--- description: NBC has reached equal time agreements with four Republican presidential candidates after Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live in November title: NBC Will Give Candidates Airtime After Trump Hosted 'SNL' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3b875a50d71054/6988701fbc6cfc2d553da483/151109_em_trumpsnl.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 * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NBC Will Give Candidates Airtime After Trump Hosted _SNL_  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 10:58 PM CUT  Saturday Night Live "Donald Trump" Episode with (l-r) Taran Killam, Donald Trump, and Darrell Hammond during the monologue on November 7, 2015. Saturday Night Live "Donald Trump" Episode with (l-r) Taran Killam, Donald Trump, and Darrell Hammond during the monologue on November 7, 2015.Dana Edelson—NBC  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 10:58 PM CUT NBC has reached equal time agreements with four Republican presidential candidates after Donald Trump hosted _Saturday Night Live_ in November. The network reached an agreement with the campaigns of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, [Variety reports](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nbc-equal-time-agreement-donald-trump-snl-1201647112/ "undefined"). Discussions are ongoing with former New York Gov. George Pataki. According to Variety, the agreement stipulates that the candidates will get time on 18 NBC affiliates in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina during primetime on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, as well as during the _Saturday Night Live_ time slot on Nov. 28. Trump appeared onscreen during his hosting gig for 12 minutes and 5 seconds. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4125232/nbc-equal-time-agreements-snl-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4125232/nbc-equal-time-agreements-snl-trump/"},"headline":"NBC Will Give Candidates Airtime After Trump Hosted SNL","datePublished":"2015-11-23T22:58:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:51:58.459Z","description":"They'll get time on NBC stations in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina","url":"https://time.com/4125232/nbc-equal-time-agreements-snl-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Television","NBC","Saturday Night Live","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3b875a50d71054/6988701fbc6cfc2d553da483/151109_em_trumpsnl.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/bltaa3b875a50d71054/6988701fbc6cfc2d553da483/151109_em_trumpsnl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"151109_EM_TrumpSNL","caption":"Saturday Night Live \"Donald Trump\" Episode with (l-r) Taran Killam, Donald Trump, and Darrell Hammond during the monologue on November 7, 2015.","creditText":"Dana Edelson—NBC","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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4125232/nbc-equal-time-agreements-snl-trump/","name":"NBC Will Give Candidates Airtime After Trump Hosted SNL"}}]}] ```