• “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts will be filling in for Kelly Ripa on “Live with Kelly and Michael” next Monday. Roberts will join Michael Strahan in interviewing Laurence Fishburne, among other guests.

• Fox News anchor Bret Baier talks to Delta Sky magazine (you know, the free one you get on Delta flights). His topic of discussion: political hotspot Naples, Florida.

• Al Jazeera is pushing back against the report yesterday that they would be shipping dozens of jobs from London to Doha. Rather, the company says a handful of jobs in the UK will temporarily shift to Qatar, which is short-staffed as they launch Al Jazeera America. Staffers will move back to London in a few months.

“Splash,” a Sunday supplement to the Chicago Sun Times, profiles Fox News anchor Bret Baier, and how he spends his Sundays. Not just any Sunday, mind you, but a Sunday in Chicago, his wife’s hometown.

For a guy who started his career in Hilton Head, S.C., reporting on “sea turtle nesting and what color azaleas would be planted along the road,” Baier has come a long way. After conquering smaller markets, he was tasked with starting FOX’s Atlanta outpost. “The Atlanta bureau started in my apartment with a fax machine and a cell phone,” he says. But when 9/11 struck, and all of New York’s reporters were occupied, Baier drove up to Virginia to report on the Pentagon attack — and he never went back to Atlanta.

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

• Total day: FNC: 263 | MSNBC: 117 | CNN: 116 | HLN: 108

• Primetime: FNC: 406 | MSNBC: 250 | CNN: 143 | HLN: 161

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Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier and HLN anchor Robin Meade put aside their competing loyalties this weekend to pose for a few pictures at the Patrick Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament for St. Jude Kids in Palm Desert, Calif.

TVNewser hears Baier played in the golf tournament and Meade, who calls music her “second platform,” performed on stage with musical acts including Alice Cooper and REM’s Mike Mills. The event raised money for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly diseases.

Fox News remains the top cable news network, beating MSNBC and CNN combined in both Total Day and primetime for the month of February. Despite being up for the month, Fox News — like the other cable news networks — was down year-over-year.

The ratings for February, 2013 (Nielsen Live + Same Day data):

• Primetime (Mon-Sun): 1,790,000 Total Viewers / 296,000 A25-54
• Total Day Mon-Sun): 1,094,000 Total Viewers / 227,000 A25-54

Compared to the same month last year, Fox News was flat in Total Viewers and down -16% in the A25-54 demographic in Total Day. (Note: percentages are based on a blend of Live +7 and Live +3 data.) In primetime, the network is down -7% and -29%, respectively. It should be noted that February 2012 was a big month for political news, with the GOP primaries in full swing, and also saw extensive coverage of Whitney Houston‘s death, which was a ratings boost for all of the cable news networks.

For the month, Fox News had the top 13 programs in cable news in Total Viewers, and the top nine programs among younger viewers.

“Special Report with Bret Baier,” which marks 50 months at number one in its timeslot this month, was up +7 in Total Viewers and down -15% in the A25-54 demographic compared to February 2012.

In primetime, “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Hannity” and “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” were all down year-over-year. O’Reilly’s program was down -3% in Total Viewers and -26% in A25-54 viewers. Hannity’s program was down -11% in Total Viewers and 35% in the demo, and Van Susteren’s show was down -21% and -32%, respectively.

Fox News improved on its January ratings across the board: in primetime, FNC is up +11% in both Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers, and in Total Day the network is up +7% and +9%, respectively.

Leading up to the 2012 election, Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Bret Baier” was one of the must-see programs for politics junkies. Baier himself was tapped to co-anchor the channel’s election coverage alongside Megyn Kelly.

The election may be over, but “Special Report” continues to generate strong viewership, averaging nearly two million viewers per day. This month, the program will mark 50 months at number one in cable news at 6 PM.

Without an election to preview, the political stories Baier and his team cover have been varied, but there is an underlying theme that Baier says is exemplified by his show’s coverage of policy like sequestration.

“I think that is where our bread and butter is, taking something that is complicated, and making it easier to understand,” Baier tells TVNewser. “Not talking down to the folks who really understand this stuff, but also making sure that everybody gets it.”

The program also looks outside the beltway for stories that are not in its political wheelhouse, but that people are talking about, like the Manti T’eo Hoax story.

“That is not a story that normally fits with special report, but we did it,” Baier says. “We are letting the news drive the show, we are not letting a strict formula of politics-centric do it.”

“Special Report” has changed a bit since Baier took over for Brit Hume in 2009.

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Bret Baier will anchor Fox News’ State of the Union coverage beginning at 8:55pmET Tuesday. Baier will be joined by Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer and Nina Easton, with chief White House correspondent Ed Henry reporting from the White House and chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reporting from Capitol Hill.

After the Republican response, which is expected to conclude around 10:40pmET, Greta Van Susteren will take over for an abbreviated “On the Record.” Sean Hannity will be live from 11pm to midnight.

Shepard Smith will anchor for Fox Broadcasting and will be joined after the speeches by “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace. Additionally, Harris Faulkner will host a live webcast on foxnews.com.

>Update: With the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, Smith will be in Rome Tuesday. Wallace will anchor on Fox Broadcasting in his place.

President Obama has begun his second term with a brief, official swearing-in in the Blue Room of the White House. At 11:55amET Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath with First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters by his side. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos anchored on ABC, Scott Pelley on CBS and Lester Holt on NBC. The last time the official Oath of Office fell on a Sunday was in 1985, at the start of Pres. Reagan’s second term.

NBC’s report lasted 7 minutes from 11:53am to Noon. ABC’s went 9 minutes from 11:52 to 12:01 and CBS’s went the longest at 12 minutes, from 11:53 – 12:05pm.

The cable networks also carried the event. On Fox News, Megyn Kelly anchoring with Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, said “I owe Wallace a quarter.” She’d bet the “Fox News Sunday” host that Chief Justice Roberts wouldn’t use notes for the Oath. He did. “He messed it up the first time,” said Wallace of Roberts. Chuck Todd on MSNBC and Wolf Blitzer on CNN and their guests also remarked on Roberts using notes after botching the Oath in 2009.

ABC, CBS and NBC joined the cable news networks carrying Pres. Obama’s remarks and signing of 23 executive actions tightening gun laws. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos anchored on ABC, Brian Williams on NBC, and Scott Pelley on CBS. Jon Scott and Jenna Lee anchored for Fox News, Wolf Blitzer on CNN, and Alex Wagner on MSNBC.

The president pointed out that passing legislation “will be difficult” and took a shot (excuse the pun) at those who would oppose the legislation to “gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue.”

“There will be pundits and politicians and special interest lobbyists, publicly warning of a tyrannical all-out assault on liberty. Not because that’s true. But because they want to gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue for themselves.”

Fox News Channel’s 2013 Presidential Inauguration coverage will begin Sunday morning and continue through Monday night, with Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly behind the anchor desk.

Baier and Kelly will anchor during the private ceremony Sunday at 11 AM, as well as the network’s coverage of the public ceremony Monday from 11AM-3 PM and from 8:40-10PM.

Contributors to the special programming will include Brit Hume, Chris Wallace and “The Five” co-hosts Bob Beckel, Juan Williams and Dana Perino. Karl Rove, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer and Kirsten Powers will also contribute.

On Monday, Bill Hemmer, Martha MacCallum, Shepard Smith and Neil Cavuto will anchor their programs live from Lafayette Park. In primetime, Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren will host their shows live.

As has become de rigueur, FNC will also be streaming the event on its website.