Fox News Channel to Skip Live Primetime Broadcast of Jan. 6 Committee Hearings Because of Course

The network will break in from its usual programming “when doing so is warranted”

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Fox News will be the only major news network not to air the entire Jan. 6 Committee hearings live, and instead will provide its own coverage “as warranted” through the filter of its regular prime-time programs and hosts, the network said Monday.

TheWrap confirmed earlier Monday that the hearings will be carried live in full by ABC, NBC, and CBS. Cable networks CNN and MSNBC were also planning to air the hearings in their entirety.

Fox will be the outlier by keeping its top-rated primetime lineup intact, with hosts cutting away to the political theatrics as they see fit.

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