 Hume hosted the program through December 23, 2008, when he hosted his final show before officially stepping down as anchor.The last fifteen minutes of Hume's final program served as a tribute to Hume, including kind words from former President George H.W.Bush, then-President George W. Bush, then-Vice President Dick Cheney, and then-ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, as well as several Fox News reporters, and allowed him some final thoughts.