''Fox & Friends First'' is a

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show on

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. It airs every weekday at 4 a.m. Eastern/1am Pacific. The two-hour-long program hosted by Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro serves as a pre-show to the network's flagship morning show ''

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''. The current incarnation of the show debuted on March 5, 2012, with Heather Childers and

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as the original hosts of the show.

Hosts

Current * Carley Shimkus, co-host (2021—present) * Todd Piro, co-host (2020—present) * Janice Dean, meteorologist (2012—present) * Ashley Strohmier, news anchor, fill in host (2020—present) * Brooke Singman, politics reporter (2021—present) Former *

: co-host (2012—2016), left to co-host

(replaced by Rob Schmitt) *

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: co-host (2012—2020), was pulled from the air in March 2020 (after being sick on air during the

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pandemic) *

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: co-host (2016—2020), was absent from the show before announcing he no longer worked for the network (replaced by Todd Piro) * Jillian Mele: co-host (2017—2021), left to pursue a degree in October 2021 (replaced by Carley Shimkus)

Synopsis

The show devotes to new developments of the latest overnight headlines and/or continuous coverage of breaking news. Due to the nature and time of the show, guests rarely appear, so it focuses more on updates of news stories with correspondents, analysis from the hosts, and politics. When ''Fox and Friends First'' launched in March 2012, the show's executive producer, Lauren Petterson, described the show to ''Fox News Insider'' this way: "Think of ''Fox and Friends First'' like ''Fox and Friends'' on steroids. It will include all of the things you love about ''Fox and Friends'' – at warp speed. A cheat sheet, if you will, to all the day's big stories…"

Recurring segments/elements

* "Fox and Trends" – Ashley Strohmier shows the top three trending stories of the day * "Weather" – Janice Dean presents the weather across the United States * "Fox Business Headlines" –

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presents top stories that affect the markets * "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" – hosts report three headlines in the morning and rate them into a category

Programming announcements and changes

In 2001, ''

'', which aired from 7 to 9 a.m.

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, was expanded by an hour to start at 6 a.m. The new hour was branded ''Fox & Friends First'' and was co-anchored by

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. In July 2008, the 6 a.m. hour was replaced by a third hour of ''Fox & Friends'', and Camerota was named permanent anchor of the weekend edition of ''Fox & Friends''. In June 2011, rival cable news channel

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began programming in the 5 a.m. hour, with a one-hour extension of '' American Morning'' titled ''Wake Up Call'', which was replaced in January 2012 following ''American Morning''s cancellation by the two-hour ''

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''.

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already had started its news programming at that hour with two half-hour shows: ''

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,'' a general news program which had aired since the mid-2000s, and ''

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'' (which leads into '' Morning Joe''), which debuted in July 2009. In March 2012, Fox News confirmed that it was expanding its morning programming to begin at 5 a.m. The new one-hour show was named ''Fox & Friends First'' and serves as a lead-in to ''Fox & Friends''. It debuted on March 5, 2012. In its first week on the air, ''Fox & Friends First'' averaged more total viewers than other programs at CNN and MSNBC in the same time slot combined. In October 2017, Fox News announced that the show will be expanded to two hours from 4 to 6 a.m. The 4 a.m. hour would be anchored solely by

, and Jillian Mele and

would present the 5 a.m. hour. In July 2020, Childers had parted ways with Fox News after executives had expressed concern and anger about her coming to work and appearing visibly ill on air several months earlier during the wake of the

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. In 2021, Jillian Mele was replaced by Carley Shimkus as a co-anchor.

Location

''Fox & Friends First'' is broadcast from Studio J at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the News Corp. Building),

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. On March 19, 2018, Fox & Friends First has relocated to Studio D from its original location in Studio J for construction. The team moved back to Studio J on June 19, 2018.

References

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