Studio B (TV series)
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| Studio B | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News/Talk program |
| Presented by | Shepard Smith |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox News Channel |
| Picture format | 480i NTSC |
| Original run | August 2002 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fox News Live |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| TV.com summary | |
Studio B is an American news/talk television program on the Fox News Channel, hosted by Shepard Smith.
Broadcast live at 3:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, the program continues coverage of stories followed during prior hours of Fox News programs. Named after the studio from which it broadcasts, Studio B often takes a swifter pace compared to the network's other programming, making a larger focus of the program on breaking-news events with live correspondents. The coverage includes correspondents on location, in studio, in addition to analysis from pundits or experts.
Prior to the program's relaunch on April 23, 2007, and to a larger extent summer 2007, Studio B was commonly seen as more laid-back, including a short segment of smalltalk after the bottom-of-the-hour headlines between Smith and Jane Skinner commonly about soft news or irrelevant stores of the day. The segment was known as "Skinnerville."
The program's relaunch created a new focus on urgency, with the music used for the program being faster-paced and more of a drum-driven style, in addition to the graphics becoming flashier and more attention-grabbing than previous editions. The event also included the conclusion of the weekend edition of Studio B, hosted by Trace Gallagher, which was started in February 2006.
Studio B replaced the 3-4pm hour of Fox News Live (also hosted by Smith) in 2002, and the weekend hour of Fox News Live in 2005. The weekend editions were discontinued in May 2007, when the 3-4pm hour was replaced by reruns of War Stories with Oliver North, or other taped programming.
Smith recently revealed that Studio B will soon get a more expansive overhaul, which may include name and format changes. This is partly because FNC's physical Studio B is no longer available for the network's use.
[edit] Graphics
 Studio B logo from 2006-2007. Used on weekends through May 2007. |
 Breaking News animation used exclusively on Studio B. |
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