Hannity is an American conservative television political talk program on Fox News hosted by Sean Hannity. Episodes air live at 9:00 p.m. from Monday through Thursday, while episodes that air on Fridays are pre-recorded, with a repeat airing at 2:00 a.m. the following morning. The show focuses on the development of the day's events with long monologues, political analysis, and legal analysis. The show has been a part of the Fox News program lineup since January 12, 2009, and is the number one cable news broadcast in its time slot. On nights when Hannity is not available, Jason Chaffetz, Gregg Jarrett, Tammy Bruce, Dan Bongino, Jeanine Pirro and Pete Hegseth fill in as substitute hosts. Format At the beginning of the show, Hannity opens with an opening monologue detailing the political issues of the day. He then transitions to clips backing evidence or showing statements of opposition forces. When Hannity finishes his opening monologue, he goes to a political & legal panel analyzing the situations on hand. After the opening segments, the show has a looser format. Hannity may go to another monologue, go to an interview, or continue with another panel. The first guest on Hannity was former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Hannity featured an exclusive interview with Don Imus during his premiere week. During the second week, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh appeared in an exclusive two-part interview about the future of the conservative movement and the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama. At the end of the show, Hannity (or sometimes the special panel guest) would toss a miniature football towards the camera. On Monday through Thursday, Hannity then transitions to The Ingraham Angle by having a 30-second to two-minute chat with Laura Ingraham about a random or political topic. Controversies Seth Rich controversy In 2017, Hannity was discussing conspiracy theories involving the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich, and on May 25, 2017, it was announced that some advertisers had cut ties to the show following the controversy and a sponsor boycott promoted by Media Matters, similar to previous sponsor boycotts targeting The Glenn Beck Program and The Rush Limbaugh Show. It was also announced that Hannity might be given a leave of absence, though Hannity vowed to return and did, and Fox confirmed he would be returning. Hannity returned to the network. Additionally, some advertisers chose not to pull their advertisements in response