Sister Toldjah!
7/15/2008 - 7:32 pm

Say it ain’t so, Howie:

Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched 12 years ago, plans to step down at year’s end. But he won’t disappear entirely.

Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job as Washington managing editor and anchor of “Special Report.” They say he is near a deal to continue with Fox in a senior statesman role, not unlike that of Tom Brokaw at NBC, for roughly 100 days a year.

In his new role, Hume would be a senior political analyst, anchor special events, serve as a panelist on “Fox News Sunday” and occasionally substitute for the host, Chris Wallace.

Thank goodness he’s not leaving the network altogether, but evenings at 6pm ET just won’t be the same without Brit Hume at the helm of Special Report.  Or will there even continue to be a Special Report once Hume’s role is reduced?

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has made no decision on whether “Special Report,” which began as a temporary program during the Clinton impeachment, will continue, or who would anchor it if it does, the sources said.

Well, it would only make sense if they decided not to continue SR.  After all, what would SR be without this adorable mug being seen on it every week night? :(

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Comments

  1. This is sad news. I don’t know how much more I can take. 1st Tony dies, now Brit is stepping down. I just pray he sticks with Fox News Sunday. - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 7/15/2008 - 7:58 pm

  2. I weep. :((

    Hume is a great host, and I can’t see who among their stable could really replace him. (Allahpundit speculated on Geraldo, to which I could only scream in horror.)

    Comment by Anthony (Los Angeles) @ 7/15/2008 - 8:39 pm

  3. Not to be self serving (well, okay, yeah) but this is good news for the rest of us here at Toldjah Manor. You’ve had your time, Britt, now step aside and give somebody else a shot. Now all I have to do is find a way to nobble Lorica…

    Comment by Steve Skubinna @ 7/15/2008 - 9:13 pm

  4. Uh-oh… I didn’t just type that and hit submit, did I?

    Damn, is there any way I can blame this on Sneery?

    Comment by Steve Skubinna @ 7/15/2008 - 9:14 pm

  5. Some shows are too unique to continue with a different host. Brit Hume’s is one of them.

    I think a new format is in order. And definitely one not presided over by Gerry Rivers.

    Comment by Leslie @ 7/16/2008 - 10:22 am

  6. =)) Funny Guy Steve =)) Actually I was thinking I should work on my resume’ for this position. =)) - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 7/16/2008 - 12:37 pm

  7. Tell you what, Lorica, I’ll give Sneery’s dad a call and tell him you want some help. Sneery’s still grounded but his dad lets him work around the neighborhood if he knows the people. I’ll vouch for you.

    Just park the kid at your computer, tell him what you want, and leave him to it.

    Comment by Steve Skubinna @ 7/16/2008 - 2:29 pm

  8. LOL =)) Now that might work if I wanted a job at CNN or MSNBC, but this is to replace the one and only Brit Hume. Also, I don’t really want all of the porn cookies that Sneery would most likely download while I am busy about my day. =)) - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 7/16/2008 - 2:51 pm

  9. Please. Enough with the cheeky comments. Don’t you know how crushed Sis must feel? She’s gotta be a wreck over this!

    Start recording those Special Reports, Sis. They’ll be a comfort to you.

    Have I ever told you I look like Hume?

    Oh yeah, you asked for pictures. Never mind.

    Comment by Marshall Art @ 7/17/2008 - 12:02 am

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