Studio B with Shepard Smith
| Studio B with Shepard Smith | |
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 "Studio B"'s new logo from October 10, 2011 |
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| Genre | News/Talk program |
| Presented by | Shepard Smith |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox News Channel |
| Picture format | 480i NTSC 720p (HDTV) |
| Original run | August 2002 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fox News Live |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Studio B with Shepard Smith is an American news/talk television program on the Fox News Channel, hosted by Shepard Smith.
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[edit] About the show
Broadcast live at 3:00pm ET Monday through Friday, the program continues coverage of stories followed during prior hours of Fox News programs. Named after the studio from which it formerly broadcast, Studio B often takes a swifter pace compared to the network's other programming, making a larger focus of the program on breaking-news events with live correspondents. The coverage includes correspondents on location, in studio, in addition to analysis from pundits or experts.
Prior to the program's relaunch on April 23, 2007, and to a larger extent summer 2007, Studio B was commonly seen as more laid-back, including a short segment of smalltalk after the bottom-of-the-hour headlines between Smith and Jane Skinner commonly about soft news or irrelevant stories of the day. The segment was known as "Skinnerville."
[edit] History
The program's relaunch created a new focus on urgency, with the music used for the program being faster-paced and more of a drum-driven style, in addition to the graphics becoming flashier and more attention-grabbing than previous editions. The event also included the conclusion of the weekend edition of Studio B, hosted by Trace Gallagher, which was started in February 2006.
Studio B replaced the 3-4pm hour of Fox News Live (also hosted by Smith) in 2002, and the weekend hour of Fox News Live in 2005. The weekend editions were discontinued in May 2007, when the 3-4pm hour was replaced by reruns of War Stories with Oliver North, or other taped programming.
Also in 2007, Smith revealed that Studio B will soon get a more expansive overhaul, which may include name and format changes. This is partly because FNC's physical Studio B is no longer available for the network's use. On December 14, 2008, Studio B moved to Studio 12H, the set used by the Fox Report due to its move to the high definition Election Night set used by the Fox Broadcasting Company.
On January 9, 2009, Studio B moved to a new set in Studio 12H. Despite the actual studio name, Shepard Smith stated that this studio will be the new Studio B, "because that is the name of the program". While Studio B moved to the aforementioned HD set, it continued to broadcast in 4:3 with the Fox News HD wing at the side, until March 23, 2009, when the show launched in full 16:9.
During the week of September 26-October 2, 2011, The Fox Report moved into its former studios, Studio E, which was used from September 2007 to December 2008 at the same time, Studio B moved into the newsroom and Shepard Smith announced on the September 28th broadcast that the Fox Report and Studio B will move into a new set starting Monday, October 10, 2011.
On October 10th, 2011, Studio B and the Fox Report introduced a new look and graphics featuring the new lower-thirds graphics for the show as seen on other Fox shows, The Five and Happening Now. Shepard Smith presented the show from a modified Studio 12H featuring more monitors and retaining "The Cube" but the overhead platform and accompanying staircase, which had been part of the set since 2008 had been removed.
| Preceded by America Live with Megyn Kelly |
Fox News Channel Weekday Lineup 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
Succeeded by Your World with Neil Cavuto |
[edit] Graphics
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Studio B logo from 2006-2007. Used on weekends through May 2007.
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Studio B online banner from FoxNews.com, featuring the logo used from December 2009- October 2011
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Studio B logo from October 10, 2011
