Fox News Sunday

Fox News Sunday is a Sunday morning talk show airing on the broadcast Fox network since 1996, as a presentation of Fox News Channel. It is the only regularly scheduled Fox News program carried on the main Fox broadcast network.

Fox News Sunday
Created byRoger Ailes
Presented byRotating Anchors
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons26
No. of episodes1,358 (as of May 1, 2022)
Production
Production locationsFox News Washington Bureau
400 N Capitol Street NW
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkFox
Fox News
Original releaseApril 28, 1996 (1996-04-28) –
present

The show features interviews with some of the biggest newsmakers in politics from the previous week and "takes on the week's hot political topics", in addition to panel discussions with other Fox contributors and a "power player of the week", which typically is a non-political "feel good" story to end the program.

Host

Following longtime anchor Chris Wallace's departure in December 2021, Fox News announced that FOX News Sunday would have rotating anchors until a permanent anchor would be named. The following personalities have guest anchored so far and are considered possible replacements for Wallace. [1]

Overview
Creator Roger Ailes in 2013

The program began on April 28, 1996,[2] 5½ months prior to the launch of the network's sister cable news network Fox News Channel. Because Fox News was still building out its studio facilities, it aired during at that time from historic Washington venues until Fox News Channel launched and the news operation's Washington bureau was opened. The show was the first network news show to stream live on the Internet. The show was also the first to incorporate live user commentary. Users posted on an Internet BBS and the Internet Producer moderated by choosing and posting the comments in the screen's lower third. The show airs live at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, although many Fox stations can choose to broadcast it at a later time slot. The program is also rebroadcast on Fox News Channel the same day at 2:00 p.m ET and 2:00 a.m ET[3]

An audio-only broadcast of the program is also carried on a number of radio stations. Most of these stations are owned by iHeartMedia (the former Clear Channel Communications), the largest radio station group that runs the division's Fox News Radio newscasts, along with WCSP-FM (C-SPAN Radio) in the Washington area and over the Internet, as part of its weekly audio airings of the major Sunday morning talk shows. In August 2008, Fox News Sunday began to be produced in high definition.[4]

Format
Tony Snow interviewing John Warner in 2003
Chris Wallace interviewing Maryland Governor Larry Hogan in 2015.

The first minute or so of the broadcast runs down the day's headlines, since Fox, unlike the Big Three television networks, does not have a conventional national morning news program that leads into Fox News Sunday, though a limited amount of Fox's affiliates have local news programs leading into it. For the rest of the first half of the show, the host interviews news makers from the prior week.

During the second half of the show, the host introduces a panel of four pundits (the "Sunday group") to speak about the political impact of the news. Regular members of the panel include the following people:

The program ends with a short segment focusing on a "Power Player of the Week", usually a short, non-political "feel-good" story about a person who has made a significant contribution to society.[5]

Former Anchors

Tony Snow (1996—2003)

Founding anchor of the show, left to become Whitehouse Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. Snow died on July 12, 2008.

Chris Wallace (2003—2021)

Abruptly announced his departure from the network on December 12, 2021. He later announced that he would be joining CNN's new streaming service CNN+ to host his own show.[6] Wallace lost his show after the network announced that their new streaming service would be shutting down on April 30th due to low subscriptions a month after launching. It is unclear if he will remain with CNN. [7]

References
  1. A.J. Katz (2021-12-13). "Here Are the Top Candidates to Replace Chris Wallace as Fox News Sunday Moderator". Adweek.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  2. Weprin, Alex. "Obama to make first appearance on 'Fox News Sunday' since becoming president". politico.com. Politico, LLC. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. "TV Schedule for Fox News". tvpassport.com. TV Passport. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. "Fox News Sunday Going HD In August". Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  5. "Power Player of the Week". foxnews.com. FOX News Network, LLC. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. Madani, Doha. "Chris Wallace leaving Fox News after 18 years for new CNN streaming service". Nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  7. https://www.newsweek.com/chris-wallaces-future-uncertain-after-leaving-fox-join-now-tanked-cnn-1699841
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