FNC to Also Broadcast One-Hour Special “Melania: Hosted by Ainsley Earhardt” on Sunday, September 29 at 10 PM/ET
NEW YORK — September 25, 2024 — FOX News Channel’s (FNC) FOX & Friends (weekdays, 6-9 AM/ET) will present an exclusive interview with former First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday, September 26th. This marks the first television interview Mrs. Trump has conducted in more than two years. Conducted by co-host Ainsley Earhardt, the former first lady will discuss her new book, the Trump campaign’s strategy in the remaining six weeks until the election, the two assassination attempts on her husband and other news of the day. FOX Nation will offer an extended version of the interview available the same day. Additionally, the interview will also be presented in a one-hour FNC special on Sunday, September 29th entitled “Melania: Hosted by Ainsley Earhardt” at 10 PM/ET.
Earhardt is the co-host of FNC’s top rated morning show FOX & Friends alongside Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones. The popular program has averaged 1.2 million viewers through the 3rd Quarter of 2024 to date and is on pace to mark its 23rd consecutive year as the number one morning show in cable news.
Earhardt was named co-host of FOX & Friends in 2016. She has conducted exclusive interviews with former President Donald Trump, then Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence. Earhardt co-hosted the network’s coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 and covered The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II live from London.
She is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including three number one children’s picture books, Take Heart, My Child: A Mother’s Dream, Through Your Eyes: My Child’s Gift to Me and I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are as well as her 2019 memoir, The Light Within Me. In May 2024, the University of South Carolina, Earhardt’s alma mater, awarded her with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree for her professional achievements in the broadcast news entertainment news industry and as an author. Additionally, Earhardt was presented with the University of South Carolina’s honorary degree and was also inducted into the South Carolina Entertainment & Music Hall of Fame.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service and has been the number one network in basic cable for the last eight years and the most-watched television news channel for more than 22 consecutive years, currently attracting nearly 50% of the cable news viewing audience according to Nielsen Media Research. Notably, Nielsen/MRI Fusion has consistently shown FNC to be the network of choice for more Democrat and Independent viewers, with the most politically diverse audience in cable news. Additionally, a 2023 New York Times/Siena College poll found FNC as the leading single source of news for voters across the country. Owned by Fox Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 70 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top 10 programs in the genre.
