Newsmax Snags Bill O'Reilly As SOTU Anaylyst

Bill O'Reilly

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, according to The Hill.

“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.”

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.