Jimmy Kimmel says show won’t air James Talarico interview on TV, citing FCC threats
Jimmy Kimmel announced on Wednesday night that his show would not air his upcoming interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on television, citing the Trump administration’s threats against ABC.
NBC News3 sources
Published by CurrentWire · First coverage · Latest coverage
Compiled by CurrentWire News Desk
Summary based on reporting from The Guardian, CNBC and NBC News.
Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: The Guardian · Sep 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM ET
- Coverage span: 1h 34m
- Coverage: 3 reports from 3 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 3 publications in 2h 30m
In this story
Automated coverage analysis
Generated automatically from the coverage listed on this page. CurrentWire adds no editorial claims.
All-time coverage
5 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: CNBC, NBC News, The Guardian, The Hill, The Verge.
From the CurrentWire archive
Coverage
3 publications are covering this story.
Excerpts are the summaries each publisher distributes with its own feed, shortened and attributed.
CNBCTier B
Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico won't air on ABC amid FCC threats(opens original report in a new tab)ABC has come under increased pressure from the FCC, and the Trump administration has raised concerns about equal air time for political candidates. — CNBC
NBC NewsTier B
Jimmy Kimmel says show won’t air James Talarico interview on TV, citing FCC threats(opens original report in a new tab)The GuardianTier B
Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC(opens original report in a new tab)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… — The Guardian
How coverage developed
First report from The Guardian
Reported by NBC News
Story updateThe Verge joined coverage
Story updateNBC News joined coverage
Story updateCNBC joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 4 sources
Story updateThe Guardian joined coverage
Reported by CNBC
Story updateCoverage went from 4 to 3 sources
How CurrentWire compiled this story
NBC News (www.nbcnews.com), a Tier B publisher, filed this report on . CurrentWire published this page on .
Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 84.3 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 34.2 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 11.1 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
Filed under Politics · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Senate (15), Texas (18), Trump FCC (none), James Talarico (2).
CurrentWire is a news discovery platform. This page summarizes and links to original reporting; full articles, imagery and copyright remain with the publishers listed above.