Why NBC Has to Fork Over 48 Minutes of Commercial Time to 4 Presidential Candidates

Some viewers will see a lot of political ads this weekend

Sitting around the television with your family this Thanksgiving weekend? If you live in Iowa, South Carolina or New Hampshire, you will be subject to an onslaught of ads from four Republican presidential hopefuls—and you have Donald Trump and NBC to thank for it.

Following Trump's Saturday Night Live hosting stint on Nov. 7, five GOP contenders filed "equal time" requests with NBC. The network has now cut a deal with four of them.

"In compliance with FCC regulations, NBC has come to an agreement with John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham on each candidate's equal time requests," said NBC spokeswoman Lauren Skowronski.

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