Another big James Talarico interview is punted to YouTube due to FCC threats
Jimmy Kimmel is the latest talk show host to move an interview with Talarico online after the FCC ‘threatened’ him.
Jimmy Kimmel is the latest talk show host to move an interview with Talarico online after the FCC ‘threatened’ him.
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Stevie Bonifield
Sep 10, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC
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Stevie Bonifield
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.
Jimmy Kimmel will be interviewing Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico “under unusual circumstances,” posting the interview directly to YouTube, rather than airing it on TV duringJimmy Kimmel Live. InWednesday night’s episode, Kimmel said this was out of concern for retaliation from the Trump administration’s FCC:
[Trump’s] FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings, it would seem they don’t like. And so, out of consideration for our local stations, especially our ABC affiliates in Texas who would have to deal with this nonsense, my interview tomorrow with James Talarico will not air on television. It will be posted on YouTube instead. It will not be on TV.
Kimmel’s announcement comes almost a year after his show wastaken off the airin response to threats from FCC chairBrendan Carr. In February, Stephen Colbert also had tomove an interview with Talarico to YouTube, claiming CBS barred him from airing it over worries about upsetting the FCC, citing the FCC’s equal time rule. The FCC also took aim atThe Viewafter an interview with Talarico earlier this year.
ABC, which airsJimmy Kimmel LiveandThe View,filed a lawsuit against the FCClast month claiming it has “waged a retaliatory campaign” against its networks, “punishing” ABC by threatening to pull its broadcast licenses.
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