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It’s no secret that Donald Trump watches Fox News. It’s also no secret that the president likes people who do well on TV — whether that means they aggressively defend him or just look look like they came from, as he says, “central casting.”

Trump’s TV Cabinet, as the Columbia Journalism Review calls it, consists of such familiar faces to Fox News viewers as Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Sean Duffy and many more.

What Media Matters calls the “revolving door” between the network and the Trump White House goes both ways, with the president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump recently landing her own show on the network. Conversely, White House staffers, such as Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have become affiliated with Fox News after leaving public service.

Scroll through the photos below to see an extensive — but partial — list of those who’ve been through the pipeline between the network and the White House.

It’s no secret that Donald Trump has zero interest in fighting climate change and enthusiastically supports the fossil fuel industry. Trump’s 2024 victory was expected to set the climate fight back, but in less than two months, his administration has already done irreparable harm to efforts to address climate change. This can primarily be seen in key agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).

For example, the Epa is currently working on rewriting its finding from 2009 that has been critical for regulating greenhouse gases.

Donald Trump is — at least publicly — attempting to reign in Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) amid growing pushback from the public, Congress, and members of the president’s Cabinet.

On Thursday, Trump reportedly told his Cabinet members during a White House meeting that they would be in charge of the hiring and firing decisions within their agencies. The decision is a stark departure from how the administration has operated its first two months in office, giving Musk virtually unchecked authority to cut large swaths of federal departments and agencies.

Late last week, just as Presidents’ Day weekend was starting, Donald Trump and Elon Musk purged hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees — including multiple lawyers whose job was to help prevent pilots with drug and alcohol problems from getting in the cockpit, knowledgeable sources tell Rolling Stone.

According to a person familiar with the matter and another source briefed on it, the mass job cuts at the Faa hit multiple legal offices at the agency, which is part of the Department of Transportation. Different kinds of lawyers were abruptly let go,...

Senate Republicans have confirmed Kash Patel — a Maga conspiracy theorist sympathetic to QAnon who has signaled a thirst for retribution against Donald Trump’s political enemies — as the new FBI Director.

Patel was confirmed in a 51-49 vote Thursday afternoon, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joining every Senate Democrat in voting against his confirmation. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who was the only Republican senator to vote against Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy and who joined Collins and Murkowski in voting against Pete Hegseth — voted to confirm Patel.

In another serious mishap in North American aviation, a Delta jet ended up wingless and upside down on the airport tarmac in Toronto, Monday afternoon, in a terrifying crash landing that resulted in serious injuries, but no reported deaths.

The Bombardier aircraft — a smaller jet typically used for connecting flights — had 76 passengers and a crew of four, for a total of 80 people on board, according to a statement by Delta. The flight had originated in Minneapolis and attempted to land at Toronto’s Pearson airport around 2:15 Pm eastern time,...

The Trump administration has begun mass layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration (Faa), even as the agency reels from a fiery mid-air collision just outside Washington, D.C., a deadly runway crackup, and mysterious crashes from Pennsylvania to Alaska.

Hundreds of “probationary” Faa employees have received pink slips, amid an Elon Musk-led initiative to slash the size of the federal workforce. But at the same moment the agency is being hollowed out, Musk himself may be poised to profit. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted on X, formerly Twitter, that...

As Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) continues to wreak havoc with the internal mechanics of the federal government in its efforts to gut and dissolve vital agencies, the White House is signaling that it has no problem with the richest man on the planet serving as his own ethics watchdog.

Speaking to reporters today, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded a question about Musk being a special government employee while his various companies have billions in government contracts, and whether the Trump administration was taking steps...

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to President Donald Trump, will host a new Saturday-night show on Fox News Channel, putting the outlet in the unusual position of backing a primetime opinion host with direct connections to a sitting Commander-in-Chief on its schedule.

Trump will anchor “My View,” which Fox News said would “focus on the return of common sense to all corners of American life as the country ushers in a new era of practicality.” The show is expected to feature both analysis and “interviews with thought leaders, shedding light on the headlines driving the national conversation and affecting families around the country.” The show will air at 9 p.m. on Saturdays. MSNBC offers a program with similar concepts, “Inside With Jen Psaki,” the former White House Press Secretary for President Joe Biden, which runs Sundays and Mondays.

Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, called Trump “a gifted communicator who...

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump and former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, is joining Fox News to host a new weekend show.

Trump’s show, My View with Lara Trump, will air at 9 p.m. Et Saturdays starting February 22.

Lara Trump, who is the wife of Eric Trump, previously had been a paid contributor for Fox News but left in 2022 after Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign. She also has hosted a web series, The Right View, since 2020.

Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, said in a statement, “A gifted communicator who knows how to connect to the viewers, successful entrepreneur and working mother, Lara’s innate understanding of the American public and today’s political landscape will be a compelling addition to our weekend lineup.”

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Almost as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in late last month, the president, Elon Musk, and their allies embarked on a smash-and-grab-style blitz of purges and hard-right ideological enforcement that brought so much of the federal government to a screeching, tumultuous halt. Trump’s rule by self-inflicted chaos trickled down to the Federal Aviation Administration (Faa) in the Department of Transportation, where even air traffic controllers and airport control towers across the country have not been able to escape the torment of a hyper-maga onslaught.

Over the past two long weeks,...

Even as crews continued to retrieve bodies from the Potomac River following a midair collision Wednesday night between a commercial jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump sought to lay the blame for the tragedy on workplace diversity initiatives. His now-familiar refrain against diversity, equity, and inclusion policies — convenient for packaging racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic rhetoric into easily digested soundbites — had no evident connection to the accident, which officials have just begun to investigate. But that didn’t stop Trump from signing a...

Updated with press conference details: At a press conference shortly after 9 a.m. Et, Wichita (Ks) Mayor Lily Wu said city officials were at the Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening when services were offered to family members of the doomed crash victims aboard a commercial flight that collided with a Blackhawk helicopter, killing all aboard both aircraft.

“Our community needs to come together to support the family members who have been impacted, to come together in honor of those individuals on that flight,” the mayor said.

Earlier this morning, Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, said the night was clear and that both the plane and the helicopter were flying in a standard flight pattern. Duffy indicated that “everything was standard in the lead-up to the crash,” and that he believed the disaster was “absolutely” preventable, echoing comments made earlier by President Donald Trump.

All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century, officials said Thursday.

At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after the helicopter apparently flew into the path of the jet late Wednesday as it was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., officials said. The plane carried 60 passengers and four crew. Three soldiers were aboard the helicopter.

“We don’t believe there are any survivors,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital. “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.”

The plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, and first responders were searching an area of the Potomac River as far...

Confirmation hearings for a slew of Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-ranking positions are scheduled to begin this week. Senate committees still have not received vetting materials for several nominees, and many of their financial disclosures and ethics disclosures have not yet been made public.

On Monday, with less than 24 hours left before his confirmation hearing, embattled Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s financial disclosure and ethics agreement were finally released to the public. The disclosure form shows the former Fox News host received $4.6 million in...

Donald Trump’s win in November means not only that the former president will once again be living in the White House, but that dozens upon dozens of the most consequential positions in the federal government affecting every walk of life in America will be staffed by cronies of his choosing.

Trump has been on nomination tear since defeating Kamala Harris, tapping what seems like just about everyone in his orbit to join his administration — whether it be vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health services,...

As 47th US President-elect Donald Trump continues announcing appointments for his next term, he recently surprised some when he nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle as the US Ambassador to Greece this week.

Who is Kimberly Guilfoyle and why has she been appointed to this role? Learn more about her and her past accomplishments, below.

Who Is Kimberly Guilfoyle & Why Did Trump Appoint Her ?

At the age of 55, Guilfoyle is a former Fox host and also happens to be a part of Trump’s extended family. The one-time attorney is the fiancé to Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and has long worked on the President’s past presidential campaigns.

Interestingly enough, Guilfoyle was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is a member of the Democratic Party.

Donald Trump On Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Appointment

In his announcement appointing Guilfoyle as the US ambassador to Greece, Trump noted that Kimberly was...

The first Golden Bachelor lead, Gerry Turner, appeared to find love on the show with contestant Theresa Nist, and the pair married in a televised special in January ... but if you kept tabs on the couple after they wed, you likely know that their marital bliss was quite short-lived, culminating in divorce in April.

Reality TV love matches can certainly last – Congressman Sean Duffy met his wife, Rachel, on MTV's The Real World: All Stars way back in 1998, and they're still together – but a large share of "showmances" don't end well.

