Since 2009, Judge Napolitano has hosted the show Freedom Watch on Fox News. The show had a small but passionate following. Yet in February 2012, Fox abruptly decided to cancel Freedom Watch and replace it with reruns of shows that aired earlier in the day.
Could the reason for this sudden turn of events be the 4-minute speech I’ve posted below? As you’ll see, it’s a rousing speech Judge Napolitano delivered on Freedom Watch.
In an open letter to his viewers, Napolitano says (in part) this:
Two of my former shows have been cancelled, and after each cancellation, Fox has rewarded me with more and better work. This cancellation–along with others that accompanied it–was the result of a business judgment here, and is completely unrelated to the FreedomWatch message.
While I found conflicting information about the show’s ratings, it seems Fox indeed canceled Freedom Watch and two other shows because of low ratings.
Here’s a follow-up video with comments from Wayne Allyn Root about the cancellation of Freedom Watch. He points out the obvious conflict between the libertarian message and corporate advertising. In the end, money drives many decisions about which shows get renewed and which shows get canceled.
