Why Senator Jon Ossoff’s Appearance On CBS’ ‘The Late Show’ Won’t Trigger FCC Equal-Time Rule, But James Talarico’s Could Have

Deadline · 2026-02-17
Why Senator Jon Ossoff’s Appearance On CBS’ ‘The Late Show’ Won’t Trigger FCC Equal-Time Rule, But James Talarico’s Could Have

Late-night has found itself in the center of another brouhaha involving the Federal Communications Commission. The Late Show host Stephen Colbert made headlines last night when he said that CBS lawyers had prevented him from having Texas state representative James Talarico on Monday’s episode as a r