# Jimmy Kimmel moves James Talarico interview to YouTube amid FCC threats

https://mins.news/en/item/53190

- The Verge, 2026-09-10 14:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/policy/993383/jimmy-kimmel-fcc-brendan-carr-james-talarico

> Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will be posted on YouTube instead of airing on television because he fears retaliation from the Trump administration’s FCC. ABC has sued the FCC, accusing it of waging a retaliatory campaign and threatening its broadcast licenses.

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