Uma Pemmaraju, substituting for Linda Vester on "DaySide" on June 15, 2005. That is one of Uma's many talents on the Fox News Channel. 

Cable News Overkill

I have come to the conclusion that cable news outlets have given too much time to child molestation trials like that of Michael Jackson, murder trials like that of Scotty Peterson, missing kids or teenagers, and car or motorcycle chases.

Unless you were living on the planet Pluto, Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all ten counts at his child molestation trial today at the courthouse in Santa Maria, California. He still looks like a pedaphile to me if you'd ask me. 

This is, of course, the Fox News Channel logo today. 

Thoughts On "Fox & Friends"

It is my humble opinion that the weekday version of Fox & Friends with Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill, and Brian Kilmeade is superior to its weekend (Mike Jerrick, Juliet Huddy, Julian Phillips) counterpart. On the weekend show, Mike Jerrick, on too many occasions, acts like a total buffoon. Juliet Huddy (and the show's Sunday newsreader Kiran Chetry) dresses like a fugitive from an all-night party.

Here are Donna Fiducia and Rick Leventhal, anchoring Fox News Channel's coverage of Hurricane Jeanne, on Sunday morning, September 26, 2004. 

Here is a look at Carol Iovanna from Fox News Channel's very earliest days. 

Two Fox News originals at work. Here are David Asman and Uma Pemmaraju (who was filling in for Brigitte Quinn) on "Fox News Live" on January 17, 2005. One caveat: Uma actually left Fox News in September 1999 but returned in May of 2003. 

Here are Steve, E.D., and Brian from the May 4, 2005 "Fox & Friends" telecast. 

Here are Steve (The Weather Guy) Doocy, E.D. Hill, and Brian (The Sports Guy) Kilmeade on the May 5, 2005 telecast of "Fox & Friends," Fox News Channel's popular morning show. 

Here's a blast from the past. That's Uma Pemmaraju, enjoying a cup of coffee after her first day of anchoring, on Fox News Channel's first day on the air, Monday, October 7, 1996 

In case you may have not watched the Saturday version of CBS' "Early Show," that is what Gretchen Carlson looks like. 

New Anchorwoman For Fox News

Gretchen Carlson, a co-anchorman on CBS' Saturday Early Show, has joined Fox News as an anchorwoman. She begins her new gig on June 20.

Fox News Channel senior business correspondent Brenda Buttner. 

Here is Mancow, in Chicago, chewing the fat with Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill, and Brian Kilmeade in New York, on the May 4, 2005 telecast of "Fox & Friends." 

Here is a shot of Erich "Mancow" Muller, a Chicago-based nationally syndicated radio host, who makes frequent appearances of the weekday edition of "Fox & Friends." 

Happy Birthday, Shep. This is from the January 14, 2005 telecast of "Studio B with Shepard Smith." Here, Shep is awarded a Bundt cake by his Fox News colleague, Jane Skinner, during a regulary aired minisegment titled "Skinnerville." 

This is from a Springtime, 1999 telecast of "Fox & Friends" with E.D. Donahey (now E.D. Hill), Steve Doocy, and Brian Kilmeade. All three are still with the Fox News Channel and the program. 

Fox News Radio Begins Five-Minute Broadcasts

As of today, Fox News Radio began offerieng five-minute newscasts to news and talk radio stations. It is now available on 300 stations with 200 more expected to join by the end of this coming Summer.

Happy Birthday to Yahoo! Groups Honoring Uma and Carol!

Today is the one year anniversary of the creation of two great Yahoo! groups, dedicated to Fox News Channel anchorwomen and news updaters Uma Pemmaraju and Carol Iovanna. I sincerely hope you would get to visit these two groups and join.

That's the Fox News Channel logo used in a television promo that aired on the FX cable network during FNC's earliest days. 

Remembering a legend: Max the Wonderdog (January 19, 1988-August 25, 2004)

Remembering a legend: 

Memorial Day Weekend

Here's hoping you folks out there had a good Memorial Day weekend.

Here is Fox News Channel's very own Northwesten Wildcat, Jane Skinner, presiding over an April, 2005 telecast of "Sunday Best." 

Ride 'Em Cowboy! Here, we see Brian Kilmeade, tryin' his best to ride a buckin' mechanical bull on the April 28, 2005 telecast of "Fox & Friends." 

Here is Uma Pemmaraju (anchoring the 11 AM Pacific Time hour of "Fox News Live" in place of Martha MacCallum), discussing the Michael Jackson Case, on February 23, 2005. 

Here's another wonderful talent (and a horse riding champion to boot): FNC's very own Seton Hall Pirate, Donna Fiducia. 

This is Fox News Channel's Carol Iovanna, a veteran broadcast journalist. Some of you may even remember Carol from her days with the now-defunce Satellite News Channel (1982-83). 

Here is Shepard Smith, chewing the proverbial fat with Jane Skinner during the April 28, 2005 edition of "Studio B with Shepard Smith." 

Here's a look at talented, professional Uma! 

Rita's Gone

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.

"Fox & Friends"

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.

Funeral Of Pope John Paul II

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).