{"id":2286737,"date":"2026-02-18T01:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2286737"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:50:10","slug":"cbs-says-it-didnt-kill-stephen-colberts-interview-with-senate-hopeful-whos-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cbs-says-it-didnt-kill-stephen-colberts-interview-with-senate-hopeful-whos-lying\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Says It Didn\u2019t Kill Stephen Colbert\u2019s Interview With Senate Hopeful. Who\u2019s Lying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Texas State Representative <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12755814\/\">James Talarico<\/a> has been making headlines after he didn\u2019t appear as scheduled on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076301\/\">The Late Show<\/a>, but it wasn\u2019t the first time <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0070627\/\">CBS<\/a> abruptly spiked a segment featuring a political candidate for regulatory reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes before air on Aug. 20, 2003, the network\u2019s lawyers demanded that then-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0264270\/\">The Late Late Show<\/a> host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0452929\/\">Craig Kilborn<\/a> cut a portion of the broadcast touching on the bonkers California recall election \u2014 a satire of a speech by then-Gov. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0204665\/\">Gray Davis<\/a>, the first political ad from challenger <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000216\/\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> and the campaign of porn actress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm15414228\/\">Mary Carey<\/a>, all of which included images of the trio. Killborn said he was told by CBS\u2019 legal team that the segment would implicate an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0280648\/\">FCC<\/a> rule obligating stations to offer comparable time to political candidates. Complying with the provision would mean having to show pictures of all 135 candidates, which was a no-go for CBS,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas State Representative James Talarico has been making headlines after he didn\u2019t appear as scheduled on The Late Show, but it wasn\u2019t the first time CBS abruptly spiked a segment featuring a political candidate for regulatory reasons. 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