Steve Doocy is leaving the Curvy Couch on “Fox & Friends” in favor of a new bend in his career.
Doocy will cut back on the time he spends on the long-running Fox News Channel morning show, serving as a co-anchor three days a week from various locations in the southeast and midwest, among other locales.
“After decades of getting up at 3:30 and driving into New York City in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show from the couch,” Doocy said on Thursday’s broadcast of the program. “I am not retiring. I’m not leaving the show. I’m still a host, but it’s time for a change.”
For Fox News viewers, the move is a seismic one. Doocy has held forth on the Fox Corp.-owned cable outlet since its launch in 1996, first as a weather correspondent and then co-host of “Friends” when it debuted in 1998. “For nearly 30 years, Steve has been a force on the curvy couch with his signature smile and wit,” said Megan Albano, executive vice president of morning programming and program development at Fox News Media , in a statement. “His relationship with our audience is unmatched and we are looking forward to him taking his trademark style from the couch to cities across America’s heartland where he will co-host from diners to pickleball courts and more and finally not have to drive across the George Washington Bridge at 3:30am every morning.”
More to come….
