{"id":23599,"date":"2022-08-12T10:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=23599"},"modified":"2022-09-18T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T16:54:18","slug":"shannon-bream-named-new-fox-news-sunday-host-friday-media-scroll-late-night-comedy-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2022\/08\/shannon-bream-named-new-fox-news-sunday-host-friday-media-scroll-late-night-comedy-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Bream named new “Fox News Sunday” host + Friday Media Scroll: Late Night Comedy Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 08\/12\/22<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bream job.<\/strong> Fox News Channel<\/strong> has named Shannon Bream<\/strong> as permanent host of Fox News Sunday<\/strong><\/em>. Bream, who will officially take the chair on September 11th<\/sup>, will be the 26-year-old program’s third host (following the late Tony Snow<\/strong> and Chris Wallace<\/strong> who is now at CNN<\/strong>) and its first woman anchor. She will also continue as the network\u2019s chief legal correspondent. As for Fox News @ Night<\/strong><\/em>, the program she currently helms each week night following the red-hot Gutfeld!<\/strong><\/em>, a rotation of journalists will sit in until a permanent replacement is named. IMHO:<\/strong> Kevin Corke<\/strong>, a true professional and regular contributor to the program, would be an excellent choice for the role.<\/p>\n

In making the announcement, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott<\/strong> declared \u201cShannon is an outstanding journalist, reporter and anchor who has cultivated a strong and enduring relationship with the FOX News Media audience.”<\/p>\n

Bream added \u201cIt has been an honor to cover major news throughout Washington over the last 15 years at FOX News. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to host a Sunday show and look forward to this new role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox News Sunday<\/strong><\/em> airs Sunday mornings on the Fox Broadcast Network<\/strong> with encore presentations running later in the day on Fox News. Notably, each time Bream has guest-hosted the program over the last several months she has out-delivered the 2021 average of the show by 20%. A January edition she hosted marked the show’s highest rating of 2022, netting double digit increase – up 32% in total viewers (1.35 million) and 45% in the advertiser friendly 25-54 demo (343,000). In June, she ushered in week-to-week gains of 37% in the 25-54 demo, a 53% increase in the 18-49 demo along with 8% growth in total viewers. Bream also notched a 10% increase in the 25-54 demo compared to the same show last year and the FNC airings outpaced every single CNN and MSNBC<\/strong> Sunday program in total viewers.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she is the of author of The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today<\/em> (Fox News Books)<\/strong>, which I interviewed her about<\/a>. The book has has sold more than half a million copies and, according to Nielsen Bookscan<\/strong>, was 13th<\/sup> bestselling book in adult nonfiction in 2021 and spent 15 weeks on the New York Times <\/strong>bestseller list (five of them at number one). Her follow-up work,\u00a0 Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families<\/strong>,<\/em> which I also interviewed her about<\/a>, was likewise a number-one bestseller. Bream also hosts of the Livin\u2019 the Bream <\/i><\/strong>podcast on Fox News Audio<\/strong> where she shares inspirational stories, personal anecdotes and an insider’s perspective on actions and rulings from the high court.<\/p>\n

Before joining FNC, Bream worked as a weekend anchor for WRC-TV (NBC)<\/strong> in Washington, D.C. Previously, she anchored the evening and late-night news for WBTV (CBS)<\/strong> in Charlotte, NC and held writing and reporting positions at WFTS-TV (ABC)<\/strong> in Tampa, FL. Prior to her work as a journalist, she practiced corporate law specializing in race discrimination and sexual harassment cases. She is an honors graduate of the Florida State University College of Law<\/strong> and obtained her B.S. in Business Management magna cum laude from Liberty University<\/strong>.
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TV’s late night comedians were ecstatic (to put it politely) this week over the FBI raid of Former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.<\/strong> This riff by Trevor Noah<\/strong> was fairly typical.<\/p>\n