Jimmy Kimmel Moves James Talarico Interview Off ABC After FCC Pressure
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.
Alt National Park Service714So rather than put Texas ABC affiliates in the middle of it, Kimmel says the full interview will be posted to YouTube instead. This is where we are now. A candidate interview gets moved off broadcast television because local stations are worried about what the federal government might do next.
grassfedsteelhead.bsky.social48Republicans will always fight for freedom of speech when that speech involves calling a minority a slur, but running an interview of a candidate that might beat them, that’s going too far.
JC42By making such a big deal about it, they’ve actually raised awareness and promoted it. Now, many MORE people will know about it and watch it.
Patrick Baker29The regime is threatening to violate Kimmel’s and ABC’s first amendment rights. They should be sued for their blatantly illegal actions.
Cheryl T.26Kimmel should have invited Talarico and Paxton to appear together. Paxton has dodged debating Talarico, so he probably would have refused. Then Kimmel could have interviewed Talarico next to an empty chair. FCC problem solved.
pamnapo.bsky.social22This is what fascism looks like.
Nancy Levine Stearns19FCC chief Brendan Carr authored the chapter about the FCC for Project 2025, the blueprint manifesto for white Christian nationalist regime installation.
Sea⚡Kelpie 🔥🐉4Must NOT criticize the Fascist Regime /sarcasm #FuckTrump ⚡️🔥💣💥
KQ53That's # 1, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Free Speech is an American RIGHT. It's in the CONSTITUTION.
Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸🐸✊🏽3Now I want to watch it and share it.
darbyct.bsky.social2Well I certainly hope we can turn the tables on these people in the future
California National Party (CNP)2Imagine thinking the US was still a “leader of the free world” when free speech in the US has already been taken away by its dictator. #FreeTheBear
Kim2Republicans are pathetic in their effort to pretend they are not going to lose their asses this November.
COWARDS..ABC has Censored Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico Trump is SCARED ABC just a bunch of cowards We can all watch it on YouTube ... Follow and support @jamestalarico.bsky.social BTW Talarico can win !
Melissa Jo Peltier6The people who won’t vote for Talarico likely don’t watch Kimmel anyway.
Hate to Badger You...2Maybe Jimmy Kimmel should just take his show online. ABC continues to show why broadcast networks are increasingly becoming irrelevant.
ZiggyStardust2Interesting fact: on Antenna TV, ABC is regularly scrambled, buffering & glitching while all other channels are coming in clear as a bell. Basically, iABC can’t be watched on Antenna TV!! Gee I wonder whether the FCC is harassing ABC? 🤔
Janice🇵🇦🇨🇦🇺🇲1I don't watch ANY legacy news (SEE BS, NBC, ABC, etc.). Youtube and Substack have been my news sources for a few years now along with a couple of international news agencies.
Obama shouldn’ta made that joke1Last time they did this the YouTube blew up will probably backfire again
Jimmy Kimmel is again facing the wrath of the FCC. As a result, he’ll have to air his interview with James Talarico on YouTube. “For the whole 20+ years of our show, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio etc.”
spincast-ag300.bsky.social9This has already backfired on the idiots at the FCC and the entire trump cabal. Kimmel uses this blatantly obvious & irrefutably example of censorship to call out the Rethuglicans and increase the audience for the interview which is now easier to see at the viewers convenience.
732lighthouse.bsky.social5Trump-Gov billionaire oligarchs want “state run” networks/media, similar to Russia/China. Way too many Americans never read Project 2025 & are pathetically ignorant about Trump & team’s fascist takeover of the country.
A Dandelion4The same happened before👇 youtube.com/shorts/uykhI...
saintjerry64.bsky.social2Invite Paxton to do an interview if he refuses then air the Talarico interview. By Paxton refusing it should take the liability off Kimmel
beachgoods.com1Nothing to "Like" about this.
LarryGKay1Be great if he showed up on his show and said nothing as to not break any corrupt FCC rules
It’s the second time this year a late-night interview with the Texas U.S. Senate candidate has been moved online (via KERA).
Janet Weiss11JFC. The Trump Regime truly is a circus of bumbling clowns. The reason James Talarico's name became household last February was because they tried the same bullshit with Stephen Colbert — who instead made Talarico a star. Oh well. Fuck them.
