The agency said exemptions to laws requiring FCC licensees to provide equal opportunities to candidates should be considered on a case-by-case basis.

FCC appears to be taking a dim view of whether late-night and daytime TV talk shows that interview politicians deserve an exemption from the 'equal time' rules

The FCC is warning that daytime talk shows and late-night programs must give equal time to opposing political candidates, taking aim at a genre of TV that has long drawn President Trump's ire.

The FCC said that The View and other daytime and late-night talk shows that feature political candidates as guests may be on the hook for equal time. But following a lengthy statement from the agency’s Media Bureau,

While some hosts maintained decorum, others scraped the bottom of the barrel for ratings, as ABC’s new docuseries illustrates.