‘This Is Upside Down World’: Fox News’ Bret Baier And Martha MacCallum Talk About Covering The Chaotic 2024 Race & The Rise Of Kamala Harris

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Fox News was the most watched network for the Republican National Convention last month, drawing an overwhelming share of the viewers throughout the week, including an average of 9.43 million on the final night.

The question is whether the Democratic National Convention will be a far different story — a big if given that leaders in the party have at times chided or shunned the network.

That said, figures such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) have made recent appearances, while Kamala Harris’ campaign announced over the weekend that part of a mega ad buy would be on the network’s daytime programming, “particularly during day-time programming which reaches a more moderate audience.” In separate interviews, Deadline spoke to Special Report‘s Bret Baier and The Story‘s Martha MacCallum, who are lead anchors of Fox News’ coverage, about what they expect this week, whether it’s a challenge to book Democrats on their shows, and the prospects for Fox News hosting a presidential debate.  DEADLINE: The race is totally different from where things left off in Milwaukee.

Would you have expected the race to be where it is now?  BAIER: I would have put money that Biden was going to probably stay in, and up until that Saturday [after the Republican convention], he was, and saying he was going to be the nominee.