Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have decided to part ways, the network announced in a statement Monday. Meanwhile, CNN informed Don Lemon he is terminated from that network!
Carlson's final broadcast of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" aired last Friday. The show "Fox News Tonight" is set to air as an interim show led by rotating hosts until his successor in the 8 p.m. time slot is named, Fox said.
"FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor," Fox News said in a statement.
Carlson joined Fox News as a contributor in 2009 and served as a co-host of "Fox and Friends Weekend" from 2012 to 2016. His eponymous nightly show debuted in November 2016. He moved into the 8 p.m. slot in April 2017.
Carlson was the MOST-WATCHED show on cable news programming:
Program Performances:
Tucker Carlson 3.303 million at 8 p.m.
The Five averaged 3.31 million viewers
Jesse Watters Primetime (2.83 million),
Hannity (2.68 million)
Bret Baier (2.44 million) rounded out the top five in total viewers.
Tucker Carlson Tonight remained the top-rated cable news show in February among adults 25-54 (461,000).
DON LEMON OUT AT CNN
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) April 24, 2023
