In October 2017, Fox News Channel announced that the show will be expanded to two hours from 4 to 6 a.m. The 4 a.m. hour would be anchored solely by Heather Childers, and Jillian Mele and Rob Schmitt would present the 5 a.m. hour. In July 2020, Childers had parted ways with Fox News after executives had expressed concern and anger about her coming to work and appearing visibly ill on air several months earlier during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Schmitt later parted way with Fox News to join Newsmax TV.