Last week, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr made waves by releasing new guidance regarding the so-called Equal Time Rule. This move is the latest volley in Chairman Carr’s ...

This week, Stephen Colbert—host of CBS' The Late Show—interviewed Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a candidate in the state's Democratic Senate primary on March 3. But it didn't air. As Colbert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBS says it warned Stephen Colbert that an interview with a politician could trigger an FCC rule requiring broadcasters to give ...

The Federal Communications Commission is aggressively enforcing its new guidance on a so-called equal-time statute, pursuant to a 20th-century federal law that requires broadcast television networks ...

Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump ...

CBS said it did not force "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" to pull an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico from its TV broadcast Monday, contrary to the way the late-night host had ...

A recent spat between CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert and lawyers for the network’s parent company has refocused attention on the Federal Communication Commission‘s longstanding “equal time” rule.

Is the concept of "equal time" outdated on today’s broadcast networks? The Federal Communications Commission put regulations on the books in 1934 requiring equal air time for political candidates ...