FOX News Channel to Launch New Weekend Programs in Early June
May 12 2021 - 1:46PM
Business Wire
Trey Gowdy to Host New Sunday Evening
Program at 7 PM/ET
Dan Bongino Signs Deal to Host New Saturday
Primetime Show at 10 PM/ET; Radio Show to Now Stream on FOX
Nation
The Big Saturday and Sunday Show Ensemble
Moves to Permanent Weekend 5 PM/ET Fixture with Rotating
Co-Hosts
FOX News Channel (FNC) will launch a new weekend slate beginning
on June 5-6 naming Trey Gowdy to host a 7 PM/ET Sunday evening
program, Dan Bongino to host a primetime Saturday show at 10 PM/ET,
and adding The Big Saturday and The Big Sunday Show (5-6 PM/ET) to
the schedule permanently.
On Sunday evenings, former South Carolina Congressman and FNC
contributor Trey Gowdy will headline a new live program at 7 PM/ET
starting on June 6th. Gowdy will utilize his signature mixture of
wisdom, humor, historical references and insightful analysis to
offer the audience a new outlook on the latest issues facing the
country. Capitalizing on his experiences as a former prosecutor and
Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,
Gowdy will break down the latest legal and political news from
across the nation and offer his seasoned perspective while
providing viewers with the tools to draw their own conclusions. The
program will also feature timely, solution-oriented interviews with
decision makers and Washington insiders, with bipartisanship as a
pillar of dialogue. He will also spotlight original stories of
triumph and success from across the country and highlight why
Americans should be optimistic about the future. Gowdy joined FNC
as a contributor in January 2019 and hosts The Trey Gowdy Podcast
on FOX News Audio.
FOX News contributor and former U.S. Secret Service Agent Dan
Bongino will also join FNC’s weekend primetime lineup as the host
of a new 10 PM/ET program launching June 5th. Bongino will tackle
the week’s most pressing headlines, drawing on his experiences as a
former law enforcement official to discuss Americans’ top
priorities: liberty, security and their families. Viewers can
expect Bongino’s passionate and powerful voice on topics from
policing to censorship. Each week he will feature stories and
interviews that highlight community heroes like veterans and police
officers on the front lines keeping America safe. Bongino, who
joined FNC as a contributor in 2019, replaces Greg Gutfeld in the
weekend time slot who recently launched Gutfeld! at 11 PM/ET on
weeknights last month to record ratings.
In addition to his new primetime role, Bongino will continue to
serve as the host of Westwood One’s The Dan Bongino Show and as
part of his new deal with FOX News Media, FOX Nation will now
stream his daily radio program The Dan Bongino Show from 12-3 PM/ET
beginning on May 25th. Bongino took over the timeslot formerly held
by the late conservative radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh on key Cumulus
stations across the country including New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Dallas and Washington, DC markets.
Throughout the early evening, FNC will present a pair of panel
discussion programs, The Big Saturday Show and The Big Sunday Show,
from 5-6 PM/ET on each respective day. The one-hour ensemble will
feature a rotating group of panelists, including a mix of popular
FNC personalities to discuss and debate hot topics in news and
culture from a diverse set of viewpoints. Modeled after the
network’s signature top-rated panel programs The Five and
Outnumbered, the shows originally debuted on March 6th and after a
successful test run, will now become a new fixture of the weekend
lineup beginning Saturday, June 5th.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for more than 19 consecutive years.
According to a 2021 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index
report, FOX News leads the news industry in both brand loyalty,
engagement and expectations. A 2019 Suffolk University poll also
named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or
commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis
survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand.
Owned by FOX Corp, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and
dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten
programs in the genre.
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