Guess they are copying CNN.....
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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.
Yeah, he looks like a typical liberal with a small brain and a small ...
Colmes is leaving? Now Hannity won’t have anyone to interrupt.
Colmes is the reason the mute button was invented.
So long, Skeletor!
Wonderful news, how soon can we look forward to this actually happening?? LOL
” he looks like a bug”
He reminds me of Jiminy Cricket, only a demented Jiminy!
“When you wish you were a Star,
Your dreams are screwed.”
Why stay on through the end of the year?
You forgot the sarcasm tag.
Maybe another liberal like John McCain can replace him.
*snicker*
UGH!
Nope, good to go as it is ... I don’t have a very high opinion of most liberal spouts.
I wish you could convince my wife to do the same. 100+ sattelite channels to choose from and our TV is on Fox News probably 70-80% of the time. I like to keep current on the news too, but too much I think, can affect one's attitude .
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171 posted on Mon 24 Nov 2008 11:46:01 AM PST
Isn’t this some kind of record for number of posts in a short time span?
I didn’t like Colmes, but now that he’s gone where are they going to find someone dumb enough to make Hannity look good.
Alan you WON’T be missed!!!!!
Guess they are copying CNN.....
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Same here and have emailed Sean many times regarding dumpung that dork.
LOL!! I have always referred to him as "The Cryptkeeper".
ROTFLMAO!!!!! I almost fell out of my chair just now. Too funny!
ROTFLMAO!!!!! I almost fell out of my chair just now. Too funny!
when it’s apparent 52% of the population was taken for a willing ride.
I just can not figure how anyone, especially on FR, can think that nobama election was on the up and up. There was just enough ACORN effect to get through. The ELECTION WAS STOLEN! Doesn’t matter if by 3% or 30%. Can you hear me now?
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