Hannity and Colmes

Hannity & Colmes
Former title card for Hannity & Colmes
Genre	Political program
Presented by	Sean Hannity Alan Colmes
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	New York City
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	Fox News Channel
Picture format	480i NTSC
Original release	October 7, 1996 – January 9, 2009
Chronology
Followed by	Hannity
External links
Website

Hannity & Colmes was an American live television show on Fox News Channel in the United States, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, who respectively presented a conservative and liberal perspective. The series premiered on October 7, 1996, and the final episode aired on January 9, 2009. It was the precursor to the Hannity program, which later aired in the same time slot. The show offered Hannity's conservative views and Colmes's liberal views incorporated into a current news story, or in conjunction with a featured guest.

In addition to politics, the show featured debate about soft news stories, such as the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal or the death of Anna Nicole Smith, or one-on-one interviews with politicians, commonly with the host who most closely shared the guest's political ideology. The show's format resembled a former CNN show called Crossfire, which similarly had co-hosts on both the left and right.

Fox announced on November 24, 2008 that Alan Colmes would leave the show at the end of the year, but he remained a commentator on Fox News, ran the blog Liberaland, and made occasional appearances on other programs like The O'Reilly Factor, and Shovio.com's TalkBackTV up until his death in February 2017. On December 11, 2008, it was announced that Hannity would take over the time slot alone with a new show simply titled Hannity, which would have a format closer to his weekend program Hannity's America. January 9, 2009 was the last airing of Hannity & Colmes, with January 12 marking the beginning of the new Hannity program.