Weekend Live was an American
newsNews is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
/
talkA talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
television program on
Fox News ChannelFox 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
liveLive television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
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
commentaryPolitical criticism is criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics, including policies, politicians, political parties, and types of government.-Controversy:...
segment, but does have regular one-minute "Fox Real Time" news recaps.
Broadcast live from the network's
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
ETThe Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
, the show was hosted by Bret Baier. The show had been previously hosted by
Tony SnowRobert 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 HouseThe 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 WilsonBrian 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 HeadquartersAmerica'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 HeadquartersAmerica'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.
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