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CBS host Stephen Colbert says network barred airing interview with Texas US Senate candidate 2026/02/17 17:43
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- URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/cbs-host-stephen-colbert-says-network-barred-airing-interview-with-texas-us-2026-02-17/
- Posted: 2026/02/17 12:43 EST (date: 2026/02/17)
- Topics: Stephen Colbert CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert censorship Brendan Carr 2026/02/16 James Talarico US/gov/FCC Paramount equal-time rule
- Summary: «CBS late-night show host Stephen Colbert said on Monday that the network's lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate.» ... «The Republican-led FCC said last month that daytime and late-night TV talk shows are no longer considered "bona fide" news programs that are exempt from equal time rules that require them to give air time to the views of opposing candidates. [..] Colbert criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr and the network's lawyers, saying they were unilaterally enforcing Carr's directive for "purely financial reasons." [..] Those words echoed the explanation Paramount provided when it announced in July that Colbert's program would go off the air in May as it was seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.»
- source: Reuters
Links
- 2026-02-16 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico: Stephen explains the situation
- 2026-02-16 (11:05) deadline.com Stephen Colbert Defies CBS, Says Network Banned Him From Interviewing James Talarico On ‘The Late Show’ (via)
- 2026-02-17 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature: the interview he was not allowed to broadcast or link to
- 2026-02-18 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico