Hey everyone, it's Lizzie O'Leary.

Just a quick heads up that this episode does have some spicy language.

Okay, here's the show.

How much late-night television would you estimate that you watch?

I'd say I watch a fair amount, usually on YouTube, quite honestly.

Oliver Darcy does that for two reasons. One, because he covers the media as the founder of the

status newsletter, and two, for fun. Our YouTube algorithm is very committed to showing us

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Daily Show clips.

And my wife and I, often after a long day of work, you don't want to watch something scripted.

You want to watch something lighthearted and fun.

That's not the news necessarily.

And so we turn a comedy.

Except right now, it is the news because on Monday, Stephen Colbert said this.

You know, who is not one of my guests tonight?

That's Texas State Representative James Tala Rico.

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.

You've probably heard.

Colbert said that he was prohibited by CBS, which broadcast his show, from airing an interview with a Democratic Senate candidate in Texas because it could potentially trigger the equal time rule, which is an old archaic FCC rule that has never been enforced against late-night comedy programs.

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