更新于：2026年2月17日 / 美国东部时间下午3:59 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
《深夜秀》主持人斯蒂芬·科尔伯特周一晚间抨击哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS），称该网络阻止了他与美国参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉利科（James Talarico）的采访播出。
“你们知道今晚谁不是我的嘉宾吗？是德克萨斯州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科。”科尔伯特对演播室观众说。“他本应出现在这里，但我们的律师直接致电告知我们，明确表示不能让他上节目。然后我又被含糊地告知，不仅不能让他上节目，甚至不能提及我们没让他上节目这件事。既然我的电视台显然不想让我们谈论这个，那我们就来谈谈。”
科尔伯特表示，CBS阻止《深夜秀》播出塔拉利科的采访，原因是美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）针对日间脱口秀和深夜电视节目发布了新指导方针，要求这些节目必须为对立候选人提供平等播出时间。
尽管《深夜秀》没有在电视上播出塔拉利科的采访，但还是在YouTube上发布了，因为FCC规则不适用于YouTube平台。
“电视台说我不能给你们网址或二维码，但我保证，只要你们去我们的YouTube页面，就能找到它。”科尔伯特说。
塔拉利科是民主党人，自2018年起担任德克萨斯州众议员，目前正在民主党初选中竞选该州的参议院席位。
CBS在一份声明中表示：“《深夜秀》并未被禁止播出与詹姆斯·塔拉利科议员的采访。该节目收到法律指导，称此次播出可能触发FCC平等时间规则，涉及另外两位候选人，包括贾斯敏·克罗克特议员，并提供了满足其他候选人平等时间要求的方案。《深夜秀》决定通过其YouTube频道播出该采访，并在电视播出时进行宣传，而非提供平等时间选项。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系FCC寻求置评。
由前总统乔·拜登提名的FCC委员安娜·戈麦斯周二表示，CBS根据《第一修正案》“有权决定播出哪些采访”。
“这使得其屈服于政治压力的决定更加令人失望，”戈麦斯在社交媒体上写道，“企业利益不能成为回避播出有新闻价值内容的借口。”
FCC上月发布通知称，日间脱口秀和深夜节目必须为对立候选人提供平等时间。该公告依据一项数十年的联邦法律，要求任何获得FCC许可的广播公司允许政治候选人上节目时，也必须为所有竞选同一职位的其他候选人提供“平等机会”。该法律将“真正的新闻广播”和新闻采访从平等时间规则中豁免。
由特朗普总统任命并与总统结盟的FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔在X平台分享该通知时写道：“多年来，老牌电视网认为其深夜和日间脱口秀符合‘真正新闻’节目标准——即便其动机纯粹是党派政治目的。今天，FCC提醒他们有义务为所有候选人提供平等机会。”
周一的《深夜秀》中，科尔伯特说：“先生，您是FCC主席，所以是FCC U，因为我认为您自己也有党派动机。”
“我们就直截了当地说吧：唐纳德·特朗普政府想压制任何在电视上批评特朗普的人，因为特朗普做的一切就是看电视，对吧？他就像个屏幕时间过多的幼儿，变得易怒，然后把尿布弄脏。”科尔伯特说。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系白宫寻求置评。
塔拉利科周二早些时候在社交媒体上分享了一段采访片段，称：“这是唐纳德·特朗普不想让你们看到的采访。他的FCC拒绝播出我与斯蒂芬·科尔伯特的采访。特朗普担心我们即将翻转德克萨斯州。”
周二是德克萨斯州3月3日初选提前投票的第一天，塔拉利科将在此次初选中对阵美国众议员贾斯敏·克罗克特和商人艾哈迈德·哈桑。他们将角逐共和党初选胜者的席位，共和党初选中，资深共和党参议员约翰·科宁正面临德克萨斯州司法部长肯·帕克斯顿和美国众议员韦斯利·亨特的挑战。如果两党任何一方的候选人都未获得50%的选票，都可能进入决选。
特朗普称部分电视台、脱口秀节目和主持人存在政治偏见，他因此抨击这些媒体，有时甚至要求广播公司失去FCC执照。
科尔伯特于2015年从大卫·莱特曼手中接过《深夜秀》主持棒，目前正准备在5月结束其最后一季主持工作，届时CBS将停播这一深夜节目。尽管许多人认为该节目停播是政治动机所致——科尔伯特一直公开批评特朗普及其政府，CBS坚持这一决定纯粹是财务原因。
乔·沃尔什对本报道有贡献。
Stephen Colbert slams CBS, says lawyers told him James Talarico interview could not air on “The Late Show”
Updated on: February 17, 2026 / 3:59 PM EST / CBS News
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS on Monday night, saying the network blocked his interview with U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico from airing.
