Jimmy Kimmel Drops Senate Candidate Interview Citing FCC Pressure

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico will not air on network - Reuters

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico will not air on network  Reuters

Jimmy Kimmel says he dropped Talarico interview from broadcast after FCC pressure

ABC has been in a months-long feud with the FCC and its chair, Trump appointee Brendan Carr.

By Amy B Wang

Kimmel says he’s interviewing Senate candidate Talarico ‘under unusual circumstances’

Interview will air on YouTube instead of late-night talkshow after FCC ‘threatened’ show and ABC Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has saidan upcoming interview with the Democratic Senate candidate from Texas James Talarico will not air on ABC, the US network that broadcasts his show, after the federal media regulator “threatened” his show, ABC and its local affiliates. “Tomorrow night I’ll be interviewing James Talarico under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel said during his opening monologue on ...

By Anna Betts

Kimmel says interview with Democratic candidate won't air on his network show, cites FCC threats

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.

Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico won't air on ABC amid FCC threats

ABC has come under increased pressure from the FCC, and the Trump administration has raised concerns about equal air time for political candidates.