India, Sept. 24 -- Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned to national television with the first episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after his one-week suspension by the ABC following an "ill-timed" comment about the death of Charlie Kirk.

"I'm happy to be here tonight with you," Kimmel said, as he appeared after a short segment containing clips from different media outlets' coverage of the anticipation around tonight's episode.

He was greeted with a huge applause as he cracked a joke on pre-empting the show 'Family Feud' so that 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' could be on.

"I'm not sure who had a weirder 48 hours, me or the CEO of Tylenol," Kimmel said. "It's been overwhelming. I've heard from a lot of people over the last six days. I've heard from al...