By Missy Crane | January 22, 2020
Shep Smith is gone and now the very calm, cool, and FAIR-MINDED Bill Hemmer is at the 3 p.m. helm…and he’s KILLING IT!
America is no longer held hostage by a crazy Trump Derangement Syndriomne spazmo.
And conservatives are rewarding Fox News for choosing someone who isn’t insane to fill Shep’s spot by actually watching the show.
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I know when I watched Fox News and 3 p.m. would roll around I’d be diving for the remote control.
Well, not anymore. As a matter of fact, Hemmer’s new show actually CRUSHED Shep’s in the rating on his very first day!
Fox News’ anchor Bill Hemmer significantly outpaced predecessor Shepard Smith in his debut Monday as the host of “Bill Hemmer Reports.”
Hemmer’s show raked in 1.8 million viewers in the 3 P.M. E.T. time slot, including 269,000 viewers in the crucial age 25-54 demographic. This was a 37% increase in total viewers from Smith’s final year, where the long-time Fox News host averaged just under 1.3 million viewers, including 201,000 in the age 25-54 demographic.
Smith had been with the network since its inception in 1996, but stepped down from his role last October. Throughout his final years at Fox News, Smith faced intense criticism from President Donald Trump and the network’s conservative viewers.
Hemmer’s debut on the show included interviews with Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and campaign managers for both Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. Hemmer promised in his debut that he will be “fair.”
“I am very happy to start this next chapter with you at home. We won’t solve the world’s issues in an hour, but over time, we will understand them better,” Hemmer said Monday. [Daily Calller]
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Congrats to Bill. He’s a very fair and well-respected journalist. I believe he will do a great job in that time-slot.
Anything is better than that goof Shepard, who is now rumored to be going to MSNBC, which is where he should have been all along.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
This piece originally appeared on WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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