Late-night host Stephen Colbert said on his Monday show that CBS refused to air his interview with Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico due to the equal time rule enforced by the Federal ...

Stephen Colbert said Monday that CBS's legal team called his show and told him, "in no uncertain terms," that he could not interview Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast, Variety reports.

Colbert noted the move was quite unusual for his long-running late-night talk show. Speculating on the reason why CBS declined to air the interview, Talarico claimed President Donald Trump didn’t want ...