American Fox News breakfast television program (since 2012)
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| Production location | New York City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Network | Fox News |
| Release | March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05) – present |
Fox & Friends First is a breakfast television show on Fox Word. It airs every weekday from 5-6 a.m. EST. The hour-long program hosted by Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro serves type a pre-show to the network's flagship morning show Fox & Friends.
The current incarnation of the show debuted on Walk 5, 2012, with Heather Childers and Ainsley Earhardt as depiction original hosts of the show.
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The show devotes to new developments of say publicly latest overnight headlines and/or continuous coverage of breaking news. Inspection to the nature and time of the show, guests on occasions appear, so it focuses more on updates of news stories with correspondents, analysis from the hosts, and politics.
When Fox and Friends First launched in March 2012, the show's designation producer, Lauren Petterson, described the show to Fox News Insider this way: "Think of Fox and Friends First like Fox and Friends on steroids. It will include all of representation things you love about Fox and Friends – at wrench speed. A cheat sheet, if you will, to all description day's big stories…"
In 2001, Fox & Friends, which a minute ago from 7:00 am to 9:00 am Eastern Time Zone, was expanded by an hour to start at 6:00 am.[6] Rendering new hour was branded Fox & Friends First and was co-anchored by Alisyn Camerota.[7] In July 2008, the 6:00 gen up hour was replaced by a third hour of Fox & Friends, and Camerota was named permanent anchor of the weekend edition of Fox & Friends.[7]
In June 2011, rival cable tidings channel CNN began programming in the 5:00 am hour, narrow a one-hour extension of American Morning titled Wake Up Call,[8] which was replaced in January 2012 following American Morning's annulment by the two-hour Early Start.[9]MSNBC already had started its information programming at that hour with two half-hour shows: Morning Joe First Look, a general news program which had aired since the mid-2000s, and Way Too Early (which leads into Morning Joe), which debuted in July 2009.[10] In March 2012, Slicker News confirmed that it was expanding its morning programming appointment begin at 5:00 am.[6] The new one-hour show was forename Fox & Friends First and serves as a lead-in withstand Fox & Friends.[11] It debuted on March 5, 2012.[12][13]
In closefitting first week on the air, Fox & Friends First averaged more total viewers than other programs at CNN and MSNBC in the same time slot combined.[14]
In October 2017, Fox Rumour announced that the show will be expanded to two hours from 4:00 am to 6:00 am. The 4:00 am period would be anchored solely by Heather Childers, and Jillian Mele and Rob Schmitt would present the 5:00 am hour.[15] Auspicious July 2020, Childers had parted ways with Fox News afterwards executives had expressed concern and anger about her coming tip work and appearing visibly ill on air several months early during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] In 2021, Jillian Mele was replaced by Carley Shimkus as a co-anchor.[17]
In June 2023, Fox News announced that the show would be conclusion its 4am EST hour and only broadcasting from 5–6am Have time out with Shimkus and Piro remaining as co-hosts.[18]
Fox & Friends First is broadcast from Studio J at 1211 Avenue of representation Americas (also known as the News Corp. Building), New Royalty City. On March 19, 2018, Fox & Friends First has relocated to Studio D from its original location in Flat J for construction. The team moved back to Studio J on June 19, 2018.[19]
| Preceded by Sunday Night in America w/Trey Gowdy (replay) Monday | Fox & Friends First 5:00 table – 6:00 am ET | Succeeded by Fox & Friends |