Overview
- Fox News Media announced Tuesday that it has signed Billy Bush as a contributor and that he will debut on Jesse Watters Primetime at 8 p.m. ET that night.
- The network said Bush will provide cultural analysis and appear across its cable, digital and streaming platforms rather than on a single show.
- Bush is a longtime entertainment correspondent who hosted Extra from 2019 to 2025 and currently runs the digital program Hot Mics with Billy Bush.
- Coverage of the hire cites the 2005 Access Hollywood outtake published in 2016 that led to Bush’s departure from NBC as a likely focus of public scrutiny.
- Editors and analysts say the move signals Fox’s intent to deepen celebrity and pop‑culture coverage and note Bush’s continuation of independent projects and his ties to the Bush political family.