Fox News anchor Chris Wallace abruptly announced on Sunday he’s leaving the network after 18 years, effective immediately.
Fox News will fill the spot with rotating hosts until a new anchor is named, the company said in a press release.
Wallace’s sudden departure follows a period of shakeups in the cable news world. MSNBC host and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Brian Williams announced last month he was leaving the network at the end of the year. Williams said he expected he would “pop up again somewhere.”
CNN also fired its primetime anchor Chris Cuomo earlier this month, after “new information” came to light during a review of how he helped his brother and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo respond to sexual harassment allegations. In a statement, Cuomo said he was disappointed in CNN’s.
Wallace’s sudden departure follows a period of shakeups in the cable news world. MSNBC host and former “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Brian Williams announced last month he was leaving the network at the end of the year. Williams said he expected he would “pop up again somewhere.”
CNN also fired its primetime anchor Chris Cuomo earlier this month, after “new information” came to light.