Greg Gutfeld is leaving ‘Red Eye’ to host a still-in-development weekend show on FNC:
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld will be developing a new weekend program for the cable news network with a bit of an edge to it, with a “whimsical nature and political satire.”
Fox announced the new show for Gutfeld, currently in development, in a press release today. Fox News EVP of Programming Bill Shine said, “We are confident that Gutfeld’s distinct perspective and knack for humor will start a valuable dialogue and be a refreshing addition to the weekend line-up.”
The show, Fox says, will “focus on his strong libertarian values and social commentary.”
However, this new role for Gutfeld means he will be leaving Red Eye, the late night Fox show he’s hosted since 2007. Fox News says “a variety of rotating guest hosts” will fill in during the transition period.
Gutfeld will continue to co-host The Five and regularly appear on The O’Reilly Factor.
‘Red Eye’ jumped the shark when Bill Schultz left. Man, I miss that guy and ‘Red Eye’ when he was on it. (I find Bill’s “replacement”, eye candy Joanne Nosunchinsky, rather unfunny and somewhat pretentious.
