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Fox News Gives Dan Bongino, Trey Gowdy Their Own Weekend Shows

The network also announced that a couple of two-hour ensemble shows would be permanently added to the weekend schedule.

Fox News announced on Wednesday that conservative network contributors Dan Bongino and Trey Gowdy would now be hosting their own weekend programs. The network also said that a couple of weekend panel shows that had been temporary replacements would now be permanently added to the schedule.

Beginning in early June, Bongino will headline a primetime show on Saturday evening, permanently replacing The Greg Gutfeld Show at 10 p.m. ET. (Gutfeld is now hosting a late-night “comedy” show on weeknights.) Fox News also announced that its online streaming service Fox Nation will livestream the pro-Trump commentator’s daily Westwood One three-hour radio show, which key Cumulus stations recently moved to Rush Limbaugh’s old 12-3 p.m. ET time slot.

Gowdy, a former Republican congressman who joined Fox News in 2019, will now host a live Sunday news show at 7 p.m. ET, also scheduled to debut in early June. The ex-lawmaker was recently given a tryout in Fox News Primetime, a weeknight opinion show that debuted in January and still hasn’t settled on a permanent host.

The network also announced that The Big Saturday Show and The Big Sunday Show, a pair of ensemble two-hour panel discussion programs that have been airing recently at 5 p.m. ET, will now be a permanent fixture on the network’s weekend schedule. The shows will feature a rotating series of panelists.

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Justin BaragonaSenior Media Reporter

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