Bongino addressed the decision on his podcast The Dan Bongino Show, saying “it’s tough,” but said “we couldn’t come to terms on an extension” of his arrangement with the network. “It’s a sad day.” Bongino said he was given the chance to do one final episode of the show, but he decided not to. “The most important events in my life I learned about on Fox News,” Bongino said, as he reflected on his long ties to the network. …

While the network did not say why it was cutting ties with Bongino, it’s unlikely the network was disatisfied with Bongino’s ratings on Saturday nights. Last Saturday’s episode of Unfiltered—the final episode—drew 1.179 million viewers—and ranked as the highest-rated show of the day Saturday. For the first quarter of 2023, Unfiltered was the top show in prime time with 1.3 million viewers and 134,000 viewers in the key demographic of viewers 25-54, the group most valued by advertisers.

[That’s too bad. Perhaps we’ll know more as this develops, but Bongino doesn’t seem to hold a grudge. Looks like a failure to come to terms and that’s all. It happens. — Ed]