NBC has agreed to give four Republican candidates free time on affiliates in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after they complained Donald Trump benefited from appearing as "Saturday Night Live" host earlier this month.
The network said Monday that John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham will each get about 12 minutes of time to tout their candidacies during prime-time on Friday and Saturday, and during this week's "Saturday Night Live."
Republican George Pataki had also complained, but the network has not reached an agreement with his campaign.
The candidates said they deserved the time to counter Trump's appearance in a non-news setting, based on federal equal time provisions.
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