Such was the case with Gerry and Theresa, and when they announced their split on Good Morning America and after the fact, their explanation basically boiled down to both parties' reluctance to uproot their lives and pick a place to live together.

In June, Gerry alluded to the "distance" issue in relation to his quickie marriage and divorce to Theresa,...

President-elect Donald Trump will Meet the Press in an exclusive sit-down interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker this weekend, the network announced Wednesday.

The conversation, Trump’s first network interview since winning the 2024 presidential election, will be recorded on Friday. Meet the Press airs Sunday at 10:30 am in New York and Washington, D.C.; check local listings elsewhere.

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From the moment it went on the air in 1992 all the way to its final season in 2019, MTV’s groundbreaking reality show The Real World offered young people a simple proposition: We’ll give you 15 minutes of fame if you agree to live in a house with complete strangers and let us film you 24/7. Some of the more more memorable cast members were given a chance to extend their moment by appearing on the spinoff show The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (later shortened simply to The Challenge) where they competed...

President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce comically terrible cabinet picks seemingly plucked out of half-remembered TV listings from 2013. Now he’s added Dr. Mehmet Oz to a lineup that already includes Fox News hosts Sean Duffy (formerly of The Real World) and Pete Hegseth, as well as WWE co-founder Linda McMahon.

Dr. Oz has been tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a decision that’s led a lot of folks online to make jokes comparing Trump’s pick to another famous TV quack: Dr. Nick Riviera.

But that’s not exactly a fair comparison — to Dr. Nick, that is.

Sure, Dr. Nick’s not perfect. He lost his watch during an operation, dispenses opioids from a Pez dispenser, once stole cadavers in order to drive in the carpool lane and surgically swapped poor Mr. McGreg’s arm and leg.

But Dr. Nick may just be a better physician than Dr.

Jimmy Kimmel commented on Donald Trump’s nomination of former Fox Business host Sean Duffy for secretary of transportation during his Tuesday night monologue, calling it “one of his least embarrassing picks.”

Though Duffy served as a U.S. representative for Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019, he started his career in the ’90s as a reality star, which Kimmel was quick to point out.

“Duffy served in Congress for eight years, but you know what he did before that? He was on ‘The Real World’ and ‘Road Rules’ on MTV,” Kimmel said. “[Trump] hired the guy from ‘Road Rules’ to be secretary of transportation, because of course he did — the word ‘road’ is right in there.”

Kimmel continued, “And that’s one of his least embarrassing picks. Maybe he’ll pick one of the Teen Moms to be secretary of labor!”

He cracked that Trump’s appointments are like a “season of ‘Dancing With the Stars....

Donald Trump has found yet another TV personality for his cabinet.

The President-elect announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to be the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Cms) Administrator. Oz will still need to be confirmed by the Senate before assuming the cabinet position.

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President-elect Donald Trump, continuing his pattern of appointing TV figures to top positions in his next administration, said that he has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services.

“He is an eminent physician, heart surgeon, inventor, and world-class communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades,” Trump said in a statement.

He said that Oz would work closely with Robert Kennedy Jr., whom Trump nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trump said Oz “will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Trump’s comment quickly raised concerns that cuts to Medicare and Medicaid may be considered in his administration.

Fetterman posted on X, “If Dr. oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid,...

President-Elect Donald Trump's surprising cabinet picks have dominated the news cycle this week among the latest is reality TV star Sean Duffy, who came to fame on MTV's The Real World.

Although it is true that Sean Duffy was a cast member on The Real World, he has actually had an extensive career in politics in the intervening years.

Moreover, Trump famously appointed another reality television personality to his administration during his first term: Omarosa Manigault Newman, who was known for her stint on The Apprentice.

Omarosa worked on his campaign before his election, and in September 2016, she said of then-candidate Trump:

"Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump. It's everyone who's ever doubted Donald, whoever disagreed, whoever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe."

Omarosa was named a White House staffer ahead of Trump's January 2017 inauguration,...

The first time American audiences met Sean Duffy, he was a twenty-something year old in the Nineties, grinning for The Real World Boston trailer and exuding bad “vibes” after inquiring about a hot tub. The reality television cast member later went on to serve in the House in 2011, representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. The Republican and die-hard Trump supporter left congress in 2019, returning to the screen to co-host The Bottom Line on Fox Business.

