Former longtime Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is returning to cable news Tuesday night as an analyst for Newsmax TV’s coverage of President Trump’s first State of the Union address.
“Bill is one of the most remarkable newscasters in history,” said Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy. “His frank, no-holds-barred analysis is needed in American media more than ever.”
{mosads}Last April, O’Reilly lost more than 50 advertisers after The New York Times reported that he paid five women $13 million over allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior.
In October, the Times also revealed that the former “O’Reilly Factor” host had paid $32 million in January 2017 to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by former Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl.
Ruddy had stated publicly he was interested in bringing O’Reilly onto his network, which launched in 2014.
“I may come back to television, it just depends,” O’Reilly said last year after his ouster from Fox. “We’re living in a pretty vicious age now. Whoever I work for is going to have to have a lot of courage to stop the far left from attacking sponsors and spreading lies about people.”
The 68-year-old former “Inside Edition” host currently hosts a podcast called “No Spin News” on his website, BillOReilly.com. The podcast regularly utilizes Newsmax TV’s Manhattan studio.
O’Reilly was the top-rated host in cable news for 15 years until his termination from Fox in April 2017.