Fox News announced Monday that the network will be hosting the final Republican Primary debate Jan. 28, 2016, three days before the Republican Iowa caucuses.
The debate is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EST from the Iowa Events Center on Fox News Channel, FOX News Radio, FOX News Mobile and FOXNews.com. The moderators will be Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.
Fox hosted the first Republican debate of the 2016 cycle, after which a feud between Donald Trump and moderator Megyn Kelly. Trump suggested, “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes — blood coming out of her, wherever,” Trump argued. (VIDEO: Trump Takes Bloody Shot At Kelly: ‘I Don’t Respect Her’ … Period)
Trump later insisted, “Do you think I would make a stupid statement like that? Who would make a statement like that? Only a sick person would even think about it.” (VIDEO: Trump On Megyn Kelly Blood Comment: ‘Only A Sick Person Would Even Think About It’)
The following day, Trump claimed that the questions Kelly asked during the debate were “inappropriate” and he went as far as suggested “[y]ou could make the case” that Kelly is a “bimbo.” (VIDEO: Trump: ‘You Could Make The Case’ For Megyn Kelly Being A Bimbo)
The Jan. 28 debate is scheduled to last two hours. Criteria for candidate entry will be announced closer to the debate.
Fox News’s August debate had a record 24 million viewers and was the highest-rated non-sports cable broadcast of all time.