Fox News Expands Mark Levin’s Weekend Show
Fox News opinion host Mark Levin is getting a bigger perch on the network’s weekend schedule.
Fox News said it plans to expand his program, “Life, Liberty & Levin” so that it will air at 8 p.m. eastern on both Saturday and Sunday. The new airing on Saturday evenings will take effect on September 16th and additional weekend programming changes will be announced at a later date.
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“Since joining the network in 2017, Mark has provided our audience with thought-provoking analysis on America’s core values and their impact on current events,” said Meade Cooper, executive vice president of primetime programming at Fox News, in a statement. “We are looking forward to expanding his popular show to two nights a week.”
Fox News said “Life, Liberty & Levin” is the highest-rated primetime program in cable news on Sundays, averaging 1.4 million viewers and 104,000 in the 25-54 demographic, the audience most coveted by advertisers.
Levin is also a host of “The Mark Levin Show,” one of the nation’s largest syndicated radio program, which airs on more than 300 stations across the country. Levin served in the Reagan administration, and worked as an associate director of presidential personnel, deputy solicitor of the U.S. Department of Interior and deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, among other positions.
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