On Monday, fellow reality TV personality and president-elect Donald Trump nominated Duffy to be the...

Sean Duffy is entering the real world of Washington D.C., with Donald Trump tapping the Fox Business host and former Representative of Wisconsin to be his nominee as his secretary of transportation. Duffy would replace Pete Buttigieg, who was selected by sitting President Biden to lead the department under his administration.

Duffy represents a double-dip into the bin of Fox personalities for Trump. The President-elect had previously announced that “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth would be appointed secretary of defense. Unlike Hegseth, Duffy has legislative experience, having served as a U.S. Representative from 2011 to 2019. He resigned in 2019 for personal reasons, disclosing that his newborn daughter had been diagnosed with a heart defect.

Prior to his 2010 campaign for the House of Representatives, Duffy had been appointed the District Attorney of Ashland County in Wisconsin in 2002.

Duffy first entered the public eye in his late twenties, featured as...

Donald Trump has gone to the Fox News well yet again, tapping the Fox Business host to be his nominee for secretary of transportation.

Duffy, a former congressman, is the co-host of Fox Business’ The Bottom Line and is a contributor to the news network. He also was a cast member on a season of The Real World.

Trump said in a statement that Duffy “will prioritize Excellence, Competence, Competitiveness and Beauty when rebuilding America’s highways, tunnels, bridges and airports. He will ensure our ports and dams serve our Economy without compromising our National Security, and he will make our skies safe again by eliminating Dei for pilots and air traffic controllers.”

Duffy is married to Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. A co-host of that show, Pete Hegseth, was nominated by Trump last week to serve as secretary of defense.

Trump added, “The husband of a wonderful woman,...

Fox News Media will launch a daily, one-hour Spanish-language news program on the sports network Fox Deportes.

Rachel Campos-Duffy, who co-hosts Fox & Friends Weekend, will anchor the program starting on Oct. 15. The show, Fox Noticias, will air at 4 p.m. Et on weekdays and also will be available on podcast on Fox News Audio, as well as online platforms and on the subscription streaming service Fox Nation.

Fox News Digital also launched a Spanish-language version of FoxNews.com today.

The debut of Campos-Duffy’s new show will feature an interview with the newly elected president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino. The show also will features sports highlights from Fox Deportes.

In addition to Fox & Friends Weekend, Campos-Duffy co-hosts a podcast on Fox News Audio, From the Kitchen Table, in which she is partnered with her husband Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host. She also is the national spokesperson for the The Libre Initiative.

After a successful inaugural edition last year, the Heavy Chicago festival is returning in 2024 on the weekend of November 1st at the Avondale Music Hall.

This year, the three-day metal festival will be headlined by Bongripper, Earth Crisis, and Cynic.

Tickets go on sale Friday (August 9th) at 10 a.m. Ct via the festival’s ticket provider, with increasing tiers of pricing as more are sold.

Friday’s lineup also includes a yet-to-be-announced “big surprise” local act (to be unveiled September 8th), in addition to Indiana speed metallers Wraith, long-running Chicago goth metal act Avernus (playing their first show in nine years), and Atlas Moth-associated project Motherless.

Saturday’s bill is rounded out by Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta performing with Legions of Doom, grindcore group EarthBurner, The Crosses playing a special Die Kreuzen set (with Dan Kubinski on vocals), and Usurper’s first show in five years.

Lastly, Sunday features thrashers Toxic Holocaust,...

Mohammed Bilal: Works as Associate Dean and Director of the Office for Inclusion, Belonging, and Intergroup Communication at Stanford University, using his reality TV experience to speak on HIV/AIDS and diversity. Rachel Campos-Duffy: Married fellow reality TV contestant Sean Duffy, has nine children, and appeared on Fox and Friends, creating her own talk show called Moms. Pam Ling: Married fellow cast member Judd Winick, works as a professor of medicine specializing in tobacco marketing research, and remains special in Judd's life.

Although the trailblazing reality TV series The Real World took place in New York and Los Angeles for the first two seasons, the show didn't find its footing until the cast of San Francisco in season 3 made its collective mark. Aired in 1994 as one of the earliest reality TV shows, eight strangers came together and shared an experience of a lifetime, leading to a series...

