Trump's Rivals Can Ask for 12 Minutes of Their Own NBC Airtime

[Dr. Dog]

Rand really needs to claim the air time. It would be cool if he did a Perot type "infomercial"





Trump's Rivals Can Ask for 12 Minutes of Their Own NBC Airtime

http://fortune.com/2015/11/09/trump-nbc-snl/

They have a week to ask.After Donald Trump’s much-hyped appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, other Republican presidential candidates can now ask NBC for their own time in the TV spotlight.
That’s because Trump’s appearance on the NBC show has triggered a seven-day window where rivals can request equal airtime on the channel. Trump’s total time onscreen, which came in at around 12 minutes, was first filed to the Federal Communications Commission by NBC’s New York affiliate, WNBC TV.
First reported by Variety, this rule under Section 315 of the Communications Act is commonly known as the “Equal Time Rule” and was drafted into the Act so radio and TV stations would be unable to influence elections by refusing airtime to candidates of their choosing.
Anyone interested in equal time has to show they are viable, bona fide candidates running in the race. NBC is not required to put them in the same program, but candidates like Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush may consider trying to host a future episode—Trump’s SNL showing scored the highest ratings for the program since 2012.

 

[CPUd]

This is also why they have the "undercard" debates.

 

[Crashland]

Yeah because 12 minutes of airtime on a boring talk show with nobody watching is equivalent to 12 minutes of the most hyped NBC event this year.

 

[Dr. Dog]

Yeah because 12 minutes of airtime on a boring talk show with nobody watching is equivalent to 12 minutes of the most hyped NBC event this year.

Regardless, Rand needs to take advantage of this.

 

[kahless]

Rand should be all over this.

 

[P3ter_Griffin]

Rand should ask but he should be clear in his request that he will not use government equality laws to force them to do so.

 

[Batman]

Jay Leno!

 

[Dr. Dog]

Jay Leno!

Hasn't had a show on NBC in almost 2 years.

 

[TheNewYorker]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/259592-rand-paul-if-asked-ill-appear-on-snl

Sen. Rand Paul says, like fellow GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, he’s ready to go “live from New York.”

The Kentucky lawmaker says while he hasn’t been invited yet to appear on NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show, he’d be “willing to do it.”

Going on “SNL,” says Paul, helps “to show you’re human and not a robot.”

“That’s why -Hillary went out, because there’s still lingering doubts,” he quipped.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton appeared as “Val” the bartender in a sketch last month. But at least one White House contender has balked at making an “SNL” cameo.

“I think the presidency of the United States is a very serious thing,” Republican Ben Carson said in an October interview. “I don’t even want to begin to put it in the lightness of comedy.”