Fox Business Happy Hour is an American financial program aired on the Fox Business Network

Fox Business Network

Fox Business Network is an American cable news and satellite news television channel that began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...

 weekdays from 5-6pm Eastern Time and was hosted by Rebecca Diamond, Cody Willard

Cody Willard

Cody Willard , is an American investor, television anchor and former hedge fund manager. He was the founder of CL Willard Capital, a hedge fund which he closed in 2007, and the founder of ....

 and Eric Bolling

Eric Bolling

Eric Bolling is an American television personality who specializes in financial news and political commentary. He has occupied numerous roles as a commentator on financial issues for television. Bolling was involved in developing CNBC's Fast Money...

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About the program

Debuting on October 15, 2007, this program takes viewers outside work to get the inside story of what's making news inside and outside the business world. This show, which originally consisted of 2 co-hosts, Rebecca Gomez (now Rebecca Diamond) and Cody Willard, is set in a bar as it is produced at the Bull & Bear pub in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

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 in New York City. The show concluded its run on June 4, 2010; to be replaced by "The Willis Report," anchored by Gerri Willis

Gerri Willis

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 three days later.

Eric Bolling

Eric Bolling

Eric Bolling is an American television personality who specializes in financial news and political commentary. He has occupied numerous roles as a commentator on financial issues for television. Bolling was involved in developing CNBC's Fast Money...

, who was previously a panelist on CNBC's Fast Money and is now a co-host of Fox News Channel

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's The Five

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and a host of Fox Business Network's Follow The Money

Follow the Money

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, joined the show as a panelist in August 2008 until he became the show's third co-host in November of that same year.

Segments

Some of the regular segments of this show (listed alphabetically) include the following:

• Cody's Shot Clock
• The Diamond District
• Street Meat
• So you think you're an Entrepreneur

Special broadcasts

On February 1, 2008, Fox Business Happy Hour was broadcast live from Scottsdale, Arizona

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 (a suburb

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 of Phoenix

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). This first-ever remote broadcast on location aired 2 days before Super Bowl XLII

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On March 13 and 14, 2008, this program was broadcast live from Miami. The March 14 broadcast covered that day's 195-point plunge on the Dow.

Short segments of the program are shown during New York Yankees

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 game broadcasts on the YES Network

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