FOX News Channel revamps daytime and 7pmet Line Up

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    Fox News Channel on Monday has announced big changes to their daytime  and early evening fringe line up, starting January 18th. Notably, the 7pm ET switches to an opinion-based show, and a reversal of a change made in January of 2020.  

       First off, Bill Hemmer, who replaced Shepard Smith in January 2020 in the 3pmet slot, will be moving back to the program he co-anchored from 2007-2020, "America's Newsroom" which will also return to being 2 hour long program.  Co-anchoring with  Hemmer will be Dana Perino, who currently hosts  2pmet, and is part of the early-evening show, "The Five".   This program aiirs from 9-11AMET

      Second, Harris Faulkner, who currently co-hosts the noon et program, "Outnumbered" and hosts the 1pmet program "Outnumbered: Overtime" will be moving to 11amet, with "The  Faulkner Focus", she will also still be on "Outnumbered".

       

     Third,  Current, co-anchor of "America's Newsroom" , Sandra Smith, is moving to co-anchor a new 1-3pmet program  called "America Reports" she will be joined by current Chief White House correspondent, John Roberts.   

    Martha MacCallum's program, "The Story", moves from 7pmet  to 3pmet.   

  The 4-7pmet hours stay the same.

 At 7pmet, a new opinion show "FOX News Primetime" will premiere, it will start with a rotating set of hosts until a permeant  host is announced. 

press release after the jump 

Fox News Channel finds Kelly replacement

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     Two days after the announcement that Megyn Kelly was leaving Fox News Channel for NBC ; they have announced their replacement for the 9PMET slot.  Current 7PMET host, Tucker  Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" which started in November of 2016, after  Greta Van Susteren left will take the 9PMET  slot starting January 9th. Megyn Kelly's final "Kelly File" is  January 6th.

       Meanwhile, this leaves 7PMET open, Martha MacCallum -current co-anchor of their morning news show ,"America's Newsroom"- will host a  show called  "The First 100 Days". The program is to focus on the early days of the Trump administration. Starting January 16th.  She will also co-anchor the network's Inauguration coverage on January 20th.   While Shannon Bream , their Washington reporter , will be co-anchoring "America's Newsroom"

   via Fox News Insider :

Tucker Carlson Tonight is moving to 9:00pm ET beginning on Monday on Fox News Channel's top-rated primetime lineup.
"Tucker Carlson Tonight" - which currently airs at 7:00pm ET - had a record-breaking launch in November, fast becoming one of the most buzzed-about cable news programs on television.
"In less than two months, Tucker has taken cable news by storm with his spirited interviews and consistently strong performance. Viewers have overwhelmingly responded to the show and we look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful primetime line-up," said Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox and Executive Chairman of FOX News.
Martha MacCallum will anchor a new 7:00pm ET show called "The First 100 Days," beginning on Monday, January 16.
"Martha is a versatile and skilled anchor who has proven to be an essential component of our news programming. For the last 12 years, our viewers have trusted her reporting and we are pleased she will be part of our primetime line-up for the first 100 days of the new presidency," said Murdoch.

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MacCallum, who recently signed a multi-year deal with Fox News Channel, will also anchor the Inauguration Day coverage on Friday, January 20th alongside Bret Baier.
MacCallum has anchored "America’s Newsroom" alongside Bill Hemmer since 2010 and has played a pivotal role during the network’s presidential election coverage since 2004.

and tweet from Shannon Bream

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STOP! HEMMER TIME! Cannot wait to spend the 1st 100 days of the new administration with my buddy @BillHemmer #wegotthis

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 5, 2017

Megyn Kelly Leaving Fox News Channel; Going to NBC

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 FOX News Channel primetime host, Megyn Kelly is leaving the network, after hosting a primetime show since 2013, and being with the network since 2004.  She will be leaving the network to join NBC.

