After Off-The-Rails Donald Trump-Joe Biden Faceoff, Debate Commission Plans Changes To Bring “Order” To Future Events

The next Presidential Debate will have brand new rules attached to it, including one which will have muted microphones.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to meet again on Thursday for the second and presumably last debate, and the president’s campaign has again weighed in with complaints about the format.Bill Stepien, Trump’s campaign manager, wrote in a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates that the focus of the next event should be on foreign policy, not on the list of topics selected by moderator Kristen Welker.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will face off (sort of) tonight in dueling town halls live in primetime, simultaneously on broadcast networks NBC and ABC, respectively.Both events were scheduled on the night of the town hall-style second presidential debate, which was canceled after Trump would not agree to a virtual event following his COVID-19 diagnosis.The Trump event will air at 8 p.m.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMore than 100 writers, actors, directors and producers are speaking out against NBC’s plan to air a town hall with President Donald Trump tonight at 8 PM directly opposite the Joe Biden town hall on ABC.In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar Conde, the Hollywood heavyweights are asking for the Trump town hall to be shifted from the time slot.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticChris Wallace wasn’t able to do it in the first and maybe only Presidential debate, but Twitter is now trying to reign Donald Trump in for election night and perhaps beyond.“We do not allow anyone to use Twitter to manipulate or interfere in elections or other civic processes, and recently expanded our civic integrity policy to address how we’ll handle misleading information surrounding these events,” the social media platform announced on its blog

Twitter is implementing new rules.

ABC News is taking advantage of the chaos surrounding the second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The network says that Biden has agreed to participate in a town hall Oct.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe foundation of the presidential debates, long a feature of an election year, is buckling.ABC News said it intends to hold a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday October 15 – the same night the former Vice President was slated to have taken part in a debate with President Donald Trump.

hereHis doctors gave him an experimental cocktail of drugs and remdesivir, which has been proven to be effective in treating the most seriously-ill patients with coronavirus.As a result of his coronavirus-positive status, it had seemed that the second debate may be at risk of not happening, unless he tested negative.But it has been announced the candidates will “participate from separate remote locations”, while the participants and moderator remain in Miami, the commission said.The debate is

presidential debate is suddenly in flux. After Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night, the president said that he and wife Melania were immediately going into quarantine, leaving Trump's next debate with former Vice President Joe Biden — who on Friday tested negative for the coronavirus -- very much up in the air.Despite this, on Tuesday, the president tweeted that he is «looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, Oct.

“Saturday Night Live” has truly upped the star power for this election-year season, and Jim Carrey’s take on Joe Biden might be the jolt the show needs to keep its buzz going. The comedy icon made his guest-starring debut over the weekend for a politically charged cold open that lampooned the recent presidential debates.

has truly upped the star power for this election-year season, and Jim Carrey's take on Joe Biden might be the jolt the show needs to keep it's buzz going.

presidential debate is suddenly in flux.

Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.The commission said Wednesday that the debate “made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.”One possibility being discussed is to give the moderator the ability to cut off the microphone of one of the debate participants while his opponent is talking, according to a person familiar with the deliberations who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and

is considering for upcoming debates is the ability to seize control of candidates’ microphones to reduce crosstalk and interruptions, according to reports.The group, which oversees the three presidential debates ahead of the general election as well as next week’s vice presidential debate, released a statement earlier Wednesday promising format changes for the upcoming debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.According to CBS News, one of the changes under consideration is “controlling the two

Donald Trump and Joe Biden had their first of three presidential debates on Tuesday night and it was must-see TV for any hot-blooded American citizen ahead of the November general election!