Christmas is history, but there’s still some holiday celebrating to be done. New Year’s Eve festivities are being broadcast across the country Sunday, December 31 from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles to the famous Times Square ball drop in New York City.

The official Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. Et with the lighting and raising of the nearly six-ton crystal ball atop One Times Square. Performers this year include Enrique Iglesias, Maroon5, Jonas Brothers, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Rod Stewart. The ball drop begins at exactly 11:59 p.m. and makes a 60-second descent down the pole to ring in 2024.

You can watch the livestream here:

Here’s a rundown of how various TV networks will be ringing in the new year:

ABC

Ryan Seacrest is back to host Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, starting at 8 p.

Ring in 2024 with Variety‘s list of New Year’s Eve specials to watch, including performances by stars like NewJeans, Ivy Queen, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone, Cardi B and Maroon 5.

ABC’s “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”

The most-watched annual New Year’s Eve special, “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” returns with a global twist: K-pop girl group NewJeans will perform their hit song “Super Shy” live in South Korea, the first-ever performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from that country.

Ryan Seacrest will serve as host for his 19th year and will lead the live countdown with pop star Rita Ora in Times Square. Performers in New York include LL Cool J, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll with Jessie Murph, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyla.

Other “Rockin’ Eve” performers include Post Malone in Las Vegas, Cardi B in Miami, “Queen...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) said that Oklahomans “would be pretty upset” if he had not stood up to Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Mullin and O’Brien went back and forth at each other amid a conversation about labor unions and even threatened a fight, with Mullin standing up from his chair before Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) stopped him.

Mullin defended his actions during an interview with Sean Hannity later that day.

“He called you out,” Hannity said to Mullin. “You called him out for calling you out. And that’s kind of old school, the way it used to be.”

When asked if his conduct aligned with what is expected of a U.S. senator, Mullin responded that he is “a guy from Oklahoma first.”

“In Oklahoma, you don’t do this,” he said of O’Brien’s social media post from June, in...

Mel Gibson's historical movies, including Braveheart, The Patriot, and Apocalypto, have been criticized for their historical inaccuracies despite their box office success and accolades. Braveheart, for example, won Oscars but was heavily criticized by historians for its inaccuracies regarding the life and leadership of William Wallace. Hacksaw Ridge, on the other hand, faced less criticism as its factual inaccuracies were less numerous and it stuck to the essence of the real-life hero Desmond Doss's story.

Three of Mel Gibson's big historical blockbusters share one major criticism. Outside of his roles in action movies like the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon franchises, Mel Gibson has also ventured into screenwriting and directing, with historical epics being a significant genre in both facets of his career. While Gibson's historical dramas have earned plenty of accolades, including numerous Academy Awards, they also haven't been without their share of criticisms.

One such example...

Chicago-based metalheads have a new festival to look forward to, with the inaugural Heavy Chicago fest set to take place across two weekends on October 28th and November 4th and 5th at the Avondale Music Hall.

The first night (October 28th) will be headlined by hometown heroes and cult doom legends Trouble, who will make their live return after a five-year hiatus. They’ll be joined on the bill by Acid King, Bongzilla, and Chicago locals Novembers Doom.

The festival then picks up a week later on Saturday, November 4th, with hardcore-turned-stoner-metal vets Corrosion of Conformity headlining a bill including Cali space rockers Nebula and The Crosses featuring Die Kreuzen singer Dan Kubinski (playing an “all Die Kreuzen” set).

The final evening (November 5th) is perhaps the most stacked, with D.R.I. performing their genre-defining Crossover LP in its entirety and death-metal pioneers Repulsion making their only live appearance...

Donald Trump’s strategy has long been to never apologize for anything, but after posting an image of himself standing next to Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg and holding a weapon, even he appears to be having some second thoughts.

In the days since Trump fired off the now-deleted Truth Social post, he began asking multiple people in his orbit what they thought of the post — and the subsequent uproar around it. According to a person familiar with the matter and another source close to the ex-president, Trump was gently...

Max Meyers has at least one firm rule about his new CNBC program, and it might surprise some of the business-news outlet’s die-hards. “I told everyone, ‘No earnings,’” says Meyers, a veteran producer at the NBCUniversal-backed cable network. “I don’t want to hear that.”

