Former Fox News Channel star Bill O’Reilly will make his CNN debut on Michael Smerconish’s Saturday morning program sometime in the near future, CNN announced.
O’Reilly has never appeared on CNN but has selected a friendly anchor to speak with for his first interview with the network. Smerconish served as the primary fill-in host for O’Reilly’s now-defunct syndicated radio program for five years and was a guest on O’Reilly’s internet newscast on Wednesday night.
The appearance will be to promote O’Reilly’s upcoming book, “Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence,” which hits stores Sept. 19, according to CNN.