Tuckered out? Fox News loses to MSNBC in key prime-time audience following Carlson’s exit
Heather Hamilton
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Fox News lost hundreds of thousands of viewers during the prime-time TV slot once hosted by Tucker Carlson.
In what came as a shocking announcement, Fox News parted ways with Carlson on Monday morning.
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That night, the cable news network filled the 8 p.m. Eastern show with its first episode of Fox News Tonight with Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade filling in.
While the new program still led the time slot, it saw around a 21% drop in viewership, with just under 2.6 million people tuning in, in comparison to Carlson’s show drawing 3.3 million viewers over the previous eight Mondays, according to cable news ratings.
In the key demographic of 25-54-year-old viewers, ratings also showed MSNBC edged out Fox News during the prime-time hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. by 247,000 to 245,000 viewers.
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Kilmeade returned to host the show on Tuesday. While Fox News has not announced what show or host will permanently take over its 8 p.m. show time slot, the network said it would feature a rotation of hosts in the interim.
Fox News’s The Five topped the cable news ratings charts on Monday with around 3.2 million total viewers.