FOX News Channel Names Jimmy Failla Host of FOX News Saturday Night Beginning on January 13th
03 Januar 2024 - 7:03PM
Business Wire
FOX Nation Releases New Comedy Special Today
“Jimmy Failla: They're Just Jokes” as Part of Platform’s Comedy
Month
Failla Also Tapped as New Author for FOX
News Books “Cancel Culture Dictionary” Debuting on January
30th
FOX News Channel (FNC) has named Jimmy Failla the host of FOX
News Saturday Night with Jimmy Failla, premiering on Saturday,
January 13th and airing weekly from 10-11 PM/ET, announced Meade
Cooper, Executive Vice President of Primetime Programming. In
addition, FOX Nation released a one-hour special today showcasing
Failla’s recent stand-up comedy performance to a sold-out crowd on
Long Island, titled “Jimmy Failla: They’re Just Jokes.” Failla will
also take the helm as the next author for FOX News Books, launching
Cancel Culture Dictionary, on Tuesday, January 30th. Failla will
continue to host his nationally syndicated radio program FOX Across
America (Weekdays, 12-3PM/ET) on FOX News Audio.
In making the announcement, Cooper said, “As a former New York
City cab driver, Jimmy is a classic American success story and a
perfect fit for this role. We look forward to watching him make
America laugh on Saturday nights.”
Failla added, “FOX News Saturday Night is a show for everyone
who realizes that our country doesn't need more Republicans or more
Democrats, it needs more comedy.”
Upon launch, Failla will aim to keep America laughing with a
break from the hard news stories of the week, alongside FNC
personalities and a wide range of guests. The program will deliver
comedic commentary on cultural, political and lifestyle topics that
people across the world are buzzing about. FOX News Saturday Night
launched earlier this year and was previously helmed by a series of
rotating hosts, including Failla.
Failla’s Cancel Culture Dictionary, FOX News Books’ ninth tome,
will make its debut on January 30, 2024. The book is a collection
of jokes and witty people whose stories guide readers to a world
where they aren’t arguing about politics and can laugh with one
another. A FOX Nation special to accompany the book will be
released on Sunday, January 28th as part of the streaming service’s
comedy month.
Since joining the network as a writer in 2016, Failla has
brought his signature comedic take across FOX News Media’s
platforms during daytime and primetime programming His nationally
syndicated talk radio show, FOX Across America with Jimmy Failla,
launched in March of 2020 on 27 radio stations and can now be heard
on over 150 stations across the country. Prior to his role on
television and as a standup comedian, Failla was a New York City
cab driver.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service and has been the number one network in basic cable for the
last eight years and the most-watched television news channel for
nearly 22 consecutive years, currently attracting nearly 50% of the
cable news viewing audience according to Nielsen Media Research.
Notably, Nielsen/MRI Fusion has consistently shown FNC to be the
network of choice for more Democrat and Independent viewers, with
the most politically diverse audience in cable news. Additionally,
a 2023 New York Times/Siena College poll found FNC as the leading
single source of news for voters across the country. Owned by Fox
Corporation, FNC is available in more than 70 million homes and
dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top 10
programs in the genre.
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