Fox News Changes: "Terrorist Fist Jab" Anchor E.D. Hill Loses Her Show, Laura Ingraham In At 5PM

Perhaps feeling the ratings heat, Fox News is making changes to its afternoon lineup.

TVNewser reports that E.D. Hill, who hosts "America's Pulse" — and who raised many eyebrows this week after calling Barack and Michelle Obama's fist-pound a "terrorist fist jab" — has lost her show:

America's Pulse anchored by E.D. Hill goes away, but Hill stays with the network in a capacity to be determined. Hill has been with FNC since 1998. She co-anchored Fox & Friends for several years before moving to the 11amET hour, then launching America's Pulse.

TVNewser further reports that Martha MacCallum's "Live Desk" will be expanded to two hours and that she will take on a co-host, Trace Gallagher.

Further, the New York Times' Brian Stelter reports that the network will test Laura Ingraham in the 5PM hour (once occupied by John Gibson and filled of late by "America's Election HQ"):

The Fox News Channel, which has been seeking a new format for the 5 p.m. hour, will place a rotating series of personalities in the time slot beginning next week, including the conservative radio host Laura Ingraham.

Ms. Ingraham, one of the country's most popular radio hosts, frequently fills in for Bill O'Reilly, and Fox executives appear to be grooming her as a new talent for the network. Other people will also receive trial runs in the time slot.

Fox News Channel is expected to announce the changes later Tuesday. In February the cable network replaced John Gibson, the longtime host of the 5 p.m. hour, with Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly, two younger anchors who also host a morning show. Mr. Hemmer and Ms. Kelly's afternoon show, "America's Election HQ," covered the primary season. But now, with the party nominees known and two months until the political conventions, there may not be quite as much election news to cover.

Comments

[Bluedog12]

She is apologizing for reading a teleprompter? Do you rubes really think the Faux on airheads possess original thought?

[candycane]

Olbermann reads from a teleprompter, and I know he doesn't have an original thought. I think an honest comment would be that they All read from a teleprompter.

[mugwamp]

Depends who wrote what's on the teleprompter. It's a fair guess that Olbermann contributes a good deal to what's on his...

[Sabreen60]

You know him personally, do you?

[CinciKid]

Yes, but KO probably writes most of what is on the teleprompter.

[indabush]

E.D. Hill -- aka Erectile Dysfunction Hill

[Pennsylvanianne]

Once she was known as Edie Tarbox. I think she has about six kids and I don't know how many ex-husbands. So much for appealing to the family-friendly audiences! Athletes all over the country use the gesture (which means well done or victory) and no one accuses them of being un-American. She needs to learn to think for herself instead of being a Stepford automoton for Faux.

[Paisano]

Oh yea baby... I'll just turn on Laura...Tu­rn the sound of so I don't have to hear the ignorant things that come out of her mouth... And just watch...

[Cedman]

Well I guess you can go only so far with a short skirt.....

[dora rice]

I remember her well on Fox and friends how she got exploided with her short skirt. Then she became pregnant and a mom, and things were never the same how conincidental. Since then
short skirts of all all kinds are parading at Fox and Friends, to wax over a show that is laughable how little substance it has. It's not even good to be called an entertainment show. She should write a book how she got expoided on Fox and Friends and in fact on the channel Fox. Cafferty on CNN is n't any better the way he slurred Hillary Clinton .

[tschlak]

>>Cafferty on CNN is n't any better the way he slurred Hillary Clinton

Naw, that was funny!

[Quaoar]

Short skirts are the only reason to watch Fox. Just make sure the sound is turned down so you don't have to listen to any fascist talking points.

[TheLar]

What the hell is a "terrorist fist-jab?" Has any gesture been given that label prior to Faux News attempting to smear the Obamas with it? A sad attempt at meme-making, like Bill-O's attempt to refer to Secular Progressives as SP's - it just didn't catch on with anyone under 100 years old.

[3Gs]

Geez, you think Ingram is a Pro-life corporate beatch with a penchant for office supply closets? I do.

[lizinatl]

...now on to dismissing the mud-mouth who called Mrs. Obama "babies' mama"....c­an FAUX be that disciplined?

[tinarm]

Ingram is worse than E.D. Hill. E.D. was just stupid, Ingram is a nutcase. If Fox want's to stay around they better change the entire way they try and pretend they are a news channel. Because what Fox has become is not news.

[GERIATRIC]

amen about Laura, i stopped watching FOX when Hannity made the comment that he would continue to dig up stuff on Obama, since he was a christian it was his duty to make sure that everyone knew about the REAL obama-- entire program should be shut down. It is the most negative station from beginning to end and for the life of me, why the bosses could not see they were BAD-if this was a place for younger genereation, they did not vet their targeted audience-just throw out junk. glad to hear they are getting rid of E.D. Hill, those other two in the morning are just as bad-ONCE AGAIN I HAVE STOPPED WATCHING FOX AND SUGGEST THE REST OF YOU DO ALSO,MAYBE SOMEONE WILL GET THE MESSAGE.
SHOCK T.V. DOES NOT LAST LONG.

[ebm]

Same here. I don't watch fox anymore.

[MicahBrwn]

Why would you even START watching FOX to begin with?

[RatgurlSD]

I never could stomach Fox & its propaganda. CNN appears to be heading in the sensationalist direction too, as of late. I'm finding Huffington Post a decent read, though I'd have to admit it's more liberal than neutral. Can't some news station just offer some neutrality???

[panamanianpirate]

Hill's temporary duties can include cleaning the toilets. It's about all she's qualified
One of Hill's temporary duties could be cleaning the toilets at FIX and talking to herself about her good ol' days at the U of Tx.

[Independent007]

Either she should be cleaning toilets, or doing the makeup. I think that she would do real well at that.

As they say in the south, "you poor thing".

[MemphisBuffalo]

Is that the same person with just a name change? By this time next year Fox will have a topless news desk to keep ratings.

[Jame01958]

Isn't odd that one of the real big mouths of conservative propaganda has been very quiet?
I'm surprised that Ann Coulter didnt replace the empty shell E.D. Hill. As for Laura Ingram, why does she get a news cast when her mantra for women is to stay home and be subserviant and keep your mouth shut. Saying stupid, thoughtless things about people should really, really be painful to the person who makes those comments

[keclxivq]

Psst. Don't give them any ideas, please!

[RuthlessDictator]

Fox "news" should be forced to obtain an entertainment license like WWE wrestling.

[ChristianEcon.com]

America needs to fire conservatism, based on its results.

[vat6948]

Fox is rearranging the deck chairs on the USS Loony-tune

[mairs]

Get some more nasty Aryan blondes.

[knixphan]

lol - they seem to have all of them under one roof