Megyn Kelly Profile…
The Houston Chronicle’s David Barron profiles FNC’s Megyn Kelly…
Kelly, who turns 40 in November, is the most recent rising star among Fox News’ anchors. Since America Live launched on Feb. 1, Nielsen ratings for the two-hour block are up 12 percent from a year ago (8 percent in the key adults 25-54 demo) and outstrips CNN, Headline News and MSNBC combined in households.
Kelly’s steady rise through the ranks after joining Fox News in 2004, including regular appearances on Bill O’Reilly’s prime-time show and a two-year stint as co-anchor of the network’s morning news show, has prompted suggestions that the network is grooming her for a prime-time slot.
Michael Clemente, the network’s senior vice president, who first spotted Kelly when he was with ABC News and Kelly had just switched from practicing law to working as a reporter for a local station in Washington, D.C., said it’s too early to speculate on such a move.
“She has had a good, solid, fast move from the Washington bureau to co-hosting to (America Live),” Clemente said. “I think she has the world in front of her, but we’re trying to make the most of this time slot (noon to 2 p.m.) where she is now. ”
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May 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Have her replace Cavuto; I much prefer Greg Jarret’s personality to convey the story that Cauvuto attempts in his slot. Kelly’s excitement is too much for me; sometimes less is more and there’s enough crap going on without adding the excitement of her personality. That is what I cannot stand in McCaillum, too. It’s her shrieks and snorts.
May 9, 2010 at 7:17 pm
We like her, but she’s in serious danger of becoming an overexposed celebrity.
May 9, 2010 at 7:28 pm
I like her, too; that said, I still go with the more is less thing; some days she’s a bit too amped, for me. Compared to the MSNBC crowd, I like her, too. That said, there’s a person at MSNBC, not breweer, that has the temperment of a reporter and reader that I like; don’t know how she stays at MSNBC, though. She’s black do that should whittle down the people over there whom I am referring. And, not the white pixie that used to be on kid’s news, before she started reading for the big kid’s news show.
May 9, 2010 at 7:53 pm
I get tired of the volume, and the unending variations on the phrase ‘get this’. ‘You won’t believe this.’ You won’t believe what happens next.’ ‘What happened next was unbelievable!’ ‘Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse.. (clue: it did)’ The constant tabloid phrasing. Read the damn story and stop telling us how to react to it. It goes for Fox in general, but she just seems to be the worst offender. Other than that, she’s great.
May 9, 2010 at 8:09 pm
That was a surprisingly decent story on Kelly being that it was written by a huge Olbermann fan.
May 10, 2010 at 6:51 am
Laura, the intros you attribute to Megyn are typical of most Fox people, especially those on Fox and Friends. E.D. used to say those things all the time, and Gretchen continues in the same way. And so do the guys!
It is very annoying. And I agree with you – how do THEY know how we’ll react?
May 10, 2010 at 6:54 am
Whitneymuse, Cavuto STAYS!!!!
While he may not appeal to everyone, he is unlike no other! His program combines business news with personality (but not a “Cramer-type” personality), and he does an excellent job of interviewing guests in a warm, entertaining manner. He’s the best.
May 10, 2010 at 7:03 am
If I lived my life according to the Fox intros, I’d be in a constant state of outrage. Which might be an improvement for me, but highly unlikely. No one past the age of 12 is as capable of such agitation as the Fox-delivery would indicate.
I’m watching. Stop trying to get me to watch.
May 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I like her, I watch her show for a little bit each day. But the yelling thing gets old after a while.
May 10, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I like her, in small doses. Two hours is too much because she tends to read almost every story like it’s very dramatic..
whitneymuse, do you mean Tamron Hall at MSNBC? She’s really good.
May 10, 2010 at 5:12 pm
^I’d love to know what WhitneyMuse was talking about, and why she felt it necessary to withhold names.