ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC have not committed to airing Trump’s 2020 election speech live tonight.

Several independent news outlets consistently report that as of the morning of July 16, 2026, the major broadcast and cable networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, had not confirmed plans to air President Donald Trump's primetime speech live. Sources such as Daily Kos,dailykos.comdailykos.comNo Major Networks are Airing Trump’s Speech Thursday Night Daily Wire,dailywire.comdailywire.comMajor TV Networks Won’t Say Whether They Will Broadcast Trump’s Primetime Speech Raw Story,rawstory.comrawstory.comTV networks won't confirm Trump speech will air as calls mount not to broadcast... The Daily Beast,thedailybeast.comthedailybeast.comTV Networks Plot Ultimate Humiliation for Trump Thursday Address on 2020... and PBS Newspbs.orgpbs.orgTrump is expected to make election conspiracies a focus of his national address all indicate that these networks either declined to comment or remained silent on whether they would preempt regular programming for the speech.

Additionally, Yahoo Newsyahoo.comyahoo.comU.S. networks face dilemma over whether to air Trump's election security speech and Deadlinedeadline.comdeadline.comBroadcast Networks Have Yet To Say If They'll Carry Trump's Speech note that network representatives did not respond to inquiries about broadcasting the address. While USA Todayusatoday.comusatoday.comTrump to address the nation tonight. Here's how to watch live suggests the speech is likely to be broadcast on major networks, this appears to be a projection rather than a confirmed commitment at the time of reporting. The overall consensus from multiple sources is that no official commitment had been made by these networks to air the speech live on that date.