[Political Junkie Too]

Gutfeld! is basically his old show Red Eye (a 3:00AM EST show) retuned for late-night.

In Red Eye, his format was that he and a "sidekick" would chat and joke about the day's news with relevant columnists and Fox News Channel anchors and contributors. The sidekick at the time was comedian Bill Schulz (who FYI is a direct descendent of William Dawes, who rode with Paul Revere in the "Midnight Ride" during the American Revolution).

Besides being entertaining and irreverent, the show accomplished several needed things at the time:

• It featured prominent conservative (at the time) figures like Ann Coulter and Sarah Cupp, and gave them wide exposure.
• It allowed for news stories not covered by the "mainstream" shows to be discussed under the cover of comedy.
• It humanized the Fox News Channel talent by letting them take their "anchor" face off, let their hair down, and have some fun with the news.

With Gutfeld!, he's doing essentially the same thing. With Tyrus (George Murdoch) as his new sidekick, he's breaking several stereotypes:

1. A big hulk of a guy, black, former professional football player, and now entertainment wrestler, can be informed, articulate, diverse in his thinking, quick on his feet, and funny.
2. He comes from a poor Louisiana background, and became a "made man" by his own hard work, and proudly role models that behavior.
3. He's a typical comedic foil for Gutfeld, sort of his Ed McMahon. The biggest difference between Gutfeld! and broadcast late-night TV is their reliance on Hollywood celebrities, while Gutfeld still brings in the FNC talent, columnists, some lesser politicians, and former administration officials. He sticks to discussing the day's news.

   -PJ

[USS Alaska]

Your post is worthy of one that I would do, but you did it first and better than I would have done.

Congrats to you {and to me, but you beat me to it, and I say that without too much conceit}:)

Gutfeld is the only FOX production that I view with regularity {via DVR, it's on too late, and I hate commercials}.

On occasion I will watch a little Tucker, but I've deleted all the rest from my DVR set.

Even judge Jeanine has been scrubbed as well as Maria on Sunday.

Life is better with less politics and I get enough info from a local talk jock, FR and a little Newsmax viewing.

[usconservative]

When I used to watch Fox News and I had trouble sleeping, I'd put "Red Eye" on and thought Gutfeld was quite funny. That show was great. It really was.

I simply as a matter of principle, cannot watch Fox News anymore, nor pretty much any television at this point. I've become so used to not having my beautiful, 55" 4k Curved Samsung TV off and listening to music, that I really don't miss TV.

Wish Gutfeld much success. He's funny, well informed and all that. Just wish he was on something other than Fox News.