The announcement came after Commissioner Brendan Carr, the FCC's top Republican, criticized NBC's decision to host Harris on the final episode of SNL before Election Day without giving the same time to former President Trump or other candidates in the presidential cycle .

“It appears that at least some executives at NBC and SNL are making it clear that they wanted to make their case for a candidate before the election.” That's exactly why we've had a concurrent rule in the book for decades to prevent that. Because remember: broadcasters have a special position of trust. You're not like every other person with a soapbox on the corner. They have a license from the federal government that requires them to act in the public interest,” Carr told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview Sunday morning.

The NBC filing later Sunday confirms that the network “views the Harris SNL appearance as free use of its facilities and airwaves within the meaning of the federal equal time rule,” Carr told Fox News Digital later Sunday, emphasizing The limited time frame of Trump and others in this case have to accept the network's offer.

Harris appeared in the sketch comedy recording at 1 minute and 30 seconds.

It's unclear whether Trump would appear elsewhere on the network's shows between now and Election Day.

The Federal Communications Commission's Equal Time Rule was established in 1934 and requires radio and television stations to provide equal time to competing political candidates.

There are exceptions to the rule such as news programs, documentaries and political debates.