in the april 19, 2017, episode, perino read a prepared statement about o'reilly's dismissal equivalent to what the network had released earlier in the day. the reasons for his firing and the sexual harassment allegations were not mentioned in the program itself. the termination of employment of the former host was a major feature of news coverage on both msnbc and cnn; outside of the prepared statements, it was not mentioned on-air during the program and other regular topics were covered. the following day, images of the host were removed from the front windows of the news corp. building. o'reilly was not given an opportunity to sign-off on-air, instead releasing a statement through his agency about the matter, while continuing to deny the sexual harassment allegations against him. during the final episode gutfield spoke about the program's legacy and the loyalty of the show's staff after a segment with tucker carlson, followed by a fading of the stage's lighting to a dark state, revealing the set now blank of anything identifying the show.