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Via NBC press release 

   Kelly to Anchor New Daytime News Program & Primetime Magazine ShowJANUARY 3, 2017 — Megyn Kelly, one of America’s most prominent news anchors, will join NBC News, it was announced today by Andrew Lack, Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group.
Kelly will become anchor of a new one hour daytime program that she will develop closely with NBC News colleagues. The show will air Monday through Friday at a time to be announced in the coming months.
As part of the multi-year agreement, Kelly will also anchor a new Sunday evening news magazine show and will become an important contributor to NBC’s breaking news coverage as well as the network’s political and special events coverage.
Details about both of Kelly’s news programs will be unveiled in the coming months.
“Megyn is an exceptional journalist and news anchor, who has had an extraordinary career” Lack said. “She’s demonstrated tremendous skill and poise, and we’re lucky to have her.”
Kelly joins NBC News at a time when all four broadcasts in the division – “TODAY,” “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” “Meet the Press,” and “Dateline NBC” – are leading in the key 25-54 news demo and the coveted 18-49 demo in the 2016-17 season to date. All four shows also won those same two demos in the November sweep period, the first time that has happened since 2002.
Kelly has consistently delivered top ratings while maintaining a uniquely strong connection with her viewers and an important voice on social media. Since 2013, Kelly has anchored FOX News Channel’s (FNC) The Kelly File, which she helped to create. The Kelly File is consistently the number one news program in overall viewers on cable news and first among the critical 25-54 demo audience. It is also the number two show in all of cable news. She joined FNC in 2004 as a Washington-based correspondent.

      NBC News announcing that she would be presenting a daytime program  and a Sunday Evening News Magazine show.
  She also announced herself on Facebook
         

Fox News Channel Makes changes

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  Fox News Channel doesn't make alot of  evening line up changes  , as TV NEWSER noted, has made some changes to their primetime line up.  Here are some of the changes in key :
 7PMET  "On The Record" With Greta Van Susteren  (moves from 10PMET)
8PMET   "The O'Riley Factor"  stays at 8pmet
9PMET   Megyn Kelly's new primetime  show "The Kelly File"
10PMET  Hannity  moves from 9PMET

Shepard Smith's Fox Report is ending  after 14 years.  He will continue to host "Studio B"under a new name "Shepard Smith Reporting" at 3PMET.  He will also be at the helm for FOX News' breaking news coverage when needed.  
 This starts October 7th  .

The press conference is in full right here.
       

Good Morning Cable :FOX AND Friends to Expand.

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  By Skyler
 The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that "FOX and Friends", FOX News Channel's morning show  is expanding into 5AMET , it will called "FOX and Friends First" a name that the network used from 2001-2008 for it's 6AMET hour. The 5AMET hour will be hosted by Fox & Friends Weekend" hosts Dave Briggs and Clayton Morris. Fox News' Heather Childers, Ainsley Earhardt, Heather Nauert, Juliet Huddy, Julie Banderas, Anna Kooiman, Arthel Neville, Jamie Colby and Patti Ann Browne will also contribute to co-hosting the new hour. The main hosts, will still be on from 6-9AMET.   This is a trend of cable news channels starting earlier ... MSNBC started with "First Look" in the early 2000's , which still airs at 5amET, "Way To Early" started at 5:30AMET , CNN started 5am ET LIVE , last year with AM:Wake up Call and now it's the first hour it's first morning show" Early Start".
 

Review of the Media on the Iowa Caucus

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  By Joshuaonline Staff

CNN 
     CNN seems to pride themselves on their election coverage . This year , the network  moved it's election coverage from New York to it's Atlanta HQ.  It also added a bunch more graphics and gadgets to it's use age. Using heavy hitter anchors, Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer ,John King and their "Best Political team on TV" CNN made their election coverage interesting.
   Goods:  CNN kept the coverage fair and kept going through out the night waiting for every vote to be counted.  Its setup was great overall.
  Bads: CNN did use too many things, even though the GCI "Weebles" seem like a good idea it's just something for mockery. The "Flex " touch screens maybe a bit much and twitter is good but trying to use it in coverage may be too much.
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TV this week's headlines : Let's play who's leaving?

  by Skyler of mychiller 

     Let's see  CBS NEWS's Katie Couric is leaving the CBS Evening news she announced about 5 years to the day she announced she was going to the CBS Evening News. The 3rd place newscast didn't raise past it. She may go to daytime TV.  She as you may remember replaced Dan Rather.  We don't know yet who will replace her on the newscast.
    Meanwhile the person who replace Ms.Couric  on the 'Today Show' ,Meredith Vieira  may be leaving this year the speculation came around the same time NBC announced she's leaving ABC'S the View to join them.

     Matt Lauer also may leave the Today Show when his contract is up in 2012 as that speculation came out.  Meredith and Matt's stories are both speculation and not confirmed or denied.