Fox Business Network Cancels Judge Andrew Napolitano's Freedom Watch

Reason Magazine ^ | February 9, 2012 | Matt Welch

[opentalk]

Bad news, freedom fighters! Judge Andrew Napolitano's Freedom Watch, the best damned daily libertarian news & argument show in the history of television (name a better one!), has gotten the axe from Fox Business Network. From the press release:

FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new primetime schedule featuring encore presentations of the channel's top post-market programs, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President of the network. Starting February 20th at 8 PM/ET, viewers will find additional airings of The Willis Report (5PM & 8PM/ET), Cavuto (6PM & 9PM/ET) and Lou Dobbs Tonight (7PM & 10PM/ET). The new lineup will replace FreedomWatch with Judge Andrew Napolitano, Power & Money with David Asman and Follow the Money with Eric Bolling.

[Crucial]

I guess you only call Obama a tyrant, backed up with examples, just so many times on TV before you get axed. I enjoyed the show quite a lot. The introduction of the show could have used some work though.

[Renegade]

“He really didn’t jibe with the rest of Fox.”

and Juan Williams DOES???

[gunnyg]

Hmmm....

ED Hill down; Beck down; Gibson down; Napolitano down.....

Cavuto...the only good one left?

Semper Watching!
*****

[ConservativeTeen]

“FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new primetime schedule featuring encore presentations of the channel’s top post-market programs.”

One thing I don’t like about FNC is the overabundance of reruns on the channel, the weekends are especially bad.

[TauntedTiger]

I consider this terrible news! Freedom Watch was the best show on either Fox or Fox Business. Such a perfect alternative to O’Reilly.

Seems that having at least one libertarian-leaning show on Fox (or FB) was too much to expect. Ah well..should have known it wouldn’t last.

Thankfully we still have the Internet (at least so far).

[iopscusa]

The Judge was better than the rest of the thin gruel on Fox. Fox survives on a long lost reputation, the contrast to garbage cable crap, and lack of worthy competition on the boob tube. It’s become unwatchable for me as all I see is repetitious TeeVee debates between yin and yang shallow arguments from mostly big government drones increasingly leaning to the left. But, but, but Ron Paul is a Racist as all the Fox ‘suburban’ Conservatives Rhinos keep spouting.

[Elle Bee]

“But it is hard to maintain an aura of invincibility after you have been vinced...” …. Thomas Sowell

Has FOX News 'Jumped The Shark' Over Mitt???

FOX News may have 'jumped the shark' over mittens

Fair and balanced is Juan McCain

I for one have had enough of the ‘wisdom’ of Bill Kristal, Chas. Krauthammer, Ted Baxter, Bret Beahr, Toyko Rove, Ann Colter, Chris Wallace, Sean Wannabe, Dana Parino, Brit Hume, Shep Smith, Judge Jeanene, Alan Comes, Bob Beckle, Juan Williams, Whoraldo, et. al. all acting the part of the Romney cheerleading squad

Does anyone else 'feel my pain'?

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Name ONE true conservative who is regularly on FOX

There is clearly a hunger and a market for honest news and honest conservative news - and it is clearly not FOX

with apologies to Ted Knight ….Find O'Reilly:

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[CrosscutSaw]

I consider this terrible news! Freedom Watch was the best show on either Fox or Fox Business. Such a perfect alternative to O’Reilly.

Freedom Watch was indeed the best show on either Fox News or Fox Business on weekday evenings. I also enjoyed Bolling and Asmus as well. I guess these hosts didn't follow the establishment line and it's getting too close to election time to allow them to inform the public with a different point of view.

I wonder if they will cancel Stossel next? His show is also better than most of the rest that Fox offers.