--- description: After Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live at the beginning of November, NBC is offering equal air time to other Republican candidates. title: NBC Offering Equal Time After Trump SNL Appearance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d21b4ee43ace67/698870a45f570f6408b1e493/donald-trump-snl-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NBC Offering Equal Time After Trump Appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 4:24 PM CUT  Donald Trump during the "Saturday Night Live" monologue on Nov 7, 2015. Donald Trump during the "Saturday Night Live" monologue on Nov 7, 2015.Dana Edelson—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 4:24 PM CUT Since Donald Trump hosted _Saturday Night Live_ at the beginning of November, NBC is offering equal air time to other Republican candidates. Trump appeared on-camera for just over 12 minutes on November 7, so NBC is proposing giving candidates 12-minute time slot between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Nov. 27 and 12 minutes during the _Saturday Night Live_ time period on Saturday Nov 28, [_Variety_ reports](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-equal-time-nbc-2-1201645106/ "undefined"). Candidates John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Mike Huckabee and Jim Gilmore had all [requested equal time](http://time.com/4116676/gop-equal-time-nbc/ "undefined") after Trump’s appearance. According to _Variety_, at least two campaigns have received the offer and are currently considering it. FCC regulations call for equal opportunities granted to qualified candidates for public office, which enabled the candidates to request 12 minutes of airtime on an NBC station, though does not mean they would appear on _Saturday Night Live_. Trump garnered the [biggest ratings](http://time.com/4104120/trump-snl-ratings/ "undefined") for the sketch comedy show since 2012. **Read Next:** [_Donald Trump Played It Safe on_ ](http://time.com/4103978/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-review/ "undefined")[Saturday Night Live](http://time.com/4103978/donald-trump-saturday-night-live-review/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4122280/saturday-night-live-donald-trump-equal-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4122280/saturday-night-live-donald-trump-equal-time/"},"headline":"NBC Offering Equal Time After Trump Appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'","datePublished":"2015-11-20T16:24:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:48:34.523Z","description":"After Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live at the beginning of November, NBC is offering equal air time to other Republican candidates.","url":"https://time.com/4122280/saturday-night-live-donald-trump-equal-time/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","Television","Saturday Night Live","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d21b4ee43ace67/698870a45f570f6408b1e493/donald-trump-snl-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9d21b4ee43ace67/698870a45f570f6408b1e493/donald-trump-snl-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump during the \"Saturday Night Live\" monologue on Nov 7, 2015.","caption":"Donald Trump during the \"Saturday Night Live\" monologue on Nov 7, 2015.","creditText":"Dana Edelson—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4122280/saturday-night-live-donald-trump-equal-time/","name":"NBC Offering Equal Time After Trump Appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'"}}]}] ```