"If this firing goes for you the way it did for me, you'll get 23 years on a better network," Maher said on the Friday episode of HBO's 'Real Time.'

In the wake of Kimmel's indefinite suspension from ABC, late night hosts like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Seth Meyers took to their programs to show support for Kimmel and lament the latest attack on free speech.

Jay Leno has weighed in on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC years after their tense exchange on Leno's own late-night show.

"The right and the left are always sort of misinterpreting things. He was inaccurate about something," Kimmel's former 'Man Show' co-host said. "It wasn’t like he was necessarily attacking Charlie Kirk.

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart defended Jimmy Kimmel and free speech during their Thursday night shows, after ABC indefinitely suspended his popular late-night show on Wednesday amid a controversy over recent comments made by the longtime host about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

Bill Maher addressed ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, comparing it to his own cancellation over two decades ago by the same network.

The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,” he wrote. “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert,

ABC confirmed Wednesday that the popular late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has been "pre-empted indefinitely" following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.