I've wondered shy they didn't do more "somulcasting" on their local affiliates. They would reach more people.
I haven't watched a full 30-minute ABCCBSNBC "news" show in probably 20 years, but I would watch Hume-Snow News if it were broadcast on one of the broadcast networks.
But I'm not sure that the demographics are large enough to support such a show. I'm one of the few people I know that still doesn't subscribe to cable. The majority of households already have Fox News, CNN, etc. on cable.
Bullseye! You're exactly right. Credibility is what it has always ever been about. When people trusted "Uncle Walter" they watched him. Today more and more people trust Brit Hume and he really is one of the best hard newsmen around today. I wish that Fox would clear a one hour block on their local affiliates at five or six o'clock and air Special Report or something like it. It would quickly eclipse all of the other nightly news shows and it would reach those poor souls who can't get FoxNews. Unfortunately, with the decline of the other network news shows, I think that the Fox affiliates are convinced that they'll lose money. They think that reruns of the Simpsons will make them more money. There's also some liberal bias on the part of some Fox affiliates I think. Our local affiliate runs segments produced by CNN more often than FoxNews on the Ten O'Clock News. It's sad.
I think FOX should do just that.
Re your post 9, that's something that I keep wondering about, too. It just seems such an obvious big market. Not everyone has cable or satellite service.
Maybe just airing Brit's 6pm show on Fox Broadcast stations.
I'm with you Brit Hume and Tony Snow what a team....and what a great news program.