New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- John Oliver is speaking out against ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, delivering a direct appeal to Disney CEO Bob Iger. On the September 21 episode of HBO's Last Week Tonight, Oliver devoted his main story to Kimmel's suspension, calling it a dangerous precedent for free speech.

He described the FCC-driven pretext for the suspension as "laughably weak," adding, "Kimmel didn't denigrate Charlie Kirk or make light of his killing."

"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.

"A person getting shot is tragic and a person ...