James Talarico: a Threat to the GOP Stronghold in Ruby Red Texas | News | Politics
The Interview Network TV Couldn't Air: How James Talarico, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Kimmel Took the Internet by Storm When Texas Democratic state representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico sat down for late-night television interviews, millions of viewers tuned in — not on network TV, but on YouTube. What began as a broadcast standoff on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in February 2026 set off a media controversy that culminated months later on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! . Both late-night hosts found themselves in regulatory crosshairs over political candidate interviews, ultimately bypassing broadcast television entirely to release their sit-downs directly to the web. Stephen Colbert and the CBS Standoff (February 2026) The origin of the late-night censorship clash began on Monday, February 16, 2026, when Stephen Colbert taped an interview with Talarico for The Late Show on CBS. Just hours before airtime, network lawyers intervened and blocked the interview...
