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LetMyPeopleVote

(185,015 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 04:47 PM 11 hrs ago

JUST IN: NBC and ABC Will Not Air Trump's Primetime Address Live

Source: Mediaite

NBC and ABC will not be airing President Donald Trump’s planned national address this evening, multiple reporters shared Thursday and Mediaite has confirmed. Instead, both networks will show the speech on their streaming platforms. There is precedent for the move — networks previously declined to air certain speeches given by President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden in real time.

Brian Stelter posted the news via a series of threaded posts on X.

“In sum: Trump will not be getting the wall-to-wall airtime he wants from everyone, but the speech will be widely streamed and available,” he explained.



“NBC says ‘we will provide live coverage of the president’s remarks at 9pm ET tonight on NBC News NOW. We plan to air a special report on the network following the remarks,'” Stelter continued.

A spokesperson for ABC said in a statement shared with Mediaite, “ABC News will run President Trump’s speech on ABC News Live and ABC News Radio with comprehensive, anchored coverage. We will also cover the speech in our regular network newscasts and, as always, our Special Report team is fully prepared to break into network programming to deliver live updates and reporting should significant developments occur.”


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-nbc-and-abc-will-not-air-trumps-primetime-address-live/



JUST IN: NBC and ABC Will Not Air Trump’s Primetime Address Live

Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-07-16T20:24:32Z
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JUST IN: NBC and ABC Will Not Air Trump's Primetime Address Live (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago OP
CBS will.... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #1
CBS under Bari Weiss is state media at this point. ForgoTheConsequence 11 hrs ago #4
Exactly. NO surprise Fux Lite will be airing it. B.See 9 hrs ago #34
She's the modern day Leni Riefenstahl. JustKay 8 hrs ago #39
I hope Bari still has her pom poms. OGBuzz 11 hrs ago #5
Don't you mean knee pads? hamsterjill 8 hrs ago #40
But not inaccurate. paleotn 8 hrs ago #43
Nope. Not by a long shot. hamsterjill 8 hrs ago #46
That ought to put CBS' ratings straight into the sewer for tonight.... Jack Valentino 6 hrs ago #52
Excellent: This will enrage him right before a National address Chasstev365 11 hrs ago #2
I hope the rage turns him several more shades of cheeto. OGBuzz 11 hrs ago #6
Yeah, he's not going to be happy PatSeg 10 hrs ago #17
I will NOT click on any streaming of his shit show either.... FarPoint 11 hrs ago #3
I hope that... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #7
I would tune in right away for that! Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #26
Same here! 2naSalit 9 hrs ago #29
Hope springs eternal. TomSlick 9 hrs ago #30
Good. BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #8
So far all of the 3 majors are showing frisbee7 11 hrs ago #9
I read earlier that CBS and Fox weren't going to do it either. tavernier 9 hrs ago #23
And, of course, Mme. Defarge 9 hrs ago #25
God bless them Marthe48 10 hrs ago #10
MSNOW claims that John Solomon is the man behind the felon's speech content. ancianita 10 hrs ago #11
This is excellent news! Thank you ABC and NBC! Initech 10 hrs ago #12
To me, the key word is LIVE. bluestarone 10 hrs ago #13
I have a post speech, each lie can be dissected and shown as a lie ashredux 10 hrs ago #15
But will they call them as they see them? bluestarone 10 hrs ago #16
Most excellent.....👍👍 ashredux 10 hrs ago #14
Good! LeftInTX 10 hrs ago #18
FDT Has anyone seen the video of Stephen Miller today?? littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #19
He came across positively demented. Amaryllis 9 hrs ago #22
I thought it was scary. littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #32
I think he shares DNA wtih Voldemort. Amaryllis 8 hrs ago #38
Where is it? Callie1979 7 hrs ago #48
That's not as big a deal as it seems. 15 or 20 years ago maybe. But with streaming video on the internet, it'll still Fil1957 10 hrs ago #20
Thanks for posting this! WinstonSmith4740 9 hrs ago #21
ding, this. congrats to nbc and abc. AllaN01Bear 9 hrs ago #24
Quiet, Piggy! Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #27
Good I hope CBS ratings tank. doc03 9 hrs ago #28
How wonderful. warmfeet 9 hrs ago #31
Excellent! I hope some brave DUer will watch it and give the ghastly highlights of lies, distortions and take one for kimbutgar 9 hrs ago #33
Hopefully, he'll wind up going off-script w meandering nonsense C Moon 9 hrs ago #35
Bravo. lostincalifornia 8 hrs ago #36
Eleven years ago or more relogic 8 hrs ago #37
I will bet you that he calls those two networks out as "communist". hamsterjill 8 hrs ago #41
His lapdog Brendan will be taking notes durablend 8 hrs ago #42
Devastating humiliation served to Trump as TV networks snub speech -- for these shows LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #44
Maybe there's hope yet LilElf70 8 hrs ago #45
This feels like a major shift away from the deferential treatment he has been receiving. xuplate 7 hrs ago #47
But, but... chowmama 7 hrs ago #49
The Cartoon Channel will also air it live. Wonder Why 7 hrs ago #50
He just called for both dweller 7 hrs ago #51
Trump is upset at NBC and ABC LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #53
Good! It wasn't exactly a State of the Union speech. It was a campaign speech JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #54

