Former Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who resigned from Congress last month after Donald Trump nominated him for secretary of state, will host a one-hour nightly political talk show on the ultra-conservative One American News Network (OAN) beginning in January.
“The Matt Gaetz Show” will air every weeknight at 9 p.m. eastern time, according to a press release issued by OAN on Tuesday. The cable news network said Gaetz will also host a weekly video podcast with Dan Ball, which “will deliver fresh perspectives and unfiltered conversations for Millennials, late Gen Z, and early Gen Xers.”
“OAN is blazing a trail in media, embracing not just traditional news but the platforms where Americans are going — streaming, apps, podcasts, and social media,” Gaetz said in the press release. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to join OAN’s forward-thinking team and be part of this revolutionary expansion.”
It’s a soft landing for Gaetz, stunningly nominated by Trump to lead the country’s foreign policy just a week after he defeated Kamala Harris.
But just eight days later, Gaetz announced that he was withdrawing from consideration for the position, as it became apparent his confirmation by the U.S. Senate was in peril following years of investigations about alleged drug use and payments for sex, including with an underage girl.
Gaetz served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida’s First Congressional District in the far western Panhandle. Before that, he served six years in the Florida House representing the same area.
There have been rumors Gaetz is considering a run for governor in 2026 — rumors Gaetz hasn’t dismissed at all during just the past few weeks. After former Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini said in a tweet that Gaetz would be the next governor of Florida, Gaetz responded on X with an image of the Florida state flag.
And while the chance of appearing nightly on a conservative cable news network is undoubtedly appealing to the 42-year-old Republican, it’s not clear how many people will be able to watch. The network has been asking viewers to pitch cable companies Charter (which runs Spectrum channels), Comcast, and Frontier to carry the channel over the past couple of years.
DirecTV stopped carrying OAN in 2022.
According to OAN’s website, the providers that do air the network include KlowTV, GCI, and Vidgo. It can be viewed online for a small monthly fee.
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