Newsmax plans to launch a primetime panel show, Chris Plante The Right Squad, in the 9 p.m. ET hour. The show is the latest panel iteration, with Fox News’ The Five, airing at 5 p.m.
ET, ranking as the most watched cable news show. Plante’s show will feature Jenn Pellegrino and three other regular panelists, Newsmax said.
Plante, son of late CBS News correspondent Bill Plante, hosts The Chris Plante Show heard on WMAL in Washington and syndicated by Westwood One to more than 100 stations.
He previously worked at CNN, covering the Pentagon and national security. Chris Plante The Right Squad will be based in D.C.
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