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Alan Colmes to Depart Top Rated Hannity & Colmes
Breitbart.com ^ | 24 NOV 08 | dcbryan1

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.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adios; alancolmes; colmes; fnc; foxnews; hannity; seeya
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To: DCBryan1
I could argue liberal views more favorably than Colmes. The idiot helped our side. My husband and I loved watching the relentless spanking he'd get most evenings.
61 posted on 11/24/2008 10:48:00 AM PST by jennyjenny
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To: DCBryan1
BRING IN KIRSTEN POWERS!! MUCH EASIER ON THE EYES!

And she has some regard for the truth. Alan was little more than a greasy salesman for the Democrat talking points of the day.

62 posted on 11/24/2008 10:48:07 AM PST by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: DCBryan1
I couldn't stand him defending the undefendable for years and years....

Hannity's next partner will do the same thing -- it goes with the territory for libs.

63 posted on 11/24/2008 10:48:26 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Concho

More like the crypt-kept.


64 posted on 11/24/2008 10:48:43 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: DCBryan1

Hey Alan screen dorr+ASS+on your way out.

There’s a job for you on TV still, I’m sure, like selling cemetary plots.


65 posted on 11/24/2008 10:49:08 AM PST by Theresawithanh (Impeach Obama)
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To: DCBryan1

Damn, I was hoping they were going to cast him as Gollum in a spin off of Lord of the Rings...


66 posted on 11/24/2008 10:49:16 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tagline scrubbed to prevent invitation to indoctrinization camp)
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To: DCBryan1

Guess FNC will have to find someone else to talk over Ann Coulter and other conservative guests, while asking asinine irrelevant questions. And look like a Martian.


67 posted on 11/24/2008 10:49:50 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: DCBryan1

Hannity & Powers.

I like it.


68 posted on 11/24/2008 10:49:50 AM PST by NeoCaveman (just one of the bitter clingers)
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To: Red Badger

Very good! LOL But he can’t help it if he looks like a bug; it is the sheer idiocy of what he says that bugs one.


69 posted on 11/24/2008 10:49:56 AM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: DCBryan1

Probably doesn’t want to be around to defend his drooling over the Messiah come Jan. 20th. when it’s apparent 52% of the population was taken for a willing ride.


70 posted on 11/24/2008 10:50:24 AM PST by AirForceMom (God Bless the USA)
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To: DCBryan1
"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."

Sounds like to me that they are just getting him out of Hannity's shadow to make a bigger liberal impact on FOX news...I guess that's been obamacized too.
71 posted on 11/24/2008 10:52:46 AM PST by FrankR (Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
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To: DCBryan1

I didn’t like his politics, but I did find it funny how those two would banter back and forth. He was the great guy to be frustrated about. Plus he kept Sean on his toes. Good luck to him. He needs to address some of this liberal issues though especially abortion.


72 posted on 11/24/2008 10:53:00 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: DCBryan1
Colmes will continue to have a presence on FNC as he will serve as a liberal commentator ....


73 posted on 11/24/2008 10:53:31 AM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "The Iron Lady from the North")
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To: DCBryan1

Good Riddance to the Communist Crypt Master


74 posted on 11/24/2008 10:53:31 AM PST by clamper1797 (BHO ... the 'H" stands for hubris)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Send Hannity packing also. His continual same ole sophomoric diatribes - the pubbies are good, dems are bad went out months ago.
75 posted on 11/24/2008 10:53:40 AM PST by Digger (If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
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To: Tarpon
Liberal commentator, I guess he means reading the media matter stories is what is meant by commentary. I always thought you had to actually think to be a commentator.

Replacement must be able to read talking points memos, and interrupt sparing partners while they're in the midst of making a point.

76 posted on 11/24/2008 10:53:44 AM PST by auboy (Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
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To: DCBryan1

Ok so where is Hannity going to find another liberal he can kick around?


77 posted on 11/24/2008 10:54:22 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: DCBryan1
He's actually one of the few liberals I can stomach. I'll actually miss him.

I'll second the nomination of Kirsten Powers, brains aren't everything...

78 posted on 11/24/2008 10:54:29 AM PST by Jack Wilson
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To: TigersEye

The gitwort is leaving!


79 posted on 11/24/2008 10:54:37 AM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Fox News Commentary: So easy, Alan Colmes can do it!

:)
80 posted on 11/24/2008 10:55:49 AM PST by SparkyBass
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