Lawrence Jones to Join ‘Fox & Friends’ as Co-Host
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor “Fox & Friends” will need a longer curvy couch. Lawrence Jones has been named a co-host of the Fox News Channel flagship morning program, in a move that brings the number of on-air personnel to four on weekdays and nods to a growing need at the cable outlet for more diversity on its schedule.
Jones will start September 18. Jones, just 30 years old, has been seen as an up-and-coming personality at the Fox Corp.-backed network, and has most recently anchored a program on the Fox News weekend schedule.
He joined Fox News in 2018 and was named an enterprise reporter for the morning show, where he has held forth from various places across the U.S.
His weekend program, “Lawrence Jones Cross Country,” will end, and be replaced by an hour led by Brian Kilmeade. “I am honored to become a part of the cable news legacy Fox News has created with ‘Fox & Friends,’ the very show where I made my first ever national television appearance.
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