Fox Report

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Fox Report
"This is news, at the speed of live!"
Genre	Newscast
Running time	60 minutes
Starring	Shepard Smith (weekdays) Trace Gallagher (weekends)
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Fox News Channel
Original run	September 13, 1999–present

The Fox Report is a fast-paced American nightly news program on Fox News Channel. The show is hosted by Shepard Smith on the weekdays and Trace Gallagher on the weekends.

The program is described as FNC's "newscast of record" and has similar story length and pacing to the programs on the broadcast networks (namely World News, the CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News). It is broadcast live every evening at 7:00 p.m. ET. The show is replayed only on Saturday and Sunday, once at 3:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., respectively. (On occasion, if a show that is reaired later in the night such as Hannity & Colmes or Special Report is preempted by breaking news, the Fox Report will air). The program is cable television's most watched newscast, averaging about 1.5 million viewers per broadcast, although that is far fewer than even the lowest rated broadcast network newscast (CBS at 6.5 million). However, the program is the third most watched program on FNC, after The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. The Fox Report is executive-produced by Jay Wallace, FNC's executive producer for news.

The program features Fox News correspondents and guests analyzing issues in quick segments, with no more than three or four minutes per story. Up to 70 stories are covered in a day. The program eschews "talking heads" and focuses on field reporting and comments from individuals directly involved in the story. One common feature is "Around the World in 80 Seconds," a pun on the Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days, that takes a quick look at interesting happenings around the world. In the same vein, but not time-restricted, is "Across America," where local Fox broadcast affiliates share their human interest news stories with FNC. The end of the show features the "G-Block," so named because it is the last of the seven segments on the newscast. The "G-Block" features news about celebrities and entertainment, and is notably the point at which host Shepard Smith made a slip of the tongue referring to Jennifer Lopez. YouTube video

[edit] History

Mike Schneider, previously of NBC and ABC News, hosted FNC's first "regular" newscast, the Schneider Report. This newscast included interviews with guests and was kept as close to center as possible. After Schneider left Fox News Channel, the program morphed into the Fox News Report, which became simply the Fox Report.

This was the first incarnation of a flashy, fast-paced newscast that Shepard Smith has since perfected. In particular, he started the trend of peppering news scripts with participles instead of using complete sentences. Jon Scott and Catherine Crier co-anchored until Crier left to join Court TV. A short time later, Paula Zahn took over as the solo host of the then-called Fox Report with Paula Zahn. Paula anchored the newscast until she became host of The Edge, at which point the slot was given to Shepard Smith.

[edit] Quotes

"Covering the globe, Fair and Balanced. News at the speed of live! From New York, this is the Fox Report with Shepard Smith." This is the opening voice over cleverly combining the network's slogan with the show's slogan.

"This is America's Newscast — no pundits, no discussions, just the news..." is a signature quote on the first commercial break of the Fox Report.