Weekend Live
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Weekend Live was an American news
/talk
television program on Fox News Channel
.
The program featured live
news story updates from correspondents, analysis from a number of different regular contributors, interviews with newsmakers of the week, and regular subject specific segments. Compared to other programming on the network, it didn't feature a commentary
segment, but does have regular one-minute "Fox Real Time" news recaps.
Broadcast live from the network's Washington, D.C.
studios from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Saturday and 12:00–2:00 p.m. Sunday ET
, the show was hosted by Bret Baier. The show had been previously hosted by Tony Snow
from 2002 until 2003 on both ends of the weekend, and from 2003 until his departure to join the White House
, on Saturdays, followed by Brian Wilson
.
The program ran as America's Election Headquarters
(and later, America's News Headquarters
), using that title during the 2008 presidential election campaign. The Weekend Live name was ultimately dropped altogether on November 5, 2008 and was retitled as America's News HQ.
News
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/talk
Talk show
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television program on Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
.
The program featured live
Live television
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news story updates from correspondents, analysis from a number of different regular contributors, interviews with newsmakers of the week, and regular subject specific segments. Compared to other programming on the network, it didn't feature a commentary
Political criticism
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segment, but does have regular one-minute "Fox Real Time" news recaps.
Broadcast live from the network's Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
studios from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Saturday and 12:00–2:00 p.m. Sunday ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
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, the show was hosted by Bret Baier. The show had been previously hosted by Tony Snow
Tony Snow
Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, television news anchor, syndicated columnist, radio host, musician, and the third White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. Snow also worked for President George H. W. Bush as chief speechwriter and...
from 2002 until 2003 on both ends of the weekend, and from 2003 until his departure to join the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, on Saturdays, followed by Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson (Fox News correspondent)
Brian Wilson was an American anchor reporter for the Fox News Channel. He is the past chairman of the Capitol Hill Radio/TV Correspondents' Association....
.
The program ran as America's Election Headquarters
America's Election Headquarters
America's Election Headquarters was a news program focusing on the 2008 United States presidential election and current affairs broadcast on the Fox News Channel weekdays 5pm Eastern Time and various times on Saturdays and Sundays....
(and later, America's News Headquarters
America's News Headquarters
America's News Headquarters is a weekend news program broadcast on Fox News Channel; it also refers to the two-to-three minute headline updates during "non-news" programming. The show took the place of America's Election Headquarters...
), using that title during the 2008 presidential election campaign. The Weekend Live name was ultimately dropped altogether on November 5, 2008 and was retitled as America's News HQ.