{{short description|American television host}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Jedediah Bila | image = Jedediah Bila (cropped).jpg | caption = Bila in 2016 | birth_name = Jedediah Louisa Bila | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|1|29}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Television host, podcaster, author | party = | education = [[Wagner College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]]) | spouse = {{marriage|Jeremy Scher|2018}} | children = 1 | website = {{URL|jedediahbila.com|Official website}} }} '''Jedediah Louisa Bila'''<ref>{{cite tweet|number=341233342236225537|title=Louisa. RT @middlenamegame: @JedediahBila what is your middle name?|user=jedediahbila|last1=Bila|first1=Jedediah|date=June 2, 2013|access-date=November 30, 2013}}</ref> (born January 29, 1979)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/29a225904a3a44758e50edabedaaad9f|title=AM-Prep-Today in Entertainment History|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 29, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> is an American podcast host and former television host. She is known for her time as a co-host on the daytime talk show ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' from 2016 to 2017 and as an anchor on the weekend edition of the morning news and talk program ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' from 2019 to 2021. She has also written two books. She now hosts her own podcast.
==Life and career== ===Background=== Bila was born and raised in [[Staten Island]].<ref>Jedediah Bila, https://www.jedediahbila.com/bio#:~:text=A%20two%2Dtime%20Emmy%2Dnominated%20TV%20host%20and%20author%2C,dad%2C%20and%20cat%2C%20Scungilli.</ref> She is of [[Italian Americans|Italian]] descent.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=jedediahbila|number=398279118615085056|title=Yes, tweeps. I'm Italian. 100%. Sicily/Naples. I have the temper – and the appetite – to prove it. Also, the accent (when cranky).|last1=Bila|first1=Jedediah|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> She is a graduate of [[Wagner College]], and has a [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[Columbia University]].<ref name="libertarian">{{cite web|last1=Steinberg|first1=Brian|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jedediah-bila-fox-news-contributor-view-1203048758/|title=Former 'View' Host Jedediah Bila to Join Fox News as Contributor|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> In 2005, she began teaching in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://fordhampoliticalreview.org/fpr-interviews-jedediah-bila/|title=FPR Interviews – Jedediah Bila|date=October 26, 2015|work=Fordham Political Review|access-date=June 11, 2018|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029170348/http://fordhampoliticalreview.org/fpr-interviews-jedediah-bila/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She taught creative writing, Spanish, and improvisation to middle school, high school, and college students.<ref name="Lisa">{{cite news|url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44876|title=Lisa De Pasquale Channeling Wonder Woman with Jedediah Bila|last=De Pasquale|first=Lisa|date=July 16, 2011|newspaper=[[Human Events]]|access-date=March 6, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720202842/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44876|archivedate=July 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has also served as an academic dean at a private school in New York City.<ref name="libertarian"/>
===Television career=== Bila's transition from education to politics came in 2009, when she reviewed radio host [[Mark Levin]]'s book ''Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto'' on her blog. Levin later read the review on air, prompting television host [[Sean Hannity]] to invite her on his [[Fox News]] program, ''[[Hannity]]''.<ref name=":1" /> She joined Fox News as a contributor in 2013.<ref name="FNC">{{cite web|last1=de Moraes|first1=Lisa|author-link=Lisa de Moraes|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/jedediah-bila-returns-fox-news-channel-contributor-after-leaving-the-viuew-1202511212/|title=Jedediah Bila Returns To Fox News Channel As Contributor|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> In April 2014, she began appearing as a panelist on the daytime talk show ''[[Outnumbered (American TV program)|Outnumbered]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/04/28/fox-newss-outnumbered-debuts-and-the-joke-is-on-liberals/|title=Fox News's 'Outnumbered' debuts, and the joke is on liberals|last=Rosenberg|first=Alyssa|date=April 28, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-access=limited|access-date=June 11, 2018|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Steinberg|first1=Brian|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/fox-news-hopes-outnumbered-with-four-women-and-one-man-offers-both-sparks-and-news-1201165429/|title=Fox News Hopes 'Outnumbered,' With Four Women and One Man, Offers Both Sparks and News|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 28, 2014|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> She also appeared regularly on the talk show ''[[The Five (talk show)|The Five]]''.<ref name="FNC"/>
In August 2016, Bila departed Fox News to join the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime talk show ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' as a permanent co-host during its 20th season.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-leaving-wendy-williams-1201869216/|title=Whoopi Goldberg 'Probably' Leaving 'The View' After This Season|first=Arya|last=Roshanian|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 23, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135906/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-leaving-wendy-williams-1201869216/|archive-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref> While on the show, she served as the conservative voice to contrast the liberal co-hosts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-view-presses-hillary-clinton-why-focus-on-the-past|title='The View' Presses Hillary Clinton: Why Focus on 'The Past'?