Fox News Sunday Celebrates 15 Years on the Air

Fox News Sunday, a show that has been on the air longer than the Fox News Channel, will celebrate it's 15th year on April 28th.

Chris Wallace, the show's current presenter, spoke to US News' Paul Bedard about the show's anniversary, and his role as the programme moderator.

Here is an exerpt;

"His aggressive but folksy style have put the show on the ratings map and made it the first stop for many of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates. "I think that some of the candidates understand that Fox News Sunday is maybe the very first primary," he says. So far potential candidates Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty have appeared, and Rep. Michele Bachmann is slated for next month. [See editorial cartoons about the 2012 GOP field.]

"For a cable show up against the network Sunday public affairs programs, his ratings are impressive, say industry insiders. Consider his April 3 show. Fox News Sunday had a combined 3.7 million viewers between cable and Fox broadcast channels. In March, he averaged a combined 4.1 million viewers.

"Because he has over three decades as a Washington correspondent and is the son of fabled 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace, he brings a different perspective to the job. "At this particular point in my career to be able to take the benefit for all that I've learned in 35 years in Washington and to put it to use, and you just sort of know how it's going to play out, and to be able to attack an issue or question a newsmaker with the benefit of all that perspective is very satisfying," he says."

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Courtesy: US News