What is "hannity"

Hannity is a television show on the Fox News network, a replacement to the long-running show Hannity & Colmes. It is hosted by conservative political pundit Sean Hannity. After Fox News's program schedule changed on October 7, 2013, all Hannity episodes are prerecorded, but the program will rarely air live if a major breaking news story is being covered, particularly those occurring on the West Coast. From 1996 (as Hannity & Colmes) to October 4, 2013, episodes were live at the former timeslot (9pm), now taken by The Kelly File.

Following the announcement on November 25, 2008 that Alan Colmes would leave the show, it was decided that the show would simply be entitled Hannity.

On the rationale for the new program, Fox News Senior Vice President Bill Shine has stated:

The show's format consists of Hannity interviewing guests and providing his own commentary. Among notable segments was The Great American Panel, which ran near the end of the show, featuring Hannity and three guests (two of which were notable political or news commentators, one liberal and the other conservative, with the third member being a special guest who was notable outside the political or journalistic community but usually holding conservative political views) in a panel discussion on important topics of the day. The Panel was split into two parts; in between parts, Hannity (or sometimes the special panel guest) will toss a miniature football towards the camera.

The first guest on Hannity was former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Hannity featured an exclusive interview with Don Imus during his premiere week. During the second week, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh appeared in an exclusive two-part interview about the future of the conservative movement and the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama.