United Kingdom, Jan. 12 -- David Letterman says Jimmy Kimmel has brought Disney and other network bosses "to their knees".

The 78-year-old late night legend has his former CBS home - where he spent more than two decades - in a scathing takedown of network television as he praised Kimmel for how he handled Jimmy Kimmel Live! being briefly taken off the air by Disney-owned ABC after his comments following the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September last year.

Speaking on The Barbara Gaines Show, Letterman said: "Jimmy Kimmel single-handedly brought the people at Disney and all of those other network television owners to their knees."

He also dismissed notions people might have about the political leanings of late night comedy.

He arg...