For the second time this year, a Democratic Senate candidate's interview has been pushed off network television and onto YouTube, after Jimmy Kimmel said a Federal Communications Commission threat forced his Thursday sit-down with Texas hopeful James Talarico off ABC.
Kimmel announced on Wednesday's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' that the interview would skip broadcast for the show's YouTube channel, where it posted Thursday. 'Out of consideration for our local stations, especially our ABC affiliates in Texas who would have to deal with this nonsense, my interview tomorrow with James Talarico will not air on television,' he said. He accused President Donald Trump's FCC of threatening the show, the network, and its affiliates over 'guest bookings it would seem they don't like.' YouTube falls outside the agency's reach because it does not use public airwaves.