Jack Valentino

(5,442 posts)
52. That ought to put CBS' ratings straight into the sewer for tonight....
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:15 PM
6 hrs ago

I hope all those TVs suddenly switching away from CBS don't cause some kind of freak geo-magnetic storm!!!

PatSeg

(54,310 posts)
17. Yeah, he's not going to be happy
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 06:14 PM
10 hrs ago

He wants to believe that he is all powerful and can do whatever he wants all the time, just like his dictator buddies across the globe.

FarPoint

(15,051 posts)
3. I will NOT click on any streaming of his shit show either....
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 04:55 PM
11 hrs ago

I will get plenty of update of his lies dished out from someone here on DU .....Someone will bite the bullet and suffer thru it..... I don't have the fortitude to tolerate it.

2naSalit

(105,387 posts)
7. I hope that...
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 05:06 PM
11 hrs ago

About three minutes in he has already got himself so worked up that he just collapses and dies right there. It's the best thing that could happen for everybody in the world.

frisbee7

(19 posts)
9. So far all of the 3 majors are showing
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 05:23 PM
11 hrs ago

regular programing on their schedule.

Should be interesting to see what CBS does in the next 3 hours.

tavernier

(14,605 posts)
23. I read earlier that CBS and Fox weren't going to do it either.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 06:41 PM
9 hrs ago

I suppose he will be on somewhere and anyone who wants to see him will be able to, but it won’t be me

ancianita

(43,462 posts)
11. MSNOW claims that John Solomon is the man behind the felon's speech content.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 05:40 PM
10 hrs ago
https://www.ms.now/opinion/john-solomon-trump-election-speech

... Creating “phantom scandals” has made Solomon a key element of the right-wing media’s propaganda machine. He gained prominence for his quest to discredit Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation during Trump’s first administration — first while working for Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Circa News, and later after becoming executive vice president of digital video at The Hill. Many of the “phantom scandals” Solomon pursued served to rewrite history by claiming that it was really Democrats with corrupt relationships with Russia who worked to undermine Trump in the 2016 presidential election — not the other way around...

... Solomon is now in a position to potentially create a “phantom scandal” directly from the White House, and right-wing media figures like Bannon have suggested such a narrative could be a “predicate” for Trump to declare a national emergency over election security ahead of the midterms.

As my colleague John Knefel reported:

The details of the scheme remain publicly vague, and may not yet come to pass, but the short version looks something like this: First, the White House would declassify and release documents purporting to show foreign interference in U.S. elections, especially by the Chinese Communist Party.

Next, Trump would use that supposed “proof” of a stolen election to declare a national emergency, thereby — according to those pushing this idea — giving him extraordinary powers over the upcoming midterms. That move would serve as a way to advance the anti-voting rights measures in the SAVE America Act, like forcing voters to prove their citizenship, without having to actually pass the law — which Congress, so far at least, appears reluctant to do.


New reporting from MS NOW that Trump’s upcoming speech on Thursday “will focus on voting machine security and alleged efforts by foreign nations to influence U.S. elections” suggests that some administration officials are sounding the alarm:

Access to the president has “loosened” in recent months, according to one administration official, as Trump has increasingly leaned on aides and senior officials willing to spread conspiracy theories about 2020.

