The ungodly hour of 5 a.m. has somehow become "a new battleground for cable news," writes Alex Weprin.
"Once the home of reruns and infomercials," with the just-announced expansion of Fox News' Fox & Friends, "now CNN, MSNBC and Fox News will all have live, original programming daily during that hour."
Local newscasts first discovered the viability of the early-morning audience, according to Weprin.