No net income on CNBC? Such a dictate would be anathema on “Squawk Box,” the morning-news program that Meyers previously ran, but it might just stick on “Last Call,” a new 7 p.m. effort from CNBC executives that aims to keep business-news aficionados hanging out with the network until later in the evening. Over the past week, anchor Brian Sullivan, who is moving from a 5 a.m. roost on “Worldwide Exchange” to anchor the new evening show, has held forth on everything from Tesla to Salesforce during rehearsals, ready to give late-breaking news to CNBC’s market faithful.

If Costco earnings were to...

Exclusive: Universal International Studios (Uis) and Australian indie Matchbox Pictures are developing a TV adaptation of Adrian McKinty novel The Island.

Published last year, The Island follows Heather Baxter, who marries Tom and moves from a small country town to Seattle. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover a remote Dutch island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong.

The book was a bestseller and comes from the Irish author of 2020’s The Chain and the Sean Duffy...

CNBC is making a new bid to stay open after the stock market is closed.

Brian Sullivan. anchor of the early-morning “Worldwide Exchange,” gets to trade in an early wake-up for a late-evening perch at “Last Call,” CNBC’s newest attempt to extend its business journalism into the early evening. Sullivan’s show will replace “The News,” a vehicle for former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith that was cancelled last year.

“‘Last Call’ is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Through panels, debates and newsmakers,” said CNBC President Kc Sullivan in a memo to staff. “‘Last Call’ will not only deliver fresh takes on the biggest business topics of the day, but also shine a light on the other important stories that our viewers may have missed, all with an eye on what’s going to matter to the markets the next day.

In a bright, wide-open studio at Fox News’ Manhattan headquarters, where cable-news programs often stick to tried-and-true formats, Dagen McDowell and Sean Duffy are trying something a little unexpected: an experiment.

Larry Kudlow just wrapped his after-market Fox Business program, and the duo are taking advantage of the empty facility to rehearse banter for their new show, “Bottom Line,” slated to debut Monday evening at 6 p.m. Sure, they strike familiar chords, with a segment that examines how President Joe Biden’s White House has grappled with continued revelations of classified documents being found in his offices that eventually segues into a discussion of his son, Hunter Biden. But McDowell, a longtime correspondent, and Duffy, the former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin. are also trying to create new music.

“We definitely think about the world in the same way,” says McDowell, during a recent interview.

Their new “Bottom Line” tests a...

The Real World: San Francisco would be the perfect choice for the fourth season of The Real World Homecoming. Premiering back in 1994, seven strangers from various walks of life were picked to live in a house on Lombard Street in San Francisco. The Real World: San Francisco was an instant success, building upon the drama and real-life conversations from the previous two seasons to become the most iconic of the series.

MTV has brought back original casts of The Real World for their new Paramount+ series, The Real World Homecoming, beginning with New York and following with Los Angeles and New Orleans. With all three seasons being a success, a fourth season seems inevitable, and San Francisco should be first on the list. The original cast of Cory Murphy, Judd Winnick, Mohammed Bilal, Pam Ling, Pedro Zamora, David "Puck" Rainey, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and late arrival Joanna "Jo" Rhodes captivated audiences...

Fox Business Network is adding two new shows to its daily lineup starting on Jan. 23.

The Big Money Show, slated for the 1 Pm Et hour, will feature breaking financial news and analysis, with Bloomberg TV’s Taylor Riggs joining the network to co-host with Brian Brenberg and Jackie DeAngelis. The show takes the place of the second hour of Cavuto Coast to Coast. Neil Cavuto will continue in the noon Et hour, as well as at 4 Pm Et on Fox News and on weekends.

Brenberg joined the network in 2020 as a contributor and is executive vice president and professor of business and economics at The King’s College. DeAngelis joined Fox Business as a correspondent in 2019 and, before that, was chief energy correspondent at CNBC as well as the anchor of an online commodities program. Riggs co-anchored a daily program on Bloomberg Television and covered equities, bonds, currencies and commodities.

Fox Business plans to launch a new daytime roundtable program called “The Big Money Show,” a nod to the success the format has has across the holdings of Fox News Media.

Taylor Riggs, who has been with Bloomberg for more nine years as an editor, reporter and anchor, will join the Fox Corp.-backed cable-news outlet to co-host “The Big Money Show” alongside Brian Brenberg and Jackie DeAngelis between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Fox Business will also launch on the same date a new 6 p.m. program called “The Bottom Line” that will feature the duo of Dagen McDowell, a longtime Fox Business reporter, and Sean Duffy, the former Republican congressman from Wisconsin.

