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Van Susteren's move takes her out of the traditional television prime-time of 8 to 11 p.m. She had said earlier this year that her new contract with Fox had guaranteed her a prime-time slot, but Ailes said Tuesday that it is an "antiquated" view to consider prime time in cable news to be those three hours. Van Susteren agreed, and pronounced herself delighted by the move. It will enable her and her staff to try new things and will be physically easier, making for shorter days. "I only have to use my headlights for half a year," she said. Hannity said that he's happy to make the move, saying that the ability to pre-tape his program "greatly increases the flexibility of the show and offers me, after 17 years, the opportunity to be home at night with my family." Left untouched on the schedule is Bill O'Reilly's 8 p.m. ET time slot. He has long had the top-rated program in cable news.
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