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Déjà YouTube
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 President 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. In fact, he was very eager to come back for another interview, which he did just before he became the nominee in 2016. But for some reason, and I can’t seem to figure out what that reason is, something has changed.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
A similar scenario played out in February, when Stephen Colbert said he had been told by CBS’s lawyers not to have Talarico on the broadcast of “The Late Show.” The show ran the appearance on its YouTube channel.
“And thank goodness we have that, because in the America we live in right now, that is the best that we can do, until November, of course.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
The Punchiest Punchlines (Trumpapalooza Edition)
“Today, Republicans arrived in Dallas for a two-day midterm convention. The convention has been dubbed ‘Trumpapalooza,’ and Trump spoke at the event and the big question was whether Trump would show up as a buxom blond or buxom brunette.” — JIMMY FALLON
“That’s ‘looza’ with an ‘er’ at the end.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“They never had a midterm convention before, but Trump wanted one and so they’re having it. He was the headliner tonight and he’s appearing again tomorrow night, too. It’s two nights with Donald Trump. It’s like when Lady Gaga had a residency in Vegas. The first night was jazz, second night, more traditional cabaret. That’s what he’s up to.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“The president is, he’s hyping this. He’s saying it’s ‘the greatest rally of them all.’ He said it’s ‘really hot’; it’s ‘totally sold out,’ which is funny because the R.N.C. had to hand out a bunch of free tickets to this sold-out event.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“A large number of Republican lawmakers are not coming to the convention due to ‘scheduling conflicts’ and also not wanting to be anywhere near him right now. They’re very nervous about the midterms and rightly so. They are in serious danger of losing bigly.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
The Bits Worth Watching
Jimmy Fallon looked into the theory that the “Brothers” co-stars, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, are biologically related on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show.”
What We’re Excited About on Thursday Night
The dance-pop trio MUNA will perform on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Also, Check This Out
The singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles gives voice to her sorrows on “Good Grief,” her first studio album in seven years.
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