Stephen Colbert said on Monday that the network\u2019s lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nColbert said on Monday that the network\u2019s lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party\u2019s nomination for the US Senate, after the FCC issued new guidance on January that said daytime and late-night talk shows were not exempt from equal time rules for candidate interviews.<\/p>\n
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