Maui Katherine7Republicans are extremely afraid of him.
galaxydreams70.bsky.social5Maybe John Oliver can host Ken Paxton? I would like to see that. 🤣
buzzloudly.bsky.social4Land of the free 🤔
Carson4ABC shows once again that they kowtow to Trump.
ChickenParm3Just invite Paxton on and keep asking him what “biblical grounds” means until he runs away crying. How hard is that?
David Brauer15Honest to fuck is air the Talarico interview & relish the chance to duel with Paxton down the road.
Good Trouble7Meanwhile Fox News can lie 24/7 😤
Michael Girard, CA, PAA-NCGR4Must be scared of him. But yeah: this is fascism.
ZephDrouhin3Because of FCC partisan political pressure
Virginia Scharff2What is it about Brendan Carr and James Talarico being interviewed on late night shows? What's Brendan afraid of?
CTS2Jebus. Stupid networks. Hopefully he gets way more views on YouTube. This just brings more attention to his campaign
They’re afraid of James Talarico. Trump’s FCC pressures broadcasters…and now Jimmy Kimmel says his Talarico interview won’t even air on TV. You don’t try to silence a candidate you think you can beat. Texas: make their fear a reality. Vote Talarico. 🔥 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
Penny Justice💙3I see James Talarico signs all around my community and have seen ZERO Ken Paxton signs.
YvetteJR718☮️💙♋️ ♎️❌3REPUBLICANS are afraid of their own SHADOWS at this point. They know they’re going to lose so badly that it will go down in HISTORY as their worst loss EVER! Their behavior has been INEXCUSABLE. I’m more than ready to completely overhaul this entire Federal Government. It’s no longer working for us.
Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎1Go BIG on Talarico Texas ! 💙
#RIPGOP ™1And we do what? Nothing. Great job America.
LH in L.A.1Oh ... they're afraid of Jimmy Kimmel, they just happen to fear the notion of a Senator Talarico more at this moment.
foolwatcher2025.bsky.social1Real christianity should closely resemble this ..
On Wednesday, the president announced that he'll hand out $5,000 checks to every adult in the United States if Republicans win in the November midterms. On the same day, Jimmy Kimmel announced that his interview with James Talarico would no longer air on television after new threats from the FCC.
Clownfeet532WTF, ABC? Why don’t you learn from your past capitulations to this criminal?
Pilgrim1No really. I will wait. I am sure it will come. I wont have to do anything. The check is in the mail. I the AI needs to find your name and deliver it to you. They know your name, address, phone, handle, hashtag. ... and sorry the AI token to get the $5,000 costs $10,000
Patronzo21Has E.Jean gotten her money yet?
quick-geezer.bsky.social1When Trump offers anybody money, you know two things: 1) he’s desperate, and 2) he won’t deliver it.
Fuck's sake. Last time the Trump administration pulled this - this EXACT SAME THING with the EXACT SAME PEOPLE - the numbers on the interview skyrocketed way past any reach they'd have had on late night broadcast TV. I can only conclude that someone in the White House hates Ken Paxton.
Nash89I've soured on Talrico since he decided to throw the trans community on the pyre, but his potential to win has almost nothing to do with him. He had the right news cycles and the right moments when the spotlight hit him, and Paxton in his own way is a worse candidate than Trump.
Blackhole sun won't you come & wash away the Nazis8"I can only conclude that someone in the White House hates Ken Paxton." I think you're underestimating their stupidity and incompetence.
Corva Tyrsdottir 5Alternately, they do not learn from their mistakes.
Jimmy Kimmel is interviewing James Talarico, but due to the FCC’s “equal-time” enforcement push that has ensnared ABC, it won’t air on Kimmel’s show... www.youtube.com/shorts/lxeSm...
John Reichert2So Kimmel should bring Paxton on his show. I’m sure it’d be a flattering interview.
RygelDominar161The bitch over at FCC didn't get a lifetime appointment. He can be reminded of that wherever he goes - shopping, restaurants, wherever fascists think they're untouchable!
Rob Mace1I’m sure Kimmel could interview Paxton, but Paxton would be shredded to pieces.
