Hannity Replaces Colmes With Rotating Roster

Liberal half of talk-show equation gets weekend gig

(NEWSER) - After 12 years as co-host of Hannity & Colmes, the liberal half of the Fox News standby, Alan Colmes, will leave the show at the end of the year. He's working on a weekend show for the network, which will keep him on as a commentator, Broadcasting & Cable reports. "I’ll genuinely miss sparring with such a skillful debate partner," Sean Hannity said. More»

(NEWSER) - Barack Obama has suggested voters are “seeing two different realities, a Sean Hannity reality and a Keith Olbermann reality”—and he’s right, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post. "Adored by fans and derided by critics," Fox's Hannity is an unapologetic John McCain booster, while Olbermann uses his MSNBC pulpit to promote Obama. More»

Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot

(NEWSER) - Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times. Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live" and "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox to dominate the 9 p.m. slot. More»

Gawker's anonymous source still operating

(NEWSER) - It's a whack-a-mole, media style: Fox News said today it had found the "mole" who has been writing insider columns for Gawker. (Like this one about a Romney-Hannity interview.) But the mole has since posted a note on Gawker contradicting the claim. "If Fox has smoked me out, it's news to me," he/she writes. "I'm still here." Earlier, a network spokesperson told Mediaite that it had discovered the identity of the mole within 24 hours of the first column and was "exploring legal action." Fox later clarified that it had yet to confront the person: "We know who it is." More»

He launches 'Solutions Revolution' movement

(NEWSER) - He’s baaaaack. Ripping a page directly out of Sarah Palin’s playbook, Herman Cain is launching a quasi-campaign tour in a bus with a giant picture of his face on the side, he announced yesterday in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News . Cain says the road trip is part of his new "Solutions Revolution" movement, in which he’ll barnstorm for his various policy ideas. First up? You guessed it: 9-9-9. More»