Liberty alumna Shannon Bream receives her own show on Fox News

 

• “Fox News @ Night” premieres on Oct. 30 and gives Bream Fox News’ first show in the 11 o’clock hour.
• Bream hopes to deliver straight news and present facts to viewers to allow them to decide their views on current events.

 

With her new prime time news show, Liberty alumna and Fox News anchor Shannon Bream has dedicated herself to unbiased, objective journalism and storytelling, which she said seeks to inform, not persuade, the viewers who tune into her show every weeknight.

 

“It’s never interesting to have a one-sided conversation, and that doesn’t serve our viewers,” Bream said. “So whatever we cover, we’re going to give you all the information on both sides of the aisle, and let you decide how you feel about it. We’re in the business of presenting facts—and that’s it.”

 

Bream kicked off her new show, “Fox News @ Night,” on Monday, Oct. 30 at 11 p.m. ET. The show is part of a broader reorganization of prime time talent for the most-watched cable news network following the ousting of longtime Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly and a drop of approximately 29 percent in Fox News’ primetime audience compared to a year ago.

 

Bream’s show is now also preceded every weeknight by another new show to the network. “The Ingraham Angle,” hosted by Fox News veteran and renowned conservative Laura Ingraham, premiered Monday night as well at 10 p.m. ET.

 

The straight-news flavor of “Fox News @ Night” will include coverage of hard political news, breaking news and the general news of the day, contrasting the conservative voices that dominate the rhetoric of Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. show and Sean Hannity’s 9 p.m. show on the network.

 

“Fox News @ Night” is the network’s first attempt at a program in the 11 p.m. time slot, which will directly compete with CNN’s 11 p.m. show with Don Lemon and Brian Williams’ 11 p.m. news show on MSBNC – the second most-watched network that has recently given Fox News the most competition for the No. 1 spot.

 

Bream said her show will be driven by her legal background—having graduated from Florida State University College of Law—and expertise in covering the Supreme Court that helps her understand both sides to any issue. In the weeks before the premiere of the show, Bream said she has called both Democratic and Republican representatives and pundits to gather a diverse range of viewpoints and opinions to join her on the air.

 

“We’re very much trying to dig out the factual information, to look at where the story is going next,” Bream said. “And we’ll push people for answers about the way they’re voting and the decisions they’re making to find out how it’s going to affect people watching at home.”

 

Bream initially joined Fox News in 2007, and most recently has been co-hosting “America’s Newsroom” with Bill Hemmer every weekday from 9-11 a.m. ET.  Similar to Bream’s new primetime show, “America’s Newsroom” focused heavily on covering hard political news.

 

Specifically, the show covered the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, which Bream said gave her much-needed familiarity with the current presidential administration and experience in covering news on the fly in an ever-changing political landscape of 3 a.m. tweets and unexpected stories.

 

It was because of her success with Hemmer in “America’s Newsroom” and the need for another hour of hard-news programming that inspired Fox News executives to choose Bream for their next coveted news anchor position, she said. With the addition of Bream to its lineup, Fox News now also has more women anchoring evening and daytime shows than its rivals CNN and MSNBC do.

 

The change in its prime time lineup has also acted as a catalyst for Fox News’ efforts to move past the recent allegations and headlines of the network cultivating a workplace culture of harassment. Bream said she believes the changes have been nothing but positive for the network thus far and said Fox News now offers its viewers more programming for different people of every sort of background and belief.

 

“We’ve had so much change in just the last year-and-a-half,” Bream said. “And it has really shaken everything up here, but I think change is a good thing, and it creates opportunity and gives us a fresh new way of looking at what’s important and what shows work best in which hour.”

 

For now, Fox News still sits atop of the ratings in cable news despite increasing competition from its rivals. According to Nielsen Ratings, Fox News claimed eight of the 10 most-watched news programs and was the most popular among viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 — the demographic most prioritized by advertisers.

 

As she develops “Fox News @ Night” and cultivates its programming to best serve her viewers during the 11 o’clock hour, Bream said she hopes to further Fox News’ high-standing reputation and continue to establish herself as a trusted source of daily news.