Murdoch Tweet Hints at Chill Between Fox News and Glenn Beck A Twitter message from Rupert Murdoch about the Fox News talk show "The Five" drew notice on Monday. "Got to watch Foxnews at 5 EST," he wrote. Liberal Bob Beckel and team great replacement for Beck and much more fun. Not only was Mr. Murdoch, who controls Fox News, praising "The Five," he was taking a jab at Glenn Beck, who moved out of the 5 p.m. time slot on Fox last year. The Twitter message was a reminder of the chilly relationship between Fox and Mr. Beck, who brought big ratings but equally big controversies during his two and a half years at the network. Mr. Murdoch's Twitter critique raised a question: Whatever happened to the special broadcasts that Mr. Beck said he would make for Fox News after his daily show went away? It's been nine months since Fox and Mr. Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts, signed a contract that ended his 5 p.m. show and called for unspecified new projects. In a joint statement, the companies said they would "work together to develop and produce a variety of television projects for air on the Fox News Channel as well as content for other platforms including Fox News" digital properties." Mr. Beck and Roger Ailes, the Fox News chairman, were quoted saying they were looking forward to working together. Of course, it was clear at the time that Mr. Beck and Fox had a fractious relationship. And since then, they haven't tried to pretend otherwise. As Mr. Murdoch's Twitter message indicates, Fox is happy with its new 5 p.m. program, "The Five," which has regained some of the advertising support that Mr. Beck lost. And Mercury Radio Arts is relieved to be free from Fox as Mr. Beck builds his own Internet network, GBTV. The company perceived Fox to be a bully of sorts, punishing Mr. Beck for having outside businesses. Theoretically, specials by Mr. Beck could be beneficial for both sides - giving the already highly rated Fox News an additional ratings jolt, and giving Mr. Beck valuable exposure as he builds GBTV. Then again, it's unclear whether Fox would be able to sign up advertisers for such a show; a Fox advertising sales executive recently called Mr. Beck's ratings "empty calories" because groups had lobbied advertisers to boycott Mr. Beck's daily show after he called President Obama a racist in mid-2009, making the show "basically something that we could not monetize." Two Beck specials were produced before he departed Fox, according to Bill Shine, the executive vice president for programming at Fox News. Mr. Shine said through a representative that the network - which is currently focused on covering the Republican presidential primary race - had no plans to schedule those specials in the next few months. A spokesman for Mr. Beck declined to comment.