FCC: Late-Night, Daytime Talk Shows Must Give Equal Time to Republican Candidates

Federal law requires broadcast stations to make equal time available to political candidates from all parties, according to the FCC.

President Barack Obama talks with Jimmy Kimmel in between taping segments of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" at the El Capitan Entertainment Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2016. Susan Walsh/AP Photo

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told late-night and daytime talk shows Wednesday that federal law requires them to give equal opportunities to political candidates from both sides of the aisle.

“For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late night and daytime talk shows qualify as ‘bona fide news’ programs—even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr stated on X.