[CedarDave]

And here's the kicker. Fox and Friends is live across all time zones -- 4 a.m. on the left coast. How many folks are up that early there? And for the past several weeks, Centcom briefings have taken up the first hour in all time zones and on CNN and MSNBC also. Viewers could have switched to the lamestream networks' morning shows which haven't shown the briefings recently. The daily briefings ended this morning (or maybe tomorrow -- Fox wasn't sure as of this a.m.). The proof will come next week when Fox doesn't have that competition.

Finally, there is a need for an early morning national news show that is live across the other time zones, especially in the heartland (the Red Zone in the last election). For example, ABCCBSNBC shows air at 7 a.m. in each time zone. Their news is delayed 1 hour in the central zone and two hours in the mountain zone. Being in the mountain zone and until I got cable 6 weeks ago, I was forced to listen to my local stations give the same news every half hour over and over again until I left for work. Since my work day begins at 7 a.m., I never was able watch Katie et.al except on a day off. I much more enjoy getting up at 5 a.m. to watch Fox and Friends to start my day.

Congrats to the network for their success. (BTW Paula Zahn is moving to evenings -- pretty soon CNN will be as irrelevant at the alphabet networks.)

[goodnesswins]

Have recently been catching the end of Fox and Friends (Seattle area)....getting up at 4am is a bit of a COMMITMENT....but, hey....we may just start!