sparty wrote:
Ainsley and Courtney arrived at the same time
Courtney hosted F&FW the week Kiran left in February 2007 and Ainsley hosted the week after
Elisabeth's guest shot was a couple of months after that
Yeah you are correct. Kiran was fired on or around February 16, 2007 from Fox News after she wanted Gretchen moved out of Fox and Friends.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/che ... red_b13336Then Friel and Ainsley arrived around the same time. Took a longtime to find info. But I found a site from January 18, 2007 saying Ainsley would leave KENS on February 1st, 2007 and Vivid Vicki was replacing her at KENS in San Antonio, Texas.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/20 ... d-at-kens/Then I found from February 16, 2007 the TvNewser post announcing Courtney Friel's hiring at Fox News.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc ... iel_b13338And then I found a post about Elisabeth Hasselbeck hosting Fox and Friends in 2007.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/has ... set_b14184there was this tidbit:
“Watching Hasselbeck on F&F with Brian and Steve was like one of the old days with Steve, E.D. and Brian. The chemistry was all there again. And she was having a great time. If she were to somehow come on permanently, they would sweep the competition under the rug…”
I think this came after Elisabeth's confrontation with Roise. Wish that crap never happened. It set in motion FNC's interest in her. And so when rumors were around she would be fired from The View then Fox News came calling. And you could tell they wanted her in 2010 or so when she said she wasn't leaving to Fox News on air on the View. I'm lukewarm about her hiring. I'm upset about the moves to be honest and mostly the Gretchen getting a one hour show because it makes no sense when Megyn's show was two hours and after all Gretchen has done for the channel. And also because I don't see Elisabeth as a news anchor or part of Fox News. I don't get why Ailes wants her so much. I consider Gretchen a hard hitting journalist, but I consider Hasselbeck to be less than that having been on a ditzy talk show.