Trump Addresses the Nation – But the Big Networks Are Mostly Sitting It Out

The President's Speech Will Be Streamed

Major Networks Are Skipping Trump’s Primetime Speech Tonight

Later this evening, President Donald Trump is addressing the nation in a primetime speech, but ABC and NBC won’t be carrying it on their terrestrial stations. CNN is also passing entirely.

While ABC and NBC will stream the speech, CNN is sitting it out completely.

An ABC News spokesperson said, “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.”

A CNN rep said the network “will cover the President’s speech as a news event, and monitor it for news developments, providing analysis and commentary from CNN experts who cover elections, intelligence and the FBI.” They added that a live feed will be available on the website.

Details of the speech are still unknown, but it’s been speculated that Trump will hit on election integrity and possibly even touch on the upcoming midterms.

ABC and NBC have been a recent focus of the President when it comes to their broadcast licenses.

_{SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter}