About the only show I watch on any news channel besides Fox and Friends in the mornings is Brit Hume’s show, “Special Report with Brit Hume”, at 6:00 pm. I love the panel discussion as well as the news delivered in a style that does not tell me what to think, but lets me decide for myself.

I was saddened to read he is going to step down at the end of the year.

Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched 12 years ago, plans to step down at year’s end. But he won’t disappear entirely.

Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job as Washington managing editor and anchor of “Special Report,” the 6 p.m. show that has beaten the cable news competition for seven years. They say he is near a deal to continue with Fox in a senior-statesman role, not unlike that of NBC’s Tom Brokaw, for roughly 100 days a year.

Hume would be a senior political analyst, anchor for special events, panelist on “Fox News Sunday” and occasional substitute for the host, Chris Wallace.

I’m glad he’ll be spending more time with his family, while sad he’ll not be on every night. At least he’ll be around part-time, and I’ll enjoy watching the programs he’s on.

Hat tip: Betsy’s Page.