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Jimmy Kimmel’s return showed the potential — and limits — of celebrity resistance

Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC after a weeklong pause on Tuesday night. | Randy Holmes / Disney via Getty Images Our great national censorship nightmare is over — but only for about three-quarters of the ABC stations in America. Jimmy Kimmel was back on the air Tuesday night after Disney, the parent company of ABC, reversed its decision last week to suspend his talk show over comments he made about MAGA supporters’ response to the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. That initial pause came after increasing pressure from the Trump administration and two TV station groups —

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