Posted on 11/24/2008 10:36:20 AM PST by DCBryan1
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Alan Colmes will relinquish his role as co-host of Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year.
In announcing his decision, Colmes said, “I approached Bill Shine (FNC’s Senior Vice President of Programming) earlier this year about wanting to move on after 12 years to develop new and challenging ways to contribute to the growth of the network. Although it’s bittersweet to leave one of the longest marriages on cable news, I’m proud that both Sean (Hannity) and I remained unharmed after sitting side by side, night after night for so many years.”
Colmes will continue to have a presence on FNC as he will serve as a liberal commentator on a variety of FOX News programming, including Foxnews.com’s The Strategy Room and continue hosting his radio program, The Alan Colmes Show on FOX Talk, a division of FOX News Radio. He will also begin developing a weekend program.
Shine said, “We’re very sorry to see Alan reach this decision but we understand his desire to seek other creative challenges in his career. We value his incredible hard work in making Hannity & Colmes the most successful debate program on cable news and we’re going to miss him on the show. Thankfully, he will begin developing a weekend pilot for us.”
FOX News Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Roger Ailes added, “Alan is one of the key reasons why FOX News has been such a remarkable success. We’re sad to see him leave the program but we look forward to his ongoing contributions to the network.”
Hannity & Colmes is the only FNC program which has remained in the same timeslot for 12 years, catapulting to number one in 2003 and never relinquishing the top spot. The second highest-rated program in cable news behind only The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes averaged 3.3 million viewers nightly for the Nielsen month of October and is poised to mark 60 consecutive months at number one at the end of November.
Hannity added, “Not only has Alan been a remarkable co-host, he’s been a great friend which is rare in this industry — I’ll genuinely miss sparring with such a skillful debate partner.”
Throughout his 12 year tenure on Hannity & Colmes, Colmes has interviewed numerous key political figures, including: President Elect Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), DNC Chairman Howard Dean and former Vice President Al Gore.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and business news. For nearly seven years, FNC has been the most watched cable news channel in the nation. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million homes.
LOL. Some tunnels are deep. Tunnel vision, otoh…:
No need. Equal time is NOT needed to represent the establishment ‘majority’.
Think a Liberal news outlet will step up to the plate and fill the place FOX news did for Liberals when Conservatives represented the majority? Don’t hold your breath.
“Heck of a job there, Alan.”
How about “Hannity’s America” 6 nights a week?
Hell I'd like to drink a beer with the guy to find out what he really believes.
THAT would be a pissah!
Beckel is a liberal ill-tempered alcoholic with a BIG mouth who couldn't out-debate Tucker Carlson on Carlson's worst day.
Be fun the the week or so before his inevitable firing.
Now Olbermann vs. Hannity -- THAT would be priceless.
LOL
I often thought they couldn't have paid the guy enough to make himself a punching bag night after night. He has to be the dumbest guy on television.
By all accounts Colmes is one of the nicest guys in the business, but he’s completely out of his league on that show. That’s saying something, considering that Hannity isn’t exactly an intellectual heavyweight himself. That show has just been too painful to watch in recent years.
They need someone who can actually put forth a thoughtful and consistent defense of the liberal philosophy, rather than simply ape DNC talking points without any logic or facts to back it up. Yes, I know, it’s a tall order when it comes to liberalism, but it can be done.
I have to disagree with one of the other posters who didn’t want Beckel; I actually think he’d be halfway decent. The guy actually seems to think for himself.
BOb ,the DNC brain trust who wrote a personal check to a hooker!
We oft-times forget the mental gymnastics and insanity of the Clinton defenders. How many times would there be Hannity clubbing away at the BS of Kamber, Lanny Davis, Clift, etal.
SET (leftists) = SET (leftist idiots)
Yeah, I have watched Austin Powers one too many times.
Sure, Alan is a great guy. Great guys often enable rape hoax’s long after it is apparent that no rape occurred. Alan Colmes is a scumbag.
That is sick! LOL
I would too.
I'm not sure his heart was ever THAT much into defending liberal insanity night after night.
And would Monica Crowley have been dumb enough to EVER set up her own sister with a moonbat of that caliber?
In the early days, I used to email Alan, and he would reply. It was great fun, he has a great sense of humor.
I never agreed with his opinions, but he was a nice guy. Too bad he never learned to read a teleprompter.
Heading off the “Fairness Doctrine”, they’ll be signing Rosie O’Donnell.
Your parady is pretty funny! Alan is always making excuses.
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