Last week, a Utah judge convened an evidentiary hearing to possibly set the stage for trial in the murder of conservative icon and Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, allegedly by now-23-year-old Tyler Robinson. It served as the first opportunity for Utah prosecutors to unveil interviews as well as forensic and surveillance evidence against Robinson, but NBC’s lead newscasts couldn’t have cared any less. In fact, NBC’s Today never covered it, and Nightly News only mentioned it on Thursday with a one-minute-and-41-second story. NBC was certainly aware of it, but buried it on lesser-watched shows such as reports Tuesday and Wednesday on the overnight show Early Today and Monday through Friday on the mid-day show, NBC News Daily. “We're going to turn now to dramatic moments today in a Utah court in the case of the man accused of assassinating public activist Charlie Kirk. Never-before-seen photos of the alleged weapon and what the suspect's former roommate in a recorded interview revealed,” declared Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas on Thursday. WILD: This 101-second report on Thursday's 'NBC Nightly News' was the first time NBC News mentioned on their lead morning or evening newscasts there was even an evidentiary hearing against Tyler Robinson in connection to Charlie Kirk's assassination ABC and CBS have covered it… pic.twitter.com/ZEmc2GhFDl — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 10, 2026 Dangerous, unhinged conspiracy theories exploded in the months leading up to the hearing, but Comcast-owned NBC chose not to utilize public airwaves granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the public by airing the evidence. ABC was only marginally better with seven minutes and 45 seconds. However, they at least provided ample mentions, with Good Morning America having covered it last Monday (news brief), Tuesday (full story), and Wednesday (news brief). Last week, World News Tonight had full reports on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. “A never-before-seen interview with [a] witness alleging Tyler Robinson expressed regret the day after Charlie Kirk was gunned down...Lance Twiggs, the suspect's former roommate and romantic partner, received messages from Robinson that prosecutors say contained a confession,” correspondent Kayna Whitworth said Wednesday from outside the courthouse. The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk allegedly expressed regret after the shooting, according to the suspect's former roommate and romantic partner in a never-before-seen interview. @KaynaWhitworth has more on what unfolded in the Utah courtroom. https://t.co/c2hmv4srTk pic.twitter.com/dj3NDl55VZ — World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) July 10, 2026 In a finding that would surely trigger the Status team led by Oliver Darcy and other so-called media reporters, the Bari Weiss-led CBS News had extensive coverage, tallying 20 minutes, even taking the time to outline the legal basics of the hearing. CBS Mornings covered it every day last week except for Thursday and, in the case of Tuesday, had two full segments with correspondent Carter Evans in Utah and legal analyst Caroline Polisi back in the studio for analysis, including an explanation of what an evidentiary hearing is even about (click “expand”): In contrast, CBS took the Charlie Kirk evidentiary hearing seriously, giving it 20 minutes between Monday and Friday mornings. On Tuesday, they had two segments, including one with @CarolinePolisi explaining what this even means (quirk of Utah law) and how the week would unfold pic.twitter.com/FWhmEfh1do — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 10, 2026 [T]his is not a trial, I mean, it is being dubbed as a mini trial, but it’s sort of a unique feature of Utah law. What we’re essentially seeing is like a grand jury process where you get to that probable cause to move forward with a trial. So, all the prosecutors need to do here is show that there’s enough probable cause to move on to an actual trial. We all just get to see it, the benefit of seeing it, because of Utah law. And so, what I’m watching for, really, is we’re getting just the beginning of the glimpses of the defense’s potential arguments here. They are pushing back on the authentication of the evidence. They won a motion yesterday to keep out this video compilation of the day of the shooting because they said it was altered. They said it gave the impression that it was one person, so there’s a clue there. She questioned, Kathryn Nester, the lead defense attorney, she questioned one of the law enforcement officers about a gun holster that was left at the scene. She questioned, you know, just the overall security, trying to point out how it was sort of lax, so you can see where they are going which I find – (….) [T]he evidence is overwhelming, and I think what we will see – remember this is five days – some of the most compelling evidence does come from his roommate/romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. We supposedly are going to hear a recorded audio of Lance Twiggs getting in all of those text messages. Remember, we essentially have a confession through those text messages. There was a letter left underneath his computer. (….) Look, this is a really difficult case to watch. You saw the judge even flinch there when watching the video recorded images of what happened. You also have Tyler Robinson’s parents who were in attendance as well, in a closed courtroom. The CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil recorded a similar output with full stories on Monday through Thursday, but surprisingly skipped Friday. Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graff inexplicably ruled Friday morning that, while the hearing would end Friday, he wouldn’t issue a ruling on whether there was probable cause to greenlight a full trial. Surprisingly, ABC and CBS ignored this development on their Friday night and Saturday morning newscasts. Nonetheless, it was an important week in the Kirk family’s pursuit of justice in Charlie’s untimely murder that shook the country. But over at NBC, they barely found it worth of anyone’s time.