As you may know, Fox News Channel veteran Rita Cosby, who hosted two weekend shows, The Big Story Weekend on Saturday nights, and the Sunday 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Pacific Time) hour of Fox News Live, has left the network roughly a week and a half ago after she and the network were unable to agree on a contract extension. Rita has since moved on to MSNBC, where, beginning in June, she will become an anchorwoman and "special correspondent," and is slated to start hosting a weeknight show beginning in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Fox News Channel program Fox and Friends is by far the best of the nationally televised morning programs, especially the weekday edition, and espcially when E.D. Hill is on.
Shepard Smith (in Rome) and Martha MacCallum (in New York) are scheduled to host Fox News Channel's live coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II, Friday morning at 3:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (Midnight, Thursday night Pacific Time).
This coming Thursday, March 31, is Uma Pemmaraju's birthday. On behalf of the Fox News Channel, America's Newsroom blog, let me with this talented and experienced professional a very happy birthday.