As cable news channels continue to push to each side of the political aisle, NewsNation host Chris Stirewalt believes there’s a large portion of the audience that isn’t served by the outlets.
Stirewalt is set to begin his tenure hosting The Hill Sunday for NewsNation this weekend. The program is an extension of the weekday version of the panel program, with NewsNation entering the Sunday political affairs program realm. The former Fox News political editor believes there are still viewers who just want the news without being told how or what to think.
“The underserved portion of the American news market are folks who are not looking for an emotional attachment or partisan cues for how to consume their news,” Stirewalt told Variety. “They are looking for something that seems like it’s trying to be fair, and I think that it’s a harder way to make a buck in the news business, for sure,” he adds, but “there is a lot left on the table in terms of Americans who have mostly tuned out the news because it’s just too much.”
The new program will air Sundays at 10 AM ET, which will see it look for viewers in the same daypart as long-running shows like NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, CBS’ Face The Nation, and Fox News Sunday, among others. While there is stiff competition, Chris Stirewalt says there will be many well-recognized faces appearing on his NewsNation show.
“You’ll see folks from The Hill, from NewsNation, but you will also see people from our competitors and from around the media world” he said. “Some of them are very famous names and some of them are new to a lot of people but have an interesting voice and good perspective.”
