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Update: Red Eye‘s Greg Gutfeld To Host ‘Quiz Show’ Friday With Glenn Beck

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As the final chapter of The Glenn Beck Program on Fox News draws to a close, the network is introducing a new substitute host to the mix: Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld, who announced today via Twitter that he will be hosting the program on Friday.

While Gutfeld had been a guest on the program before– notably during the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy, when Gutfeld proposed opening a Muslim-themed gay bar next to the proposed Islamic center– he has never been a host. He announced his stint as Glenn Beck host via Twitter this evening:

The move adds Gutfeld to a short list of potential substitute hosts that currently includes Freedom Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano, who Beck himself has given the blessing to take the spot; fellow substitute host Eric Bolling, potential returning host Megyn Kelly, and, previously, the entire cast and crew of Red Eye– a program that has greatly over-performed at it’s current 3 AM spot. Glenn Beck’s last program will air on June 30.

Update: We have learned from numerous sources, including Fox News, that the program will not actually be entirely hosted by Gutfeld, but that Beck will be on hand and that Gutfeld will instead be hosting a segment in “quiz show format” with Glenn Beck as a contestant. The plot thickens…

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  • turk281

    This is awesome news. What will be on the blackboard? Unicorns? Fluffy McNutter?

  • Nacho

    Replacing a clown with a joker, perfect.

  • Ramrants

    You know Levy and Shultz will make fun of Beck. I don’t think they like him too much.

    I hope they give his slot to Meghan Kelly. Judge N is almost as nutty as Beck and the other dude is on the business channel and should stay there.

  • BFD

    Good choice.

    No one ever took Fox at 5 seriously anyway.

  • WCinWI

    turk281 said:
    This is awesome news. What will be on the blackboard? Unicorns? Fluffy McNutter?

    Media Matters robots?

  • WCinWI

    Ramrants said:
    You know Levy and Shultz will make fun of Beck. I don’t think they like him too much.

    I hope they give his slot to Meghan Kelly. Judge N is almost as nutty as Beck and the other dude is on the business channel and should stay there.

    I think they should just turn Baier into a 2 hour slot. Like Blitzer. Kelly can go back to her original time slot.

  • turk281

    WCinWI said:
    Media Matters robots?

    Yes. Robot George Soros would be an excellent guest!

  • felixw

    This is a promising sign. Greg Gutfeld really needs to get a show in prime time. I hope this move by Fox is a test run at getting him a better time slot than his current one.

    Of course, if the competition were smart, they would have hired Gutfeld a year ago and used him to compete AGAINST Fox. But since CNN has an apparent prohibition against hiring conservative hosts these days, that would never have happened.

  • Nacho

    turk281 said:
    Yes. Robot George Soros would be an excellent guest!

    ! Fictional boogeymen will fit right in with Beck’s viewers.

  • illusive man

    turk281 said:
    Yes. Robot George Soros would be an excellent guest!

    How about mixing a little drama with it?
    A suprise reunion with Gunnar Gutfeld the stunted half brother.

  • slickerwick

    Nacho said:
    ! Fictional boogeymen will fit right in with Beck’s viewers.

    George Soros resents you calling him fictional. No Media Matters research money for you.

  • slickerwick

    illusive man said:
    How about mixing a little drama with it?
    A suprise reunion with Gunnar Gutfeld the stunted half brother.

    Was that the mutilated doll he kept in a box? Loved those segments.

  • Nature Freak

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  • Nature Freak

    THE INTERNATIONALE

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    Freedom is merely privilege extended
    Unless enjoyed by one and all

    Chorus:
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    Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
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    In our world poisoned by exploitation
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    And so begins the final drama
    In the streets and in the fields
    We stand unbowed before their armour
    We defy their guns and shields
    When we fight, provoked by their aggressionTHE INTERNATIONALE

    Stand up, all victims of oppression
    For the tyrants fear your might
    Don’t cling so hard to your possessions
    For you have nothing, if you have no rights
    Let racist ignorance be ended
    For respect makes the empires fall
    Freedom is merely privilege extended
    Unless enjoyed by one and all

    Chorus:
    So come brothers and sisters
    For the struggle carries on
    The internationale
    Unites the world in song
    So comrades come rally
    For this is the time and place
    The international ideal
    Unites the human race

    Let no one build walls to divide us
    Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
    Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
    We’ll live together or we’ll die alone
    In our world poisoned by exploitation
    Those who have taken, now they must give
    And end the vanity of nations
    We’ve but one earth on which to live

    And so begins the final drama
    In the streets and in the fields
    We stand unbowed before their armour
    We defy their guns and shields
    When we fight, provoked by their aggression
    Let us be inspired by like and love
    For though they offer us concessions
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    Let us be inspired by like and love
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  • Nature Freak

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  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Nature Freak said:
    Mediaite, Please cancel my account!

    You can just stop posting….

    the song comments are getting to be quite annoying.

  • Zandandido

    BFD said:
    Good choice.

    No one ever took Fox at 5 seriously anyway.

    Except the ratings in which Fox News won, and defeated CNN and MSNBC easily. Stop being such a pouter!

  • Pablo

    sarainitaly said:
    You can just stop posting….

    the song comments are getting to be quite annoying.

    Yeah. This jackass really needs to knock off the spamming.

  • Nacho
  • Skippy

    Greg Gutfeld?

    Talk about scrapping the bottom of the latrine.

  • lane

    Good move by Fox News! I’d suggest 5pm Greg with Andy & Bill as co-panel with Red Eye in the repeat slot.

    Since Red Eye show’s ratings beat CNN primtime, Greg, Andy and Bill definitely need a better timeslot or else they might leave for other opportunities.

  • J Baustian

    WCinWI said:
    I think they should just turn Baier into a 2 hour slot. Like Blitzer. Kelly can go back to her original time slot.

    Bret Baier already comes on too early for the western half of the country. FNC badly needs to give the folks in the Mountain and Pacific zones a better program lineup. I’m not suggesting tape delay, but replaying Special Report in the middle of the night is not a good way to bring the news to everyone west of Kansas City.

  • TucsonTerpFan

    “Red Eye” is a great show, but would it have to be too toned down for that time slot? Gutfeld may have to come up with an entirely new show at that hour if he gets the entire hour as his for good. I’m pretty sure his show, if it’s like “Red Eye” would not appeal to all of Beck’s current viewers.

    It will be interesting to see what his fill-in show is like, if it is different from the other fill-ins for Beck in the past.

  • AmericaSucks

    Pablo said:
    Yeah. This jackass really needs to knock off the spamming.

    Annoying, but still vastly preferable to Sarainitaly’s crap.

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