Bill Hemmer took the reigns of Fox News in primetime, at 8pm ET. "A storm of this size happens once in a generation," he told viewers. The weeks of rehearsals were evident: Hemmer sounds like a Fox anchor.

After Hemmer tossed to Shep Smith in New Orleans, Shep said: "By the way, welcome Bill to the Fox News Channel...you sure have impeccable timing."

"Bill is off to a good start," this blogger says. "He even has a better haircut then he had when left CNN."

> Also: "After he left CNN June 17, he had LASIK surgery and now will appear without eyeglasses for the first time in a decade," TV Week reports...