Posted on 04/21/2022 10:49:42 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As drama, gossip, and industry chatter has swirled around the 9 pm hour in cable news — with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow now scaling back her time on air, while CNN has yet to settle on a permanent replacement following Chris Cuomo’s ouster — the anchor in that time slot over at Fox News has just broken a record.
As of Thursday, April 21, Fox host Sean Hannity is now the longest-running primetime cable news host in TV history, surpassing the record previously held by the late Larry King. For more than 25 years, Hannity has been a mainstay of the conservative content juggernaut driving Fox overall to cable news dominance, with the network as of February having now spent 20 years as the #1 cable news network in total day and primetime viewership as well as in the key 25-54 demo.
As for Hannity himself, his eponymous hour-long nightly commentary program has ranked #1 in total viewers in addition to winning the key demo for 13 consecutive years since its January 2009 launch. “Eventually,” the Long Island native told me in a phone interview, “you realize if you’re going to be successful, you’ve got to be who you really are.
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Well, he ain’t there because of me. I haven’t watched that rude, arrogant loudmouth in years.
The original Interrupting Cow.
“Well, he ain’t there because of me. I haven’t watched that rude, arrogant loudmouth in years.”
Agreed.
Congratulations, Sean!
“The original Interrupting Cow.”
His interviews are unwatchable. He constantly interrupts his guests just to inject his own talking points.
It’s a wonder of the universe how such a jerk, (not to use stronger language that might get me banned), can set such a record.
Confirms some opinions about the American public that H. L. Mencken used to express.
Hannity is proof you can never underestimate the intelligence of the American people. Clown World exists.
I thought it might be for the most times someone claimed something big was going to happen but never did...
Hannity is the luckiest man on TV for one reason: because he follows Tucker.
For many years, it was Bill O'Reilly.
he loves the sound of his own voice- thinks himself a legend and his guests as subjects of little importance-
Us either. Only seen his smarmy lead ins or ads in many years.
Hi.
We roughed up Sean a number of times on FR. I wonder if he still has an account here?
5.56mm
25 years damn, still remember when it was Hannity and Colmes
Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey!
Hannity will have guests on his show who I am very interested in hearing from. They may be able to complete one sentence during the entire interview. Each time the guest is about to make an important point, Hannity interrupts with some remark about himself. Then, Hannity tells the guest that time is almost up and he only has 30 seconds. The guest starts to complete his sentence and Hannity interrupts again.
Then, cut to commercial.
Previously, I just shut off Erick Erickson. Now, I cut off Hannity as well.
"As for reporters, he relishes the opportunity to wallop on them the way he does the heavy bag he hits as part of his workout routine."
I just knew he'd find some way to work that into an interview! Hannity is, if nothing else, predictable.
When it was still "fresh". I think Sean Hannity is a good guy. He should retire and play golf. Show up on Fox News every once a while to do a bit here and there at his own leisure. I think his passion is gone.
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