''Fox & Friends'' is an American daily morning news and talk program that airs on

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. It premiered on February 1, 1998, and is currently hosted by Steve Doocy,

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and

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on weekdays.

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and Pete Hegseth host on weekends. It begins at 6:00 a.m.

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with the latest ''

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'' headlines and news of the morning and continues with a variety of segments including current events, interviews, updates of news stories with correspondents, political analysis from the hosts, and entertainment segments.

History

''Fox & Friends'' evolved from ''Fox X-press'', Fox News Channel's original morning news program. After the

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, an additional hour was added to the beginning of the weekday show, but branded as a separate show called

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. It was the first Fox News show to air live for the day, starting at 6:00 a.m. It was discontinued on July 13, 2008, and replaced with an additional hour of ''Fox & Friends''. The ''

'' title was reintroduced on March 5, 2012, also as a separate show airing one hour before the main three-hour program, but using a separate slate of rotating anchors.

Format

''Fox & Friends'' has been described as being more akin to the

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than its cable competitors (particularly

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's '' New Day'' and

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's ''

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''), with a mix of news, entertainment and lifestyle-oriented segments, and a generally casual presentation. However, as with the morning shows on competing cable news channels, its news content largely concentrates on politics. Currently, Steve Doocy,

, and

co-host the program Monday-Friday.

and Pete Hegseth co-host on the weekends.

Recurring segments

* The 'Summer Concert Series' features a live music concert in the Fox News Plaza each Friday from Memorial Day weekend though Labor Day weekend. * 'So Sue Me' is a segment in which Peter Johnson, Jr. (an appellate and trial lawyer) offers his perspective on current events with legal implications.

Ratings

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'' has reported the show is one of the most successful on the network. After the arrival of

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in September 2013, the show climbed 23 percent in total viewers compared to its average for the third quarter of 2013, and 22 percent in the key 25–54 news demo. For Hasselbeck's first four weeks on the show, ''Fox & Friends'' averaged 1.226 million total viewers, up from the 1.058 that the show averaged for the third quarter of the year. In February 2017, the program's average ratings increased to around 1.7 million viewers, fueled by the recent inauguration of Republican candidate

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as president.

Political stance

In 2012, ''

'' wrote that ''Fox & Friends'' "has become a powerful platform for some of the most strident attacks on President Obama." The program has provided a platform for

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and, in May 2012, aired a 4-minute video attacking Obama's record as president. The video was widely criticized as a political attack ad masquerading as journalism; ''

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'' magazine television critic

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wrote: "It's hard to imagine a more over-the-top parody of Fox News raw-meat-hurling, fear-stoking, base-pleasing agitprop." In response, a Fox News executive vice-president 'disavowed' the video, blaming an associate producer and that the video 'slipped by' senior managers at the network. Fox News stated that the show was entertainment and "does not pretend to be straight news." Former U.S. president

is a regular viewer of ''Fox & Friends'', and praised the program for its favorable coverage of his presidency. Critics noted that Trump often tweeted about stories on ''Fox & Friends'' as they aired, creating a "feedback loop" when the stories were subsequently discussed as national issues because they were mentioned by Trump on social media. Trump was a frequent guest on ''Fox & Friends'' before his presidency. In 2018, Fox News announced that he would appear on the show to offer commentary every Monday. On April 26, 2018, Trump was interviewed by phone on ''Fox & Friends'' in a segment that stretched to nearly half an hour, and discussed several recent topics and controversies surrounding himself and his government. Trump said that he might interfere with the

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, acknowledged that lawyer Michael Cohen had represented Trump in the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal, and said that he had gotten a card and flowers for

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, his wife, whose birthday was the same day.

Hosts

Weekdays

* Steve Doocy, co-host; 1998–present *

, co-host; 2016–present *

, co-host; 1998–present * Janice Dean, co-host/

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; 2004–present * Carley Shimkus, news anchor, guest co-host; 2021–present * Lawrence Jones, enterprise reporter, guest co-host; 2021—present

Weekends

, co-host; 2020–present *

, co-host; 2021–present * Pete Hegseth, co-host; 2017–present * Rick Reichmuth, meteorologist; 2006–present * Lawrence Jones, enterprise reporter, guest co-host; 2021—present

Former

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, weekend co-host from 2019 to 2021 (replaced by

) * Dave Briggs, weekend co-host; left at the end of 2012 *

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, weekend co-host; left on September 28, 2013 *

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, weekdays co-host from 2006 to 2013 (replaced by

) *

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, weekend co-host from 2012 to 2016 *

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, weekend co-host from 2005 to 2007 *

, weekdays co-host from 2013 to 2015 (replaced by

) *

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, weekend co-host from 2017 to 2019 (replaced by

) *

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, weekdays co-host from 1998 to 2006 (replaced by

) *

Juliet Huddy Juliet AnnMarie Huddy (born September 27, 1969) is an American talk radio host, podcaster and former news anchor. From January 2021 until Winter 2022 she co-hosted the 5 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Early News show with Frank Morano on WABC 770 in New Yor ...

, former weekend and substitute co-host *

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, weekend co-host from 2016 to 2018 (replaced by

) *

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, former weekend co-host *

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, weekend co-host from 2012 to 2016 (replaced by

) *

Jillian Mele Jillian Mele (born September 17, 1982) is an American news anchor and reporter who is best known for serving as co-host on ''Fox & Friends First'' from March 2017 to October 2021. Starting in January 2022, she began reporting with WPVI-TV in Phi ...

, weekdays news anchor from 2017 to 2021 (replaced by Carley Shimkus) * Maria Molina, Fox Cast

from 2010 to 2016 *

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, weekend co-host from 2008 to 2017 (replaced by Pete Hegseth) * Julian Phillips, former weekend co-host *

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, weekend co-host from 2006 to 2008

References

External links

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''Fox and Friends First''
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