Overview
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! was named Best Talk Show at the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday in Santa Monica.
- Onstage, Kimmel delivered a sarcastic thank-you to President Donald Trump, praising him for "all the ridiculous things" he does every day.
- Reflecting on last fall, he called his six-day suspension "almost a near-death experience," likened it to Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn watching their own funeral, and noted his September 23 return after protests.
- He said the suspension followed his comments about the death of Trump ally Charlie Kirk.
- Kimmel thanked writers, actors, producers and union members and stressed not taking free expression for granted, as online reaction dissected whether his Trump line was a gag or pointed satire.