ABC's Jimmy Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico will not air on network

Talarico is running in Texas against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate in November.

Kimmel noted that he had previously interviewed U.S. President Donald Trump as a candidate in 2016.

"Now that he is president, his FCC threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network ABC, our affiliates, our local stations, based on simple traditional editorial decisions - guest bookings it would seem they don't like," Kimmel said on Wednesday's broadcast.

ABC declined to comment. The FCC did not immediately comment.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered early reviews in April of Disney's eight company-owned ABC stations, even though the license renewals were not scheduled to be considered before October 2028. The FCC had not ordered an early review in more than 50 years before April. The reviews were ordered a day after Trump urged ABC to fire Kimmel. Disney filed suit to block the early reviews in August, saying Trump is trying to punish the network over its content.