Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a significant part of his show to defending the First Amendment, particularly after Stephen Colbert’s show was canceled in July. He expressed feeling ashamed that he hadn’t fully appreciated this freedom until seeing what happened to Colbert and the pressure put on local stations to cancel *his* show as well, which he called illegal, un-American, and dangerous. Kimmel then showed a clip of Donald Trump celebrating the supposed “firing” of *JKL* and claiming low ratings, to which Kimmel quipped, “Well, I do tonight.” He concluded his nearly 20-minute segment by emphasizing that any government attempt to silence a comedian disliked by the president is a threat to American values.