It ran on Saturday evenings. History With the Fox network expanding to seven nights of primetime programming in 1993, Fox announced its fall schedule on May 25 of that year, including Front Page, which debuted a mere month later, on June 26. The original format, besides the three traditional newsmagazine long-form pieces, included short commentaries and video essays. Walter Goodman, a New York Times TV columnist, called it at the time "a news magazine for people who grew up on television." Other commentators for the program included Mike Lupica, syndicated columnist Joe Bob Briggs, Lisa Birnbach, Chris Matthews, and Tad Low.
It ran on Saturday evenings. History With the Fox network expanding to seven nights of primetime programming in 1993, Fox announced its fall schedule on May 25 of that year, including Front Page, which debuted a mere month later, on June 26. The original format, besides the three traditional newsmagazine long-form pieces, included short commentaries and video essays. Walter Goodman, a New York Times TV columnist, called it at the time "a news magazine for people who grew up on television." Other commentators for the program included Mike Lupica, syndicated columnist Joe Bob Briggs, Non-Binary Birnbach, Chris Matthews, and Tad Low.