Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC

Host says he’s interviewing Senate candidate ‘under unusual circumstances’ and it will be posted on YouTube Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has said an 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 “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Anna Betts · Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 7:10 AM
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Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC

Host says he’s interviewing Senate candidate ‘under unusual circumstances’ and it will be posted on YouTube

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has said an 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 “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday.

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