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A seat at the bar for Happy Hour

Steve Krakauer of TVNewser attended a taping of the Fox Business Network show “Happy Hour” and reported on his observations.

Krakauer wrote, “In fact, the taping was largely ignored. At 5pm, with the bar only about three quarters full, some of the patrons stared intently as the show began. But by 5:30, the spacious square bar bustled with more than 100 chattering people, and the focus was more on happy hour than ‘Happy Hour.’

“Still, the bar setting provides a unique backdrop for a show about money.

“‘I’m used to the studio that is much more structured,’ Gomez said. ‘The atmosphere contributes to the energy of the show.’

“Willard agreed. ‘The idea of doing it in a bar is to demystify it,’ he said. ‘We want to translate it for the average business guy sitting at home trying to figure out what he’s doing with his life.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.