{"id":12993,"date":"2021-03-12T11:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=12993"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:33:00","slug":"gutfeld-goes-five-nights-a-weekradio-show-aims-to-bring-healing-to-veteranstoday-is-yes-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2021\/03\/gutfeld-goes-five-nights-a-weekradio-show-aims-to-bring-healing-to-veteranstoday-is-yes-day.html","title":{"rendered":"“Gutfeld!” goes five nights a week+Radio show aims to bring healing to veterans+Today is “Yes Day”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 03\/12\/21
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Late night gets an exclamation point!<\/strong> Yes, while the punctuation point in that previous sentence may be redundant, at least the viewpoint will be fresh when Greg Gutfeld brings his comic take on the news to the 11:00 PM (ET) weekday slot on Fox News. Gutfeld!<\/em>, debuting on April 5th,\u00a0 puts the political satirist in direct competition with CBS’ Stephen Colbert, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah and, finally and brings a much-needed conservative\/libertarian voice to the period. It’s not just that the other hosts lean left but that they – as well SNL<\/em> – are so in the tank for the globalist media\/big tech oligarchy that they’re afraid to mine the obvious comic gold that both the Biden Administration and deliberately socially divisive Woke extremism presents. I mean, on the one hand, it’s not funny at all but, on the other hand, it’s absurdly hilarious. And, of course, humor has traditionally been an effective means of fighting back against the arrogant stupidity of the powerful. It’s not that I wish Colbert et al would go away, I just wish they’d grow a spine or, at least, a funny bone.<\/p>\n

As part of Fox’s late-night shuffle, Gutfeld’s Saturday night show will leave the schedule after tomorrow’s edition (a replacement is TBD) and Shannon Bream’s Fox News @ Night will move back an hour to midnight (ET). Gutfeld will continue to co-host The Five at 5:00 PM ET which, as I mentioned in my conversation with Dana Perino<\/a>, continues to be a highlight of my day.<\/p>\n

Talking about the new show, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott says “People need a reason to laugh. Greg\u2019s unique and irreverent talk show has been an incredible success, often beating the late night broadcast competition, despite its Saturday time slot. With one of the most loyal and engaged audiences in cable news, we\u2019re thrilled to…further solidify Greg\u2019s place among late night television stars.”<\/p>\n

Gutfeld himself says “This feels like the perfect next step following the amazing success of the weekend show, which is due in large part to a great staff and a management that lets the show follow its own unique path…Every day someone comes up to me to ask when are we going nightly, so now that we are, here will be approximately three-million people who will claim it\u2019s their idea.”<\/p>\n

No matter who came up with the idea, it strikes me as a brilliant scheduling move that really fills a late-night void and flows nicely out of Fox’s lineup of more serious opinion shows. If I could make one suggestion, I think Fox should a consider a format for Shannon Bream’s show that hearkens back to the kind of longer-form interview shows of Larry King and Tom Snyder. The show could focus on the story of the day when that works but also feature conversations with authors, celebrities and others of interest. Such a format would really work in the time slot and set the show apart from other shows currently on cable news. Plus, I think, Shannon Bream would be really great at it.
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\nWreaths Across America Radio Hosts Leaders for its First Radio RoundTable on Veteran Healing. <\/strong>The organization will present a series of four roundtable discussions focused on Veteran Healing through sharing stories of resilience, purpose and success. The first live discussion, titled \u201cService, Resilience, Success,\u201d will take place on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7:00 PM (ET) and can be heard exclusively on WAAR<\/a>. <\/strong>Guests on the program will include Ret. U.S. Army Major General and Director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration Peter Aylward and Edward McEvoy, National Outreach Program Specialist with the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service. They will be interviewed by Ret. U.S. Army Capt. Joe Reagan and Wreaths Across America\u2019s Executive Director Karen Worcester.<\/p>\n

The goal of the roundtable series is to help reduce barriers for veterans by:<\/p>\n