Kimmel says interview with Democratic candidate not allowed to air on network show | CBC News

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 noted that for decades talk shows ​have been free to interview political candidates without being subject ​to those rules.

Kimmel noted that he ​had previously interviewed U.S. President Donald Trump as a candidate in 2016.

Gomez condemned the latest "intimidation" from her agency — and added that she hopes "courts will soon make clear that the FCC has no place dictating editorial choices or what viewers are allowed to see."

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The reviews were ordered a day after ‌Trump urged ABC to fire Kimmel. Disney filed suit to block the early reviews in August, saying Trump is trying to punish the network over its content.

In February, former CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert said the network's lawyers barred ⁠him from airing an interview with Talarico on his show and instead aired it on YouTube, ⁠where ⁠it has been seen more than 9.5 ​million times.

Broadcast stations need FCC licences to use public airwaves. While licence revocations are extremely rare, critics say the threat of losing a licence can pressure broadcasters and raise concerns about government interference in editorial and programming decisions. Networks have ⁠broad First Amendment protections over programming ‌choices.

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