert to Jimmy Fallon

During his own monologue on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, Jimmy joked: "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." While he didn't address it much further, on the social media post with Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s monologue, the Tonight Show's official page commented: "Welcome back, Jimmy! We love you!"

In his own monologue on September 24 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the host said: "I'm in a good mood, because last night our friend Jimmy Kimmel returned to television, just so proud of him! So proud to know that man. Jimmy spoke beautifully about free speech and unity, he made great jokes, showed his deep emotions, got huge ratings."

He did joke that Disney would be coming out with a "live action" adaptation of "Guillermo & Stitch," referencing his sidekick Guillermo Diaz, and praised his YouTube success adding: "That ain't easy, we know this business," though quipped: "That puts you just five billion views behind El Chombo's song with the dancing alien."

On Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday, Seth told the crowd near the end of his monologue, which mostly criticized Donald Trump's administration and his views on censorship: "Minutes before we started taping we got word that our friend Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air," leading to a lengthy applause from the studio audience.

"There has been a massive national backlash to Trump's crackdown on free speech, even among conservatives," he continued. "I haven't seen a poll yet but I think, if you ask Americans if the President should be dictating what TV hosts can and can't say, you'd get about 3% positive and…" then cut to a clip of the President addressing the media's supposed coverage of him to be "97% negative."

On Monday's episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart told the crowd: "Young Jimmy Kimmel's coming back to television," before joking he was "flying high like Advil" in a response to Trump's viral recent comment on Tylenol. He also referenced the mass Disney+ subscription purge in response to ABC's decision, including people trying to figure out if Hulu fell under that umbrella too.

"It's one thing to swear off cruises, but The Avengers? Nah!" he continued. "How is it possible that by getting rid of one company, I can't watch Winnie the Pooh or Monday Night Football…or listen to early Hilary Duff," and briefly started singing her hit "So Yesterday" before ending with: "I'd sing more of it, but Disney is very litigious."

On Last Week Tonight, which aired on Monday, John Oliver addressed Jimmy's suspension with a broader discussion on the administration's attempt to shut down late night discourse, which has historically always involved tongue-in-cheek commentary and jokes at the expense of the government.

He referenced his writing team's Emmy win on September 14 by pointing out that in his writers' speech, when he thanked the acknowledgment of late night political writing while the medium is still allowed to "exist," the camera cutaway to Jimmy in the audience now feels "pretty prescient," which left the studio audience in guffaws.