text: January 9 , 2009 was the last airing of Hannity & Colmes , with January 12 marking the beginning of the new Hannity program .
simplified: Hannity & Colmes was a television talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by the conservative Sean Hannity and the progressive Alan Colmes . It ran from on October 6 , 1996 to January 9 , 2009 .