FOX News Media Announces Weekday and Weekend Programming Changes
13 Januar 2025 - 5:22PM
Business Wire
Will Cain to Take Over 4 PM/ET Weekday
Timeslot on FOX News Channel
FOX News Channel’s ‘The Big Weekend Show’
Expands to 6-8 PM/ET
‘The Fox Report’ Expands to Two Hours from
3-5 PM/ET
‘The Big Money Show’ Expands to Two Hours on
FOX Business Network, Adds Dagen McDowell
FOX News Media (FNM) will unveil a series of programming changes
across FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN),
announced FNM CEO Suzanne Scott. Beginning on January 21, FOX &
Friends Weekend co-host Will Cain will take over the 4 PM/ET
weekday timeslot on FNC with The Will Cain Show. FOX News
contributor Charlie Hurt will replace Cain as co-host of FOX &
Friends Weekend beginning January 18. The Fox Report and The Big
Weekend Show will both expand to two hours on Saturdays &
Sundays also starting on January 18. Additionally, FBN’s Dagen
McDowell will join The Big Money Show which will expand from 12-2
PM/ET on weekdays beginning on January 27 while she also continues
to co-host The Bottom Line (6-7 PM/ET).
In making the announcement, Scott said, “As the media landscape
continues to evolve, we are always looking to innovate our
programming lineup to meet the needs of our viewers, and we are
confident the new lineup will best position FOX News Media for the
future. Will Cain brings years of experience to the 4 PM hour as an
accomplished broadcaster and a lawyer and we look forward to adding
his insights to what will no doubt be another historic news cycle
ahead this year.”
Cain added, “It has been an honor to wake up with America these
past four years and I am thrilled to apply my background in news,
law, entertainment and business to help our viewers better
understand the headlines through thought-provoking content and
analysis every weekday afternoon.”
Featuring conversations with newsmakers from across politics,
business, culture and sports, The Will Cain Show will offer a
comprehensive look at the news of the day in a signature podcast
style. His last appearance on FOX & Friends Weekend will be on
January 18th, following which Hurt will take over the role as
co-host, joining Rachel Campos-Duffy on the curvy couch each
weekend. In addition to his role as a FOX News contributor, Hurt
currently serves as the opinion editor of The Washington Times. He
will relinquish that position upon the start of his new role.
Beginning on January 18, The FOX Report anchored by Jon Scott
will move to 3PM/ET expanding to two hours until 5PM/ET on
Saturdays and Sundays while The Big Weekend Show which also airs on
Saturdays and Sundays will expand to two hours from 6-8 PM/ET
beginning on the same day. Meanwhile, FOX News Live will continue
airing from 10 AM-12 PM/ET on Saturdays featuring a rotating
substitute anchor until a permanent replacement is named and the
one-hour Journal Editorial Report will move to 2 PM/ET on
Saturdays.
On FBN, McDowell will join The Big Money Show which will expand
to two hours from 12-2 PM/ET starting on January 27 where she will
break down market news alongside co-hosts Taylor Riggs, Jackie
DeAngelis and Brian Brenberg.
Since joining the network in August 2020, Cain has served as the
co-host of FOX & Friends Weekend, where he interviewed a broad
range of guests each weekend, including President Trump, Dwayne
“The Rock” Johnson, and Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, among
numerous other political and cultural newsmakers. The program has
consistently dominated among cable news morning shows in both total
viewers and the younger 25-54 demo. In addition, he is the host of
The Will Cain Show podcast, which merges the worlds of news and
sports with a spotlight on listener interaction. Airing Monday
through Thursday, the podcast will continue to post new episodes as
well as simulcast on FOX News Digital.
Prior to joining FNC, Cain served as an on-air personality at
ESPN where he hosted his own daily radio show entitled, The Will
Cain Show and appeared as a frequent panelist on the network's
morning debate program, First Take. He joined the sports network in
2015 as a contributor where he hosted Fantasy Football Now, an
award winning, four-hour fantasy football program and frequently
reported investigative pieces for Outside the Lines. Previously,
Cain was a political analyst for CNN and was a host on The Blaze,
where he helmed several programs including Real News, Cain and
Cupp, and The Cain Conversation. Prior to his career in television,
Cain financed, bought and sold two media companies, Quince Media, a
Hispanic media company, and Cain Communications, a community
newspaper group in Texas. In 2007, his work with Quince Media
earned him recognition as one of the "40 Most Influential People in
the Magazine Industry" by Folio, while his acquisition and
expansion of Cain Communications placed him among the Texas Press
Association's "20 Under 40." A licensed attorney in Texas, Cain
attended law school at the University of Texas and received his
undergraduate degree from Pepperdine University.
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books,
the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News
International and the free ad-supported television service FOX
Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has
also been the most watched television news channel for more than 22
consecutive years, while FBN is the top business channel on cable.
Owned by Fox Corporation, FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million
people each month.
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