“It’s that network [of people] that is the real f***ing problem,” said the administration official, who, like others who spoke with MS NOW for this story, was granted anonymity given the sensitivity of the issue. “They try to put bits and pieces together and then make these conclusions. Everything I have seen, it’s not what’s there.” ....

bluestarone

(22,700 posts)
13. To me, the key word is LIVE.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 05:48 PM
10 hrs ago

This should not even be covered at all. LIES have no business in our media coverage. If it can't be proved to be the truth then keep it out of the media coverage.

littlemissmartypants

(36,172 posts)
19. FDT Has anyone seen the video of Stephen Miller today??
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 06:26 PM
10 hrs ago

That's more concerning than anything the slack*ss liar has to say.

Fil1957

(1,009 posts)
20. That's not as big a deal as it seems. 15 or 20 years ago maybe. But with streaming video on the internet, it'll still
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 06:34 PM
10 hrs ago

get wide distribution.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,493 posts)
21. Thanks for posting this!
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 06:39 PM
9 hrs ago

I had just received and email from Raw Story about this, and was coming here to check it out. As of a couple of hours ago, they weren't sure about CNN, but expected CBS to also only carry it on their streaming service.
This should be interesting.

kimbutgar

(27,792 posts)
33. Excellent! I hope some brave DUer will watch it and give the ghastly highlights of lies, distortions and take one for
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:26 PM
9 hrs ago

Our team

C Moon

(13,887 posts)
35. Hopefully, he'll wind up going off-script w meandering nonsense
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:33 PM
9 hrs ago

and most channels will cut him off anyway.

relogic

(467 posts)
37. Eleven years ago or more
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 07:42 PM
8 hrs ago

your defiance against this criminal might have slowed the country’s bent toward fascism. Now the platform you gave so graciously to him then inspired him and his class of criminals to steal more of what was left after 911.

LetMyPeopleVote

(185,015 posts)
44. Devastating humiliation served to Trump as TV networks snub speech -- for these shows
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 08:20 PM
8 hrs ago

This snub makes me happy. I was happy to CNN is also snubbing this joke of a speech.
There will be nothing new in this speech. This speech is an attempt for trump to try to steal the midterms using old documents that do not prove his lies.

President Donald Trump was served a heaping helping of humiliation ahead of his primetime address Thursday night, with several major broadcast networks snubbing the planned remarks in favor of a nature documentary and game show.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-07-16T21:50:38Z

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-prime-time-address-2677234983/

President Donald Trump was served a heaping helping of humiliation ahead of his primetime address Thursday night, with several major broadcast networks snubbing the planned remarks in favor of a nature documentary and game show.

"NBC and ABC will not carry Trump on their respective networks but will carry on their digital feeds, NBC News Now and ABC News Live. Expect CBS to do the same," Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Flint reported on X, hours before the speech was to begin at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

It wasn't immediately known if CNN would also snub the address, Flint explained.....

NBC News, according to TV Insider, is scheduled to feature its series "The Americas," a nature documentary narrated by legendary actor Tom Hanks. This week's episode was set to focus on the Gulf Coast and its swamps and wetlands that are home to black bears and alligators.

The network said it planned to broadcast a special report following the address, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

ABC plans to air the Elizabeth Banks-hosted game show "Press Your Luck" during that hour, TV Insider reported.

LilElf70

(1,778 posts)
45. Maybe there's hope yet
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 08:29 PM
8 hrs ago

But people know it's not enough. Many more stations need to follow immediately. All media need to shut his ass down. If for anything, just to prove a point.

A couple of reasons:

It will be a narcissistic view of him being the center point of attention again. Everyone this. Everyone that. Nothing to back up the lies and bullshit.

It will be a total waste of anyone's time. No one wants to hear how the dictator thinks he is going to destroy our democracy. And now he wants to control the elections?

The bullshit will most likely be plentiful and contain many, many lies.

Let's see how low the polls will go.

xuplate

(279 posts)
47. This feels like a major shift away from the deferential treatment he has been receiving.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 08:53 PM
7 hrs ago

Something in the air—like the Thunderbolt Newman song. The beginning of the end.

JohnnyRingo

(21,126 posts)
54. Good! It wasn't exactly a State of the Union speech. It was a campaign speech
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:55 PM
4 hrs ago

He should pay to air a partisan soapbox sesh.

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