The Live Desk was an American

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 news

News

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/talk

Talk show

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 program on the Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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. It was cancelled and replaced with America Live with Megyn Kelly

America Live with Megyn Kelly

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About the show

Airing each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET

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, it focused on the main news stories of the day the network was following, mostly through live

Live television

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 correspondents and pre-taped video, in addition to breaking news

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. This show originally aired as a one-hour program when it debuted on September 25, 2006.

Compared to the network's main news programming, half the program aired from one of the network's control room

Control room

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s, the other half airing from Studio D. The second half also featured a panel, named the A-list, with a special guest panelist, labeled the Wildcard.

Hosted by Martha MacCallum

Martha MacCallum

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, the program replaced DaySide

DaySide

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, which ended on September 22, 2006, due to its hosts leaving the network to begin The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet

The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet

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for Fox

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.

Revamp

On June 10, 2008, Fox News announced that the show would expand to two hours, with the second hour replacing America's Pulse with E. D. Hill

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, from June 16. Trace Gallagher

Trace Gallagher

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 joined the program as a co-host.

On May 28, 2009, The Live Desk launched in high definition

High-definition television

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with new graphics, new music, and the use of HD ready Studio J.