Olivia of Troye - Stephen Colbert Roasted CBS Over James Talarico. Here's Why It Matters.

Stephen Colbert roasted his own network last night.

This isn’t about late-night television. It’s about how power moves when no one thinks it has to shout.

For the second night in a row, Colbert used The Late Show to publicly rebuke CBS over its handling of his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. On air, he suggested executives were caving to pressure by trying to apply the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) equal-time rule to his show, something that, for decades, hasn’t applied to bona fide news interviews on late-night television.

CBS pushed back.

In a statement, the network said The Late Show "was not prohibited" from airing the interview. Instead, it said the show was provided legal guidance that broadcasting the segment "could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates," and that it was given options for fulfilling those obligations.

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