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''The Live Desk'' is an American
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program that aired on the Fox News Channel. It was cancelled and replaced with ''
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About the show

Airing each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET, it focused on the main news stories of the day the network was following, mostly through live
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and pre-taped video, in addition to
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. This show originally aired as a one-hour program when it debuted on September 25, 2006. Compared to the network's main news programming, half the program aired from one of the network's
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s, the other half airing from Studio D. The second half also featured a panel, named the A-list, with a special guest panelist, labeled the Wildcard. Hosted by Martha MacCallum, the program replaced ''DaySide'', which ended on September 22, 2006, due to its hosts leaving the network to begin '' The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet'' for
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Revamp

On June 10, 2008, Fox News announced that the show would expand to two hours, with the second hour replacing ''America's Pulse'' with
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, from June 16.
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joined the program as a co-host. On May 28, 2009, ''The Live Desk'' launched in high definition with new graphics, new music, and the use of HD ready Studio J.


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