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Alan Colmes to Depart Top Rated Hannity & Colmes |
2008-11-24 |
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. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#7 oops...last post was mine. |
Posted by: Clererong Oppressor of the Algonquins aka Broadhead6 2008-11-24 19:41 |
#6 "Colmes simply spouted the Dem talking points and never has been able to argue them persuasively" as do all lefty's I've seen, esp since an accurate view of history and the U.S. Constitution are diametrically opposed to any position the left takes. |
Posted by: Clererong Oppressor of the Algonquins4621 2008-11-24 19:41 |
#5 That may be true, but he is and has been civil and respectful both to Hannity and to the guests. |
Posted by: Steve White 2008-11-24 17:00 |
#4 Colmes simply spouted the Dem talking points and never has been able to argue them persuasively |
Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-24 16:50 |
#3 The left hated him and for that I have to respect him. On the few issues I was undecided on I found Colmes more persuasive than Hannity. Of course the ones I was decided upon usually were the same as Hannity's already. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-24 16:47 |
#2 Replace him with Islamic Rage Boy... |
Posted by: Raj 2008-11-24 16:23 |
#1 He'll be joining the Bammo Administration no doubt. Glad to see him leaving, but there are plenty more douche bags to replace him with. |
Posted by: Iblis 2008-11-24 16:17 |