{"id":403787,"date":"2026-01-12T23:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403787\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:30:17","slug":"newsnations-katie-pavlich-on-leaving-fox-news-breaking-into-primetime-and-booking-50-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403787\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsNation\u2019s Katie Pavlich on Leaving Fox News, Breaking Into Primetime and Booking 50 Cent"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Katie Pavlich, leaving Fox News after more than a decade was actually \u201cnot complicated.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a new opportunity, and so I decided to take it,\u201d she told TheWrap of her decision to join upstart cable network NewsNation, where she\u2019ll launch her own 10 p.m. opinion show, \u201cKatie Pavlich Tonight,\u201d on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

Pavlich, a Fox News contributor since 2013, was also the editor of the conservative site Townhall, which gave her the opportunity to travel over the past year aboard Air Force One in the White House press pool during three of President Donald Trump\u2019s trips. She said her journalism experience, on the news and opinion sides, aligns with a network that promises \u201cunbiased journalism\u201d\u00a0for all Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that NewsNation\u2019s mission and my work that I\u2019ve been doing in D.C. as a journalist for the past 16 years are actually a perfect match,\u201d Pavlich said. \u201cI have a lot of credible work that you can point to to show that I\u2019m facts first, opinion second.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her new anchor role, Pavlich, 37, plans to focus on hot-button issues like free speech, immigration and foreign policy, topics that are especially timely in light of the recent shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and the Trump administration\u2019s capture of Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n

Pavlich hasn\u2019t yet locked down guests for next Monday\u2019s premiere, but she is planning early segments on AI companies and how people are integrating the technology into their work, along with a feature on the Kennedy Center. Pavlich has also been in touch with the White House to secure Trump administration officials for her first few weeks, and she\u2019s already considering how her show can make waves on platforms like YouTube.<\/p>\n

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NewsNation\u2019s addition of Pavlich speaks to the five-year-old network\u2019s continued expansion, following the hiring of ex-CNN host Chris Cuomo, former Fox News host Leland Vittert and former ABC News staple Elizabeth Vargas. The network is also launching an 11 p.m. news hour hosted by legal contributor Jesse Weber, an alum of Dan Abrams\u2019 Law & Crime Network.<\/p>\n

The hiring also indicates that the network isn\u2019t afraid to allow those who\u2019ve engaged in partisan commentary to take on a role in which they\u2019ll be expected to bring in various viewpoints. Pavlich said she wouldn\u2019t shy away from acknowledging her conservative background \u2014\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve always been who I am\u201c\u00a0\u2014 but she believes that such transparency \u201cis just a very honest way of working with an audience\u201d\u00a0who may share similar beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to sit there and say that I\u2019m a moderate or that I have different kinds of political perspectives,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m very excited to have different perspectives on the show and to discuss these things with people who maybe disagree with me, maybe can change my mind, and I hope that we can do that also on the other end, where I can maybe convince some people about a certain story or issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

I asked Pavlich about whether she might try to emulate the more traditional anchor role on NewsNation, a la Cuomo, or if we\u2019d see roundtable spats like those found on CNN\u2019s \u201cNewsNight with Abby Phillip.\u201d\u00a0Pavlich said she wanted to \u201cstay in our lane and run our own race,\u201d\u00a0rather than pointing to specific styles, though she mentioned hoping to feature guests with varying political views. <\/p>\n

Newsrooms that hire those with different perspectives, she said, were necessary in these hyperpartisan times to help round out every view of a story. Pavlich specifically highlighted the \u201cpretty good job\u201d Bari Weiss has done at CBS News, saying Weiss was \u201ctrying to bring in new, fresh perspectives to balance out kind of this groupthink.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pavlich also said she was partly excited to work for an organization like NewsNation\u2019s parent company, Nexstar, which owns more than 200 local TV stations in 116 markets, and offers the opportunity to book local reporters for their perspectives on national stories. <\/p>\n

When pressed on a Status report<\/a> that speculated whether her hiring could have been a play to placate Trump officials and secure a federal waiver in Nexstar\u2019s bid to acquire Tegna<\/a>, another local station owner, Pavlich said the merger never came up during her negotiations. \u201cIt was not used to get me to say yes to moving over to NewsNation, and quite frankly, it\u2019s way above my pay grade,\u201d\u00a0she said. <\/p>\n

Even as the political news cycle remains in hyperdrive, Pavlich hopes to highlight stories outside of the beltway. She wants to travel the country and chat with Americans for a feature on the nation\u2019s 250th birthday later this year, and when asked about her dream bookings for her show, two names immediately sprang to mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to book 50 Cent,\u201d she deadpanned. \u201cAnd Spencer Pratt, who\u2019s running for mayor of L.A. Those would be fun and cultural bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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