Front Page was a short-lived newsmagazine that ran in 1993 on the Fox television network

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 in the United States. It featured five main hosts and reporters: Andria Hall, Tony Harris

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, Vicki Liviakis, Josh Mankiewicz

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, and Ron Reagan

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. It ran on Saturday evenings.

History

With the Fox network expanding to seven nights of primetime programming in 1993, Fox announced its fall schedule on May 25 of that year, including Front Page, which debuted a mere month later, on June 26. The original format, besides the three traditional newsmagazine long-form pieces, included short commentaries and video essays. Walter Goodman, a New York Times TV columnist, called it at the time "a news magazine for people who grew up on television" Other commentators for the program included Mike Lupica

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, syndicated columnist Joe Bob Briggs

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, Lisa Birnbach

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, and Chris Matthews

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.

It was cancelled some time after due to low ratings.