That's the point.. Savage dose not have a team. Beck's team works constantly for the show and can do the show when Beck is not there.
Five o'clock west coast time (8:00PM Eastern).. not a good time in Northern California. Very popular, long-time, and very effective conservative Barbara Simpson is on KSFO 4:00PM to 7:00PM. I'll go with Barbara.. hey! I like the sound of that!
To each his own. He may do something interim. Maybe one night of the week, like Drudge did years ago.