Katie Pavlich is the latest change to NewsNation’s lineup, bringing a new perspective and voice to prime-time cable news.
After 16 years at TownHall.com, Pavlich is jumping into the anchor seat at NewsNation. Starting Jan. 19, Pavlich will be the sole conservative woman to anchor during the weekdays’ prime-time airwaves.
“I love this job because it’s a front row seat to history, and this new opportunity at NewsNation just makes that even more prevalent,” Pavlich told the Washington Examiner. “I’m very excited to have this opportunity and to sit there every night at 10 o’clock and talk to Americans.”
Katie Pavlich Tonight will focus on the day’s “biggest political stories,” with Pavlich offering her analysis on major headlines, including free speech, culture, immigration, national security, and foreign policy. The show will also feature debates with panel discussions and conversations with “key newsmakers.”
Pavlich joins NewsNation after 13 years at Fox News as a contributor and guest host, appearing on Outnumbered, The Five, The Ingraham Angle, and Hannity.
Pavlich’s background
Since moving to Washington, D.C., 20 years ago from Arizona to fill a “void of different perspectives” that she saw in journalism, Pavlich has had a front row seat to various historical moments.
She covered the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, and flew on Air Force One with President Donald Trump to the NATO summit. Pavlich also interviewed Trump in 2020 from the White House.
Pavlich said she will draw on her personal and professional experiences to provide viewers with context about big issues that are “affecting everyday Americans.”
“We want to provide clarity and focus for Americans so they can make decisions about their own lives and how they feel about issues,” she said. “Rather than just having fights on the air, we’re gonna have discussions and cordial debate.”
While Pavlich said her team is working “extensively” to book Trump administration officials on her show, she is also interested in culture.
“Obviously, there’s a lot happening in Washington, and we want to hear directly from the people who are implementing policy. [I’m] also very interested in culture,” Pavlich said.
Reba McEntire, Chris Pratt, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, and Jack Carr were some of the cultural guests Pavlich said she would “love” to have on the show.
Conservatives in journalism
When asked about barriers she might’ve faced as a conservative woman in the media, Pavlich pointed to conservatives working in journalism being “discredited” because of their beliefs.
“I do think that for many years, if you were a conservative working in journalism, you were somehow discredited as unable to report the news factually, or to report on major stories, and that’s just not true,” she said.
“While people who are of liberal leanings were given all the credibility in the world, so I would say we’re capable of reporting the facts as a conservative and doing really excellent work,” Pavlich added.
Pavlich said she doesn’t think there is “anything wrong” if journalists want to reveal their political beliefs.
“I think it’s actually a way for journalists to be more honest with their audience if they do, in fact, have a certain political leaning,” she said.
Although the program will be “unabashedly” conservative, Pavlich said her program will feature a range of perspectives from people who are both inside and outside the media.
“We don’t live in a monolithic country. There are lots of different opinions and places that people live and lived experiences that people have,” she said to the Washington Examiner. “I’m excited for the opportunity to really be in this position as a conservative woman, but also to have debates and interesting discussions with a whole host of different people.”
The show aims to address a general media landscape that Pavlich said is “lopsided.”
“[NewsNation] understands conservatism is not a dirty word, and that there are millions of Americans who are conservative or right-leaning, just like I am,” she said.
“[NewsNation] sees this as an opportunity to have a different kind of perspective and new voice in primetime from D.C.”
How Pavlich’s background will affect her show
As a daughter of the American Revolution, the nation’s 250th anniversary deeply resonated with Pavlich. She is “excited” about all the events the Trump administration is organizing to celebrate America’s founding and will also honor veterans on her show.
In addition to wearing red every Friday to honor the troops, Pavlich will highlight members of the military deployed around the world in a segment on her show called “Red Friday.”
“We want to honor our military, honor the people who are working hard around the clock to make sure that we are safe and that we can live free and safely as Americans every single day and go about our business,” she said.
Pavlich said that throughout her career, she has lived by the philosophy “run your own race,” and she plans to apply that same thinking to evaluating the show’s success.
“If you’re running and you’re looking to the side too often, you end up slowing down,” she said. “There are a lot of successful shows, both on the internet and on broadcast and in cable, but my goal is to have a really great team where every single night, we’re putting on an amazing show for NewsNation, with unique guests, with unique perspectives, covering the biggest stories of the day.”
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In a time where fewer people are tuning into cable news and turning to other sources for information, Pavlich said she is ready to “rock and roll” next week and encourages people to “give us a shot,” adding that she understands their time is valuable.
“[We want to] give them something of value, because they’ll be setting their time with us, and I want to make sure that we’re giving them something in return for the most valuable thing that they have, which is their time,” she said.
Katie Pavlich Tonight wil start airing on NewsNation at 10 p.m. beginning Monday, Jan. 19.
