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Brian Damage · 07-25-2006, 03:23 PM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hosts of Fox News Channel's "DaySide" program will jump to a new morning show next year on 35 Fox-owned broadcast stations, going up against the last hour of NBC's "Today" in some cities, Fox said on Tuesday.

The new program, produced by sister studio Twentieth Television, will air live from New York featuring a mix of talk, news and entertainment hosted by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy of "DaySide."

Jerrick and Huddy will continue their duties as Fox News daytime anchors until this fall, when they will be replaced on the cable news channel.

Bob Cook, president and CEO of Twentieth Television, said the pair's new show on the Fox Television Stations group would be similar in format to "DaySide," but "we'll bring a little bit different look to it."

Their as-yet untitled show is set to debut in January and run from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays in most markets, overlapping the last hour of NBC's top-rated morning show "Today" in some East Coast cities, the News Corp. Inc.-owned companies said.

ABC's No. 2 breakfast-time program "Good Morning America" and CBS's third-ranked "The Early Show" each currently end their two-hour broadcasts at 9 a.m., so the new Fox show will not compete with them.

Cook insisted the Jerrick-Huddy show was designed not as Fox's answer to the Big Three morning offerings, but rather as a companion program to local news shows that are already delivering strong ratings for Fox stations from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

"It's more about the fact that we thought Mike and Juliet had extraordinary chemistry and we thought they had earned this opportunity and were a perfect fit for our television stations," Cook told Reuters.

Fox Television Stations broadcast group consists of 35 TV stations in 26 markets reaching nearly 45 percent of U.S. homes.

Cook said the new morning show may be expanded in the future to the Fox broadcasting network as a whole or be syndicated to other station groups.

TV Knowledge Fan · 07-31-2006, 02:07 PM

...the last time Fox tried a network morning show, it was "FOX AFTER BREAKFAST" in the fall of 1996 [modeled after FX's highly successful "BREAKFAST TIME", now gone], Monday-Friday at 9am(et). It started out as a good morning program, but then, after a few months, the Fox executives got in the way.....firing cast members and "tweaking" the format a bit, chipping away at everything that made the show unique in the first place. By the time the series ended in late 1997, it had become "THE VICKI LAWRENCE SHOW".

So what makes you think Fox is going to have a success with THIS one?

gilligan fanatic · 07-31-2006, 02:47 PM

I think it is a good idea. I think it should do well. There morning show on FNC already does well.

theshark8777 · 07-31-2006, 06:54 PM

I loved Breakfast Time on FX. It had Tom Bergeron and that puppet!

Dr. John Becker · 08-01-2006, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

...the last time Fox tried a network morning show, it was "FOX AFTER BREAKFAST" in the fall of 1996 [modeled after FX's highly successful "BREAKFAST TIME", now gone], Monday-Friday at 9am(et). It started out as a good morning program, but then, after a few months, the Fox executives got in the way.....firing cast members and "tweaking" the format a bit, chipping away at everything that made the show unique in the first place. By the time the series ended in late 1997, it had become "THE VICKI LAWRENCE SHOW".

So what makes you think Fox is going to have a success with THIS one?

So, since something flopped 10 years ago, they should never try again?

theshark8777 · 08-01-2006, 06:37 AM

It's gonna be in a decent Timeslot, it will only compete against Today. GMA and CBS's morning shows will be off the air by then.

07-25-2006, 03:23 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Fox to launch national morning show in 2007 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hosts of Fox News Channel's "DaySide" program will jump to a new morning show next year on 35 Fox-owned broadcast stations, going up against the last hour of NBC's "Today" in some cities, Fox said on Tuesday. The new program, produced by sister studio Twentieth Television, will air live from New York featuring a mix of talk, news and entertainment hosted by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy of "DaySide." Jerrick and Huddy will continue their duties as Fox News daytime anchors until this fall, when they will be replaced on the cable news channel. Bob Cook, president and CEO of Twentieth Television, said the pair's new show on the Fox Television Stations group would be similar in format to "DaySide," but "we'll bring a little bit different look to it." Their as-yet untitled show is set to debut in January and run from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays in most markets, overlapping the last hour of NBC's top-rated morning show "Today" in some East Coast cities, the News Corp. Inc.-owned companies said. ABC's No. 2 breakfast-time program "Good Morning America" and CBS's third-ranked "The Early Show" each currently end their two-hour broadcasts at 9 a.m., so the new Fox show will not compete with them. Cook insisted the Jerrick-Huddy show was designed not as Fox's answer to the Big Three morning offerings, but rather as a companion program to local news shows that are already delivering strong ratings for Fox stations from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. "It's more about the fact that we thought Mike and Juliet had extraordinary chemistry and we thought they had earned this opportunity and were a perfect fit for our television stations," Cook told Reuters. Fox Television Stations broadcast group consists of 35 TV stations in 26 markets reaching nearly 45 percent of U.S. homes. Cook said the new morning show may be expanded in the future to the Fox broadcasting network as a whole or be syndicated to other station groups.
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07-31-2006, 02:07 PM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Let's see... ...the last time Fox tried a network morning show, it was "FOX AFTER BREAKFAST" in the fall of 1996 [modeled after FX's highly successful "BREAKFAST TIME", now gone], Monday-Friday at 9am(et). It started out as a good morning program, but then, after a few months, the Fox executives got in the way.....firing cast members and "tweaking" the format a bit, chipping away at everything that made the show unique in the first place. By the time the series ended in late 1997, it had become "THE VICKI LAWRENCE SHOW". So what makes you think Fox is going to have a success with THIS one?

07-31-2006, 02:47 PM	#3
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I think it is a good idea. I think it should do well. There morning show on FNC already does well.
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07-31-2006, 06:54 PM	#4
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	I loved Breakfast Time on FX. It had Tom Bergeron and that puppet!
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08-01-2006, 06:37 AM	#6
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	It's gonna be in a decent Timeslot, it will only compete against Today. GMA and CBS's morning shows will be off the air by then.