Editing Alan Colmes (section)

==Fox News==
Colmes was hired by Fox News chief executive officer [[Roger Ailes]] in 1996. He was the co-host of ''Hannity & Colmes,'' beginning with the [[Fox News|Fox News Channel]] launch on October 6, 1996, and ending on January 9, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-colmes-dead-fox-news-contributor-was-66-978963|title=Fox News Contributor Alan Colmes Dies at 66|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Colmes kept his radio show, which was distributed by [[Fox News Radio]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Davis|author2=Diana Owen|title=New media and American politics|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford [Oxfordshire]|year=1998|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=33KU9aeUnygC 60]|isbn=0-19-512060-4}}</ref> 

Colmes' debut non-fiction book, ''Red, White & Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong'' ({{ISBN|0-06-056297-8}}), was published in October 2003. It tackles issues such as [[civil rights]], the [[war on terror]], and the perceived [[Media bias in the United States|liberal media bias]]. Interspersed throughout are actual emails from ''Hannity & Colmes'' viewers, reprinted verbatim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-056297-7|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong by Alan Colmes|date=November 3, 2003|newspaper=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=February 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Colmes left ''Hannity & Colmes'', with Fox replacing it with ''[[Hannity]]'', in January 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/05/15/sean-hannity-hits-1000th-show-as-cable-news-ratings-winner/|title=Sean Hannity Hits 1000th Show as Cable News Ratings Winner|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=May 15, 2013|newspaper=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=February 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Colmes continued as a commentator on Fox News, most often on ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' where he frequently appeared with his [[#Personal life and death|conservative sister-in-law]], [[Monica Crowley]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/alan_colmes_of_fox_news_dead_a.html|title=Alan Colmes of Fox News dead at 66|last=Gore|first=Leada|date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=AL.com|access-date=February 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> He was also an occasional guest-panelist on Fox News' late-night satire program ''[[Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld]]''.

After ''Hannity & Colmes'', Colmes was a frequent panelist on the news analysis program ''[[Fox News Watch]]'' alongside [[Cal Thomas]], [[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]], and other pundits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/colmes-challenges-fox-news-watch-what-about-all-the-gop-candidates-working-for-fox-news/|title=Colmes Challenges Fox News Watch: What About All The GOP Candidates Working For Fox News?|last=MacNicol|first=Glynnis|date=October 11, 2010|website=www.mediaite.com|language=en|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>