ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico will not air on network
Kimmel said the segment will stream online after FCC equal-time pressure, following a similar YouTube posting of Colbert’s Talarico interview that drew 9.5 million views.
- Jimmy Kimmel announced Thursday that his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will air on YouTube instead of his broadcast show, citing threats from the Federal Communications Commission.
- In January, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr directed daytime and late-night talk shows to offer equal airtime to all political candidates, effectively ending long-standing exemptions for 'bona fide news interviews.'
- Host Stephen Colbert faced similar pressure when CBS pulled his Talarico interview in February, while Kimmel noted he had previously interviewed Donald Trump as a candidate without licensing threats.
- Talarico, challenging Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat, previously raised $2.5 million within 24 hours after a late-night interview aired online earlier this year.
- Broadcasters maintain they possess broad First Amendment protections regarding guest selection, though critics warn that using license threats to influence editorial content raises constitutional concerns.
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Kimmel says interview with Democratic candidate not allowed to air on network show
ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday will air on YouTube and not during the network broadcast, citing threats from the Federal Communications Commission.
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