Posted on 11/24/2008 10:36:20 AM PST by DCBryan1
FOX News Channels (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 (FNCs 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 its bittersweet to leave one of the longest marriages on cable news, Im 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.coms 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, Were 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 were 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. Were 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 OReilly 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, hes been a great friend which is rare in this industry Ill 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.
I could handle Kirsten Powers or Pat Caudell.
Oops...I mean Cadell.
I’ve corresponded several times with Colmes. I disagree with most of his views, but he was always very courteous and respectful. I certainly can’t say the same thing about most of the journalists that I’ve exchanged emails with.
I, for one, will miss Alan.
Pat ??? Shades of Alan Colmes.
re: liberal dumber than Hannity
Does Biden have any immediate plans? His Tourette's Freudian slips would be about right for this gig. Can you see him sparring with Ann Coulter as a guest?
Agree. The food-fight has outlived its usefulness as a format. Anyway, isn't this suppoed to be the age of "post-partisanship?" We can mark Colmes's leaving with a verse of Kumbaya.
He supposedly has a very beautiful wife. Love is blind.
“Im proud that both Sean (Hannity) and I remained unharmed after sitting side by side, night after night for so many years.”
Gee, a fatso and fruitloops moment. How quaint.
As for Colmes leaving, I hope the door hits him in the a*s!
Good luck Alan. Although I have almost never agreed with you, I do enjoy hearing the other side, no matter how wrong it might be. Although you are a big time leftist, there were times you did make me laugh with your humorous side.
Bingo! Beckel was the first name that came to mind for the CREEP's replacement. Won't matter to me since I do not watch H&C anyway.
My daughter saw him walking down the street in NYC recently. She called me and said “Mom, what’s that guys name that’s on that show on Fox? The really ugly guy?” I said “Alan Colmes”. She said “well i just saw him and i knew it was him because there is nobody else that could possibly be that ugly.”
OK, that wasn’t nice. May God forgive us for making that judgment.
Maybe you’re just on the wrong site. Making fun of handicapped kids and people who live in trailer parks while defending Alan Colmes and trashing Governor Sarah Palin, plus whining that being called a “noob” is name calling sound more like something that belongs on a leftie site. I’d call you a troll, but you’d burst into tears and call the ACLU.
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