|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=September 13, 2017|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> In 2017, she interviewed television personality [[Abby Lee Miller]] for the special ''Abby Tells All'' on ''[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Moniuszko|first1=Sara M.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/07/26/abby-lee-miller-shares-her-prison-fears-lifetime-tell-all-special/511275001/|title=Abby Lee Miller shares her prison fears on 'Lifetime' tell-all special|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=July 25, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> That same year, Bila departed ''The View'' on September 18.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barr|first1=Jeremy|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/view-conservative-host-jedediah-bila-exits-show-1040638|title='The View' Conservative Co-Host Jedediah Bila Exits Show|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=July 19, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128200314/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/view-conservative-host-jedediah-bila-exits-show-1040638|archive-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref>
She rejoined Fox News as a contributor in November 2018.<ref name="FNC"/> In April 2019, she was named a permanent co-host of the morning news and talk program ''[[Fox & Friends Weekend]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/fox-news-channel-jedediah-bila-co-host-fox-friends-weekend-1202601288|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424192955/https://deadline.com/2019/04/fox-news-channel-jedediah-bila-co-host-fox-friends-weekend-1202601288/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2019|title=Jedediah Bila named co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| access-date=April 29, 2019|date=April 24, 2019|last1=de Moraes|first1=Lisa|author-link1=Lisa de Moraes}}</ref> Bila parted ways with Fox News in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Weprin|first1=Alex|date=May 21, 2021|title='Fox and Friends' Weekend Anchor Jedediah Bila Exits Channel|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-and-friends-weekend-anchor-jedediah-bila-leaves-channel-1234957253/|access-date=May 22, 2021|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
===Podcast and Internet Personality=== A year after her departure from Fox, Bila started her own podcast on Valuetainment entitled ''Jedediah Bila LIVE'' on June 8, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vtpost.com/two-time-emmy-nominated-television-host-and-author-jedediah-bila-to-host-live-podcast-with-florida-based-valuetainment/ | title=Two-Time Emmy Nominated Television Host and Author Jedediah Bila to Host Live Podcast with Florida-Based Valuetainment | date=June 4, 2022 }}</ref>
After hosting for a year, she took time off before returning with a “revamped” show in March 2025.
===Books=== Bila published her first book, ''Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative'', in 2011. It is an autobiographical recounting of her experiences as a conservative living and teaching in Manhattan during the [[2008 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative|last=Bila|first=Jedediah|publisher=Jedediah Bila|year= 2011|isbn=978-0983576808}}</ref> In 2018, her second book, titled ''#DONOTDISTURB: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life'', was published by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/book-excerpt-jedediah-bilas-donotdisturb-ghosted-cell-phone/story?id=58557546|title=Book excerpt: Jedediah Bila's '#DoNotDisturb: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life'|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=October 17, 2018|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bila married Jeremy Scher in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Feldman|first1=Kate|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/view-alum-jedediah-bila-marries-jeremy-scher-article-1.3828808|title='View' alum Jedediah Bila marries Jeremy Scher|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=February 18, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref> They have one child together, a son.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bjornson |first1=Greta |last2=Leon |first2=Anya |title=It's a Boy! Fox & Friends' Jedediah Bila Welcomes Son Hartley Luca: 'So Filled with Love' |url=https://people.com/parents/fox-and-friends-jedediah-bila-welcomes-son-hartley-luca-exclusive/ |access-date=November 20, 2019 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
Bila describes herself as "having [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] political leanings".<ref name="libertarian"/>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:80%;" |- ! Year ! style="width:27%;" scope="col"| Award ! Category ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|[[44th Daytime Emmy Awards|2017]] |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|[[Daytime Emmy Award]] |[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host]]<br />{{small|(shared with [[Joy Behar]], [[Candace Cameron Bure]], [[Paula Faris]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Sara Haines]], [[Sunny Hostin]], and [[Raven-Symoné]])}} |{{Nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/daytime-emmy-award-nominations-general-hospital-days-of-our-lives-1202048743/|title=2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, 'Young & Restless' Tops With 25|first=Greg|last=Evans|date=March 22, 2017|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|[[45th Daytime Emmy Awards|2018]] |Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host<br />{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and [[Meghan McCain]])}} |{{Nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/2018-daytime-emmy-nominations-full-list-of-nominees-news/|title=2018 Daytime Emmy nominations: Full list of nominees for 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards|first=Daniel|last=Montgomery|date=March 21, 2018|website=[[Gold Derby]]|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref> |- |}
==See also== * [[New Yorkers in journalism]]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.jedediahbila.com/}} * {{IMDb name|1703106}}
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