Fox Report - About The Program

About The Program

The program is described as FNC's "newscast of record" and has similar story length and pacing to the programs on the broadcast networks (namely ABC World News, the CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News). It is broadcast live every evening at 7:00 p.m. ET; on the weekends, it is replayed at 3:00 a.m. ET. Prior to Red Eye, Fox Report re-ared at 2 a.m. ET. On occasion, if a show that is reaired later in the night such as Hannity or On the Record is preempted by breaking news, the Fox Report will air in its respective place. The program is cable and satellite television's most watched newscast, averaging about 1.5 million viewers per broadcast, although that is far fewer than even the lowest rated broadcast network newscast (CBS at 6.5 million). The Fox Report is executive-produced by Jay Wallace, FNC's executive producer for news.

The program features Fox News correspondents and guests analyzing issues in quick segments, with no more than three or four minutes per story. Up to 70 stories are covered in a day. The program eschews "talking heads" and focuses on field reporting and comments from individuals directly involved in the story. One common feature is "Around the World in 80 Seconds", a play on the Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days, that takes a quick look at interesting happenings around the world. In the same vein, but not time-restricted, is "Across America", where local Fox broadcast affiliates share their human interest news stories with FNC.

Throughout 2007, the program has begun to see changes with the program taking a more serious tone, removing "coming up" teasers, jokes, and a number of other elements, including the "G-Block", a segment featuring mostly entertainment and celebrity news, and is notably the point at which host Shepard Smith made a slip of the tongue referring to Jennifer Lopez. On September 24, 2007, the program debuted from Studio E, an elaborate, state-of-the-art set with LED and plasma projection screens, as well as new music and graphics. Studio E is also used by Fox & Friends and Your World with Neil Cavuto. On December 10, 2008, the program moved to Studio 12H, the High-Definition set used for Fox News' 2008 Election Night coverage on the Fox broadcast network, with the major element being "The Cube", a large video display object featuring display of imagery on three facets of the cube.

On October 10, 2011, Fox Report (and its sister program, Studio B) introduced a new look and graphics featuring the new lower-thirds graphics for the show as seen on other Fox News shows, The Five and Happening Now. Shepard Smith presented the show from a modified Studio 12H featuring more monitors and retaining "The Cube," but the overhead platform and accompanying staircase, which had been part of the set since 2008, have been removed.