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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show is skipping TV airwaves for a Texas Senate candidate interview, sending it straight to YouTube to dodge FCC threats — a move he blames on a new era of political censorship. The FCC, reportedly empowered by the Trump administration, now claims late-night hosts must follow equal-time rules for political candidates, a policy never before applied to talk shows. This isn’t the first time — Stephen Colbert’s interview with the same candidate also went online. With Democrats hoping Talarico can unseat Attorney General Ken Paxton, the controversy underscores rising tension between comedians, politicians, and regulators. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez calls it censorship, urging courts to rein in the agency’s overreach — a stance echoed in ABC’s own lawsuit against the FCC. Kimmel won’t say exactly what the FCC objected to, but past disputes centered on the equal-time rule, now seemingly enforced on late-night hosts.

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