“You know who is not one of my guests tonight? That’s Texas State Representative James Talarico,” Colbert told his studio audience. “He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn’t want us to talk about this, let’s talk about this.”
Colbert said the reason CBS prevented “The Late Show” from broadcasting Talarico’s appearance was rooted in new guidance from the FCC for daytime talk shows and late-night TV programs, which requires the shows to provide equal time to opposing candidates.
While “The Late Show” didn’t air Talarico’s interview on TV, it did post it on YouTube, where FCC rules don’t apply.
“The network says I can’t give you a URL or a QR code, but I promise you, if you go to our YouTube page, you’ll find it,” Colbert said.
Talarico, a Democrat, has served as a Texas state representative since 2018 and is campaigning in the Democratic primary to represent his state in the U.S. Senate.
CBS said in a statement: “THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico. The show was provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled. THE LATE SHOW decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options.”
CBS News has reached out to the FCC for comment.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, who was nominated by former President Joe Biden, said Tuesday that CBS is protected under the First Amendment “to determine what interviews it airs.”
“That makes its decision to yield to political pressure all the more disappointing,” Gomez wroteon social media. “Corporate interests cannot justify retreating from airing newsworthy content.”
The FCC issued a notice last month that daytime talk shows and late-night programs must give equal time to opposing candidates. The announcement hinged on a decades-old federal law requiring any FCC-licensed broadcaster that lets a political candidate appear on its airwaves to also offer “equal opportunities” to all other candidates running for the same office. The law exempts “bona fide newscasts” and news interviews from the equal time rule.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who was appointed by President Trump and is an ally of the president, wrote on X as he shared the notice: “For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late night & daytime talk shows qualify as ‘bona fide news’ programs – even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes. Today, the FCC reminded them of their obligation to provide all candidates with equal opportunities.”
On “The Late Show” Monday, Colbert said, “Well, sir, you’re chairman of the FCC, so FCC U, because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself.”
“Let’s just call this what it is: Donald Trump’s administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV, because all Trump does is watch TV, OK? He’s like a toddler with too much screentime. He gets cranky and then drops a load in his diaper,” Colbert said.
CBS News has reached out to the White House for comment.
Talarico shared a clip on social media early Tuesday, saying, “This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.”
Tuesday marked the first day of early voting in Texas for the March 3 primary, in which Talarico faces U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and businessman Ahmad Hassan. They are facing off to take on the winner of the Republican primary, in which longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn is being challenged by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt. Both races could go to runoffs if no candidate in either party gets 50% of the vote.
Networks, individual shows and talk show hosts have come under fire by Mr. Trump for what he has claimed is their politically biased programming. Mr. Trump has at times called for broadcasters to lose their FCC licenses.
After taking over “The Late Show” from David Letterman in 2015, Colbert is preparing to wrap his final season as its host in May, when CBS will retire the late-night franchise. Although many suggested the cancellation was politically motivated, as Colbert has been an outspoken critic of Mr. Trump and his administration, the network insisted its decision was purely financial.
Joe Walsh contributed to this report.
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