The Big Story, which debuted in 2000, was an American news

News

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/talk

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 television program on the Fox News Channel

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, hosted by John Gibson

John Gibson (media host)

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 and Heather Nauert

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 weekdays. It was taken off in March 2008, replaced with America's Election Headquarters

America's Election Headquarters

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, an hour of news related to the 2008 United States presidential election. Subsequently, Fox News lured Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

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 from Headline News (now HLN ) in the interim between The Big Story being put on hiatus and the election, and the Big Story timeslot was taken by his new self-titled program

Glenn Beck (TV program)

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 on January 19, 2009 .

One of the channel's afternoon shows, the program featured coverage of news stories of the day under general banners (ex. "Big Money", "Big Security") introduced after commercial breaks. The program also featured debate and analysis by pundits and panelists.

The Big Story Weekend

A weekend edition of the program, The Big Story Weekend, aired Saturdays and Sundays. Hosted initially by Rita Cosby

Rita Cosby

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 and later by Julie Banderas

Julie Banderas

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, the weekend edition featured a segment called "Your Word Live" where viewers could call in and give comments on a topic discussed on the show. Later in the show's run, the call-in segment was replaced with e-mail. The last weekend edition aired on October 14, 2007.

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for The Big Story Weekend