Red Eye (TV series)

Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue
Title card for Red Eye
Presented by	Greg Gutfeld (2007–2015) Tom Shillue (2015–present)
Starring	Andrew Levy Bill Schulz (2007–2013) Joanne Nosuchinsky (2014–2016)
Composer(s)	Peter Brasino (theme and cues) (2015 – current)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	1,853 (as of February 28, 2015)
Production
Location(s)	New York City
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes (approximately 44 minutes 30 seconds without commercials)
Release
Original network	Fox News Channel
Picture format	480i SDTV 720p HDTV
Original release	February 6, 2007 – present
External links
Website

Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue is an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on the Fox News Channel, airing at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 p.m. Saturday, and 2:00 a.m. Sunday. The show features panelists and guests discussing the latest news in politics, pop culture, entertainment, business, sports, and religion.

The show was originally titled Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and was hosted by Greg Gutfeld, a self-described libertarian. Gutfeld left the show in early March 2015 and was replaced by Tom Shillue on June 22, 2015.

Andrew Levy discovered Gutfeld's writings on the Huffington Post and began leaving comments on Gutfeld's posts. As Levy's comments grew to include responses to other commenters, Levy "half-thought" the more outrageous comments were by Gutfeld himself. After discovering a post on Levy's blog on this theory, Gutfeld e-mailed Levy he did not write them, which began a correspondence between them. Gutfeld would eventually notify Levy about upcoming posts or ask him to look at his writing. Levy was also asked to join Gutfeld's new blog "The Daily Gut." Later Levy was asked by Gutfeld to join him in a new Fox News program.

Bill Schulz was an assistant editor at Stuff Magazine when Gutfeld was hired as Editor in Chief.Toronto Sun columnist Rachel Marsden was added later. Gutfeld remarked, "I think they just thought she would be a good kind of lightning rod."

Red Eye was originally named Wasteland in its early testing stages. At one time, a series of video clips of this early version were available on the Fox News website. The original name, Wasteland, was selected because the show was about "a land of waste" and meaninglessness. The show was later renamed Red Eye because the original name was thought to be too negative and would repel viewers. The phrase "Red Eye" was chosen because the term was likely to resonate with viewers because it somehow captured the essence of the program. John Moody, Executive Vice President of News Editorial for Fox News, stated, "We want a word... that evokes what the show is." Shelly Stevenson, senior producer at Fox News said, "we wanted to come up with something that tipped its hat to the people we are serving." According to Moody, one of the producers, among the original target audiences were "slackers and losers," the "depressed, the dissatisfied, the depraved," "bloggers, and those "age 18–40"