Kimmel And Colbert Say FCC ‘Equal Time’ Rule Is A Bid To ‘Stifle’ Them

FCC Puts Jimmy Kimmel and 'The View' on Notice in Warning to Shows 'Motivated by Partisan Purposes'

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr put ABC and other broadcast networks on notice that programs like “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The View” are subject to “equal time” rules if […] The post FCC Puts Jimmy Kimmel and 'The View' on Notice in Warning to Shows 'Motivated by Partisan Purposes' appeared first on The Western Journal.

FCC Puts Liberal Late-Night Shows on Notice Over Unequal Airtime

FCC Puts Liberal Late-Night Shows on Notice Over Unequal Airtime Alaina Lopez Fri, 01/23/2026 - 14:41 Media Hit Date Fri, 01/23/2026 - 09:45 Hit End Time Fri, 01/23/2026 - 09:46 Media Type Online/Print Hit Type Mention Outlet Townhall Author/Host Amy Curtis Department NewsBusters MRC Employee Curtis Houck Media Hit Link https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/23/fcc-warns-late-night-shows-… Major Hit Off Topic The FCC ha…

Jimmy Kimmel Says FCC Is 'Coming for Us Again' as Brendan Carr Issues Demands for Late-Night Hosts and The View

"It's his latest attack on free speech and it's a joke," Kimmel said during his Thursday, Jan. 22 monologue ABC; Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Jimmy Kimmel (left); Brendan CarrNEED TO KNOWJimmy Kimmel has a message for the FCC, and fans, after the agency demanded shows like his provide equal air time for candidates from multiple political partiesKimmel said that the Trump administration's FCC and its chairman Brendan Carr are "reinterpretin…

"Watch out, Colbert and 'The View': FCC warns TV hosts to air both sides" #ELB

Politico: President Donald Trump’s top television regulator warned late-night and daytime hosts that they need to give political candidates equal time when booking guests — a move that brought renewed objections that the administration is treading on free speech.… Continue reading The post “Watch out, Colbert and ‘The View’: FCC warns TV hosts to air both sides” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Kimmel And Colbert Accuse FCC Of Trying To 'Squash' And 'Silence' Them

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, accused President Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of trying to “squash” and “silence” them on their Thursday shows after Carr announced that he believes the regulations that say broadcast networks must allow for equal time among candidates applies to their shows. After a history lesson, Kimmel retorted, “That's how every talk show has operated since then until this week whe…

Kimmel And Colbert Say FCC ‘Equal Time’ Rule Is A Bid To ‘Stifle’ Them

The late-night hosts questioned the relevance of the old rule in an era where broadcast TV viewership is declining and labeled it as a bid to stifle their speech.