The Federal Communications Commission under Trump's administration has threatened media outlets for editorial decisions, such as guest bookings.

Kimmel says interview with James Talarico won't air under FCC pressure, will be on YouTube. Colbert put an interview with Talarico on YouTube after Trump Admin/FCC for the same reason. #USPol Anna Gomez, the FCC's sole Democrat, said in a Thursday statement on social media that Kimmel’s decision to keep the interview off-air “shows just how far this Administration’s campaign of censorship and control has gone.” https://apnews.com/article/trump-jimmy-kimmel-television-fcc-d3b6ccd636d8b94bd9485e7082438046

Trump's “FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations based on... guest bookings it would seem they don’t like”... “My interview tomorrow with James Talarico will not air on tv... you will have to go to the Jimmy Kimmel Live #YouTube channel, where you will see it in its entirety... because in the #America we live in right now, that is the best that we can do until November.” https://meidasnews.com/news/kimmel-says-trump-fcc-threats-forced-talarico-interview-off-tv #Trump #Censorship #Politics #News #US

Jimmy Kimmel told Wednesday night’s “Live” audience that his Thursday interview with James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee from Texas, would not air on television, but would instead be posted on YouTube. The “unusual circumstances” of the interview, Kimmel said, were prompted by the Federal Communications Commission’s actions under Trump, which Kimmel said had “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.” Under guidance released in January,the F.C.C. warned that entertainment-oriented talk shows carried on local TV stations were required to offer equal airtime to candidates running for the same office. “You know, for a lot of years, for the whole 20-plus years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio, etc. etc.,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “I interviewed Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2015, and at that time, when he was the one sitting next to me, he seemed to have no problem with the idea of talk show hosts interviewing candidates" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/arts/television/jimmy-kimmel-james-talarico-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Kimmel Says Trump’s FCC Has Threatened Show, So His James Talarico Interview Will Air On YouTube Instead Of ABC https://deadline.com/2026/09/kimmel-trump-threat-james-talarico-interview-1237073160/

Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC tonight. Kimmel says Trump’s FCC has threatened him, his show, ABC, its affiliates, and local stations over basic editorial decisions and who they choose to interview. https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mv65ihtt7c2u - From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc 500+ char posts not resent Unaffiliated w/ AltNPS - #AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump