Bill Maher is the latest talk show host coming to Jimmy Kimmel‘s defense amid his show’s suspension — despite not fully agreeing with his remarks that led to ABC benching the broadcast.

Check out his speech on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday night — Bill rallied behind his “compatriot” Jimmy, later adding … “I am with you, I support you.”

BM also brought up his own firing from ABC 24 years ago, telling Jimmy … “If this firing goes for you the way it did for me, you’ll get 23 years on a better network.” He took another swipe at ABC, calling it the “Always Be Caving” network.

But, he gets why people are upset with Jimmy’s remark that Tyler Robinson — the gunman suspected of killing Charlie Kirk — is part of the political right. Bill says Jimmy was a bit out of line when he placed Tyler in with conservatives … but also said he should not have lost his job for it.

Bill goes on to encourage the ladies of “The View” to speak up after they remained silent on the discourse this week … it’s all in the clip.

As you know, ABC placed “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on an indefinite hiatus after FCC chairman Brendan Carr said he would take action against the network if something wasn’t done.

Jimmy has remained silent about the shocking news … but plenty of his Hollywood peers have spoken out in his defense, including Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert.

It’s not known if ‘Live!’ will be canceled, or whether this is simply a temporary suspension.

On Friday, Donald Trump praised Carr for pushing ABC on Jimmy’s remarks, calling him an “incredible American patriot with courage.”

Jimmy Kimmel is getting out of dodge after he was suspended by ABC — and we captured him bolting to his vehicle!

TMZ shot video of the embattled late-night host rushing into his Chevy Silverado inside a garage Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Check out the footage … Jimmy, dressed down in a flannel shirt, jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap, dashes into the backseat of the SUV with the help of his handler.

Hours earlier, ABC announced Jimmy was suspended for comments he made on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” about the murder of Charlie Kirk.

During Monday’s show, Jimmy said … “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.”

Nexstar Media Group — which owns a bunch of ABC affiliates — piled on, saying … “Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”

We’re told Jimmy was in his TV studio when the bad news broke and he eventually left, ducking into the garage to make his getaway. Guillermo, Jimmy’s sidekick, was also there and seen chatting with staffers after ABC’s announcement.