Last year, liberal newscaster Chris Wallace left Fox News Sunday after 18 years. He began hosting Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on the streaming service CNN+, only for the service to fold one month after launching.
Meanwhile, Fox has rotated a cast of substitute hosts as substitutes since December… and the network has finally settled on a permanent replacement.
To replace Wallace, Fox News Media promoted one of its late-night anchors, Shannon Bream.
“Shannon is an outstanding journalist, reporter and anchor who has cultivated a strong and enduring relationship with the FOX News Media audience,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a press release.
“It has been an honor to cover major news throughout Washington over the last 15 years at FOX News,” Bream replied. “I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to host a Sunday show and look forward to this new role.”
Fox News colleagues congratulated Bream on her new position. Meanwhile, former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann slammed Bream as a “pretend journalistic Assclown.”
Take a look —
Huge congratulations to @ShannonBream. An incredible anchor and person. https://t.co/RUsjus8t7D
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) August 11, 2022
She's a pretend journalistic Assclown and you're one of fox's marks
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 11, 2022
Bream has driven up Fox News Sunday ratings during her tenure as a guest host, according to the company’s press release. She reportedly drew 20 percent more viewers than last year’s average broadcast of Fox News Sunday.
In addition to guest-hosting, Bream has anchored Fox News @ Night since the show’s launch in 2017. She averaged 1.1 million viewers in the second quarter despite airing at midnight on cable during the week, and she’s conducted sit-down interviews with such high-profile figures as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Bream has also served as Fox News Channel’s chief legal correspondent since 2007, and she made headlines last year for fact-checking NPR’s story about a mask dispute between Gorsuch and his colleagues. She will continue in this role, according to the press release.
Before her 15-year career at Fox, Bream practiced law and worked at each of the big three broadcast networks.
Wallace, while still at Fox, moderated two presidential debates. He remains the only Fox newscaster to have done so.
Like her predecessor, Bream may use her new gig as a springboard to big things.
Bream will take the reins on Sep. 11. As usual, Fox News Sunday will air on Fox’s broadcast network at 9 a.m., with reruns on Fox News Channel at 2.
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