Posted on 10/17/2008 9:48:56 AM PDT by outfield
Drudge teased this earlier, and Fox News has announced that conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck is joining the network, leaving behind CNN's Headline News. Beck will host a show at 5 p.m. on Fox beginning in the spring (Full release after the jump).
It hasn't yet been determined when Beck's last day will be, but I've heard from a network source that Headline News was already preparing to re-air "Lou Dobbs Tonight" at 9pm, instead of Beck's show (which first airs at 7pm). When Beck leaves, Dobbs show will be in the 9pm slot, but no decision on 7pm.
"Glenn has been a terrific employee and colleague to many of us at CNN," a network spokesperson said in a statement. "We wish him well.”
Forget 5pm. Get rid of O’Blowhard and put Beck in his place. I’d start watching again even though Beck is sometimes depressing with his doom and gloom.
Fox needs to dump BOR, Greta and Whoraldo!
Wonder how many draft picks they had to give up?
Should have swapped him for O’Reilly.
Greta did great with her series in Alaska..........she can stay.
Yea 5pm is too early. That will run at the same time as his radio show in my local market. Choices choices :(
Too bad. The one show on CNN I could watch.
They were probably having trouble keeping staff for the Beck show among the CNN employee pool.
Good deal, he has some very interesting and informative shows.
I might DVR it and watch it while BORe is on.
I have mixed feelings about this.
I love Glenn Beck, and am glad he will be on Fox, but it was nice that CNN had at least one conservative voice!
***They were probably having trouble keeping staff for the Beck show among the CNN employee pool.***
I wouldn’t doubt it.
Beck: “Obama wants to take your guns, guys.”
CNN cameraman: “Nooooooooooooo!”
“Greta did great with her series in Alaska..........she can stay.”
I thought so too.
I think Greta might be coming to ‘our side’. Her husband was a former Hillary supporter, who is now a McCain fan.
awwww.....five pm, so two pm, my time is too early. Oh well, I’ll get my fill of Glenn from the radio.
Greta has been doing some great reporting on the elections.
I’m actually watching her show now.
I love Glenn Beck. My husband and I went to see his live show a few years back and it was great! Glad to see he’s moving to FOX. Maybe all is not lost.
Not only that, but her Dem hubby is backing mclame.
good for him
Glen mentioned this this morning. He said part of the reason is he believes their will be an “all-out assult on free speech” if Obama wins...especialy with the “Fairness Doctrine”.
Great suggestion! O'reilly has been near unwatchable, and has been getting increasingly worse over the last couple of years.
... Greta
Not until she's finally nailed Casey, found Natalee Holloway's body, and discovered who killed Jon Benet Ramsey!
... and Whoraldo!...
Okay, but swap him for Joe Scarborough.
I was done with him when he dismissed the Swifties. Now, if there’s something truly interesting that happens on his show, I watch the clip on youtube.
I hate to break it to ya but Great and her husband...formerly Hillary folks have both come on board for McCain ...her husband quite publicly
and Greta has been very genial for Palin
it’s hard to believe the same girl who once acted like OJ might actually be innocent is now pretty fair to us
Beck.....I’m ambivalent...his style is sorta bombastic
I don’t know how well Andrew Wilcow would translate to the screen but he is great.
After Rush and Sean, I listen to Wilcow and our resident Great One more than anyone...
Don't think so, broadcast technical people and engineers tend very much to the right.
Hi Jan!
I completely agree with you. While Glenn moving to FOX is great, there won’t be a conservative voice on CNN. Think of it, if you are someone who comes home and turns on CNN and walks around the house doing stuff, at least there’s a chance you’ll hear some of what Glenn has to say, and some of it might sink in. These are not the type of people who would even consider turning on FOX for any reason, so they’ll never get the message...even in small doses.
He lost me when he equated FR to Kos in being a "hate site".
Bill Bennett
Ya gotta laugh - well, there goes CNN/Headline’s highest rated show.....
More like......
Beck: “Obama wants to take your guns, guys.”
CNN cameraman: “Who cares!”
Hope he is successful as I expect that FOX Cable News along with all talk radio shows by Americans will be eliminated as soon as the anti-American left wing is elected. Will take 1 to 4 months to get the law passed but it will be done just as all churches will have to stop reading the bible to the public if they read anything that is considered hate.
God bless us all and hopefully we will survive.
Glenn Beck is a cry baby and so over dramatic - keep him over there.
Glenn Beck still can’t decide who to vote for........
He complains alot and seems to entertain the Ron Paulites alot.
Great! I love Glenn Beck and Fox is his natural home. Now is the time to get rid of the 6pm roundtable pundits, and replace them with real conservatives.
Will he be neutered by all the cowards trying to appease the Lord Obama?
That show is more rude and stupid than BOR. If I need the kind of nonsense on H&C, I found Glenn Beck, when I surfed because
I could not take anymore food fights on H&C.
I can go to a bar and listen to a couple of drunks argue.
I’ve wondered before why he wasn’t on Fox. Why don’t they give him the 7:00pm slot? I’m not going to get to see him anymore if his show airs at 5:00pm. I’m still at work.
I am not surprised that CNN is dumping Beck.
He had to be a loose loose for CNN.
If people who were uncommitted politically became a Beck watcher they would inevitably stop watching CNN as they became more and more conservative in their views and figured out how biased CNN is in reality.
If some one is irretrievably leftist they would tune out CNN when Beck’s show came on they may well begin watching some other program on another network and never go back to CNN the entire evening.
It was a forgone conclusion that CNN would not keep Beck. He did not fit their viewer profile.
Yes, Glenn will be preaching to the choir.
Also...CNN is on in every airport!
BTW, AN hour ago I picked up my tickets to see/hear Governor Palin in Loveland, Colorado this Monday! Can't wait. ;o)
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“It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got the chance at success too,” Obama told Wurzelbacher. “I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”...
He wasn’t neutered by CNN, in fact he managed to get some amazingly hard hitting pieces on islamic jihad through the CNN censors. I’m confident he’ll stay true to his convictions.
In my experience, drunks are usually more articulate and make more sense.
Yes, Greta is OK but she hasn’t found that dead girl in Aruba yet! She should learn to speak Dutch with a name like hers.
Glenn Beck was on CNN Headline News. Different channel.
I stand corrected. Thanks.
;-)LOL
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