LARRY KING - COLMES QUITS FOX NEWS SHOW WITH HANNITY

President-elect Obama may be bringing rivals together in his new administration, but the high-profile rivals on Fox News's 9 00 p.m. hour are splitting after 12 years. Liberal Alan Colmes announced on his website that he is walking away from what he described as "one of the longest marriages on cable news" with conservative Sean Hannity. He later told the Associated Press We have a Democratic House, Senate and president. ... My work is done." The Hannity & Colmes hour ranks second only to Fox's The O'Reilly Factor in primetime cable news ratings, regularly beating Larry King on CNN and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC during the same hour. "Not only has Alan been a remarkable co-host, he's been a great friend, which is rare in this industry," Hannity said in a statement. "I'll genuinely miss sparring with such a skillful debate partner." It was unknown whether Colmes will be replaced by another debate partner or whether Hannity would go it alone on the evening program.

25/11/2008