A Fox News reporter has been left red-faced -- after apparently falling asleep just before  the cameras cut to him on live TV.

Doug Luzader had been due to be appear live from Washington to give a run down on the Republican race for the presidential candidacy.

But when news station KTBC Fox 7 in Austin tried to link up with him, the DC correspondent was slumped in his seat and not quite ready to give his insight.

Anchor Joe Bickett was left saying: "Hello Doug, hi Doug…I guess not" as he tried to rouse 
snoozing Luzader. Unsurprisingly the clip has become a hit online.