“Fox Business has become the channel America turns to for their business news and we’re excited to debut new programming tailored to key financial issues impacting homes across the county,” said Lauren Petterson, the network’s president,...

Reality TV legend Mark Long appears in The Challenge: Untold History documentary. Pic credit: MTV

In a recently-revealed clip from The Challenge: Untold History, viewers can take a trip down memory lane with some of the Og cast members who were part of the show’s early evolution.

Initially, MTV’s The Challenge didn’t involve the extra-fancy production, an extensive cast of reality TV stars, or even a big money prize, as competitors roughed it in an Rv.

Those early years brought Real World and Road Rules together to see which cast might win bragging rights for various missions, among other random prizes they received. Money was on the line at times, but never near the amounts competitors battle for today.

The show’s earliest cast members included legends like The Godfather Mark Long, Darrell Taylor, Jon Brennan, Theo von Kurnatowski, and Veronica Portillo.

A few other famous faces...

Apple TV Plus debuted a trailer for “Swagger,” the upcoming drama series inspired by the life and childhood of NBA player Kevin Durant premiering with three episodes on Oct. 29. The following seven episodes will debut weekly on Fridays.

O’Shea Jackson Jr. stars as Ike, a former star player who’s become a youth basketball coach. In the series, his focus is dedicated to Jace Carson (Isaiah Hill), a 14-year-old who is one of the top ranked youth players in the nation. The cast also includes Shinelle Azoroh as Jace’s mother Jenna, Quvenzhané Wallis as another top player named Crystal, Caleel Harris as team point guard Musa, James Bingham as a player from a more affluent neighborhood, Solomon Irama as rival team enforcer Phil Marskby, Ozie Nzeribe as a less talented but more wealthy player named Royale, Tessa Ferrer as a rival coach, Tristan Mack Wilds as a shoe company...

Fox News is expanding its publishing footprint.

The cable news channel has signed a 6-book deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins for its Fox News Books imprint. Fox News launched Fox News Books a year ago with a 3-book deal, also with HarperCollins.

The first two books were from anchors Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream, and the third will be released next month: All-American Christmas, which will be written by Fox & Friends Weekend co-host (and former MTV The Real World: San Francisco star) Rachel Campos-Duffy, along with her husband and Fox News contributor Sean Duffy. The book will also include contributions from personalities like Steve ...

Fox News is expanding its publishing footprint.

The cable news channel has signed a 6-book deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins for its Fox News Books imprint. Fox News launched Fox News Books a year ago with a 3-book deal, also with HarperCollins.

The first two books were from anchors Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream, and the third will be released next month: All-American Christmas, which will be written by Fox & Friends Weekend co-host (and former MTV The Real World: San Francisco star) Rachel Campos-Duffy, along with her husband and Fox News contributor Sean Duffy. The book will also include contributions from personalities like Steve ...

Jill Biden’s press secretary Michael Larosa suggested that Fox News and host Rachel Campos-Duffy apologize after Campos-Duffy suggested that the first lady “failed the country” by letting her husband run for president.

Michael Larosa, the first lady’s press secretary, tweeted on Monday, “This is disgusting. @RCamposDuffyand @FoxNews know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better. I hope they’ll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in the [trash] where it belongs.”

This is disgusting. @RCamposDuffy and @FoxNews know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better. I hope they'll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in the...

Rachel Campos-Duffy has a lot going on. The mother of nine makes her “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host debut Saturday and just launched a new podcast with her husband, former congressman Sean Duffy. The couple met thanks to MTV’s “The Real World” — she was a cast member on “The Real World: San Francisco” in 1994, while he was on “The Real World: Boston” — but Campos-Duffy isn’t convinced the new iteration of the show that sparked her marriage can live up to the original seasons.

“I’ve been hearing about the new ‘Real World’ reunions,” she told TheWrap this week, referencing Paramount+’s “The Real World Homecoming” revival. “I have many old and dear friends from my ‘Real World’ days and it will be fun to watch and see what their post-mtv lives and families are like. But I doubt anything like my season of the ‘Real World’ in San Francisco...