Fox News unveils primetime lineup with Jesse Watters in Tucker Carlson's former time slot
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox News unveils primetime lineup with Jesse Watters in Tucker Carlson's former time slot

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jesse Watters will host an opinion show in the time slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson, Fox News Channel announced Monday. “Jesse Watters Primetime" will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern on July 17 as part of a revamped weekly nighttime lineup on Fox News. Laura Ingraham's show will air at 7 p.m., with Sean Hannity's popular program remaining at 9 p.m. Greg Gutfeld's late-night show will move up to the 10 p.m. hour that was previously Ingraham's time slot. “The unique perspectives of Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld will ensure our viewers have access to unrivaled coverage from our best-in-class team for years to come,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement.

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'She didn't earn this': Fox News host schooled after put-down attempt on Harris
5 months ago

'She didn't earn this': Fox News host schooled after put-down attempt on Harris

Raw Story  

A Fox News host's latest attempt to prop up "Fat Von Golfcart" appears to have been a swing and a miss. Jesse Watters was roasted on social media Tuesday for his mis-aimed attack on former President Donald Trump's new presumed election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. The report also notes Watters earned a job on Bill O'Reilly's show by "lavishly …

Fox News' Tucker Carlson replacement Jesse Watters sees 800K drop in viewers in first primetime show
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox News' Tucker Carlson replacement Jesse Watters sees 800K drop in viewers in first primetime show

Daily Mail  

Fox News' Jesse Watters' first primetime show fell well short of the traditional viewership pulled in by fired host Tucker Carlson in the coveted 8pm timeslot. Jesse Watters Primetime, which aired for the first time Monday evening, attracted 2.4 million viewers compared to Carlson's usual 3.2 million. It was Watters' first 8pm show since Carlson, 54, was fired by the …

Fox host Jesse Watters’ mother calls into show to chastise him for ‘tumbling into conspiracy rabbit holes’
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox host Jesse Watters’ mother calls into show to chastise him for ‘tumbling into conspiracy rabbit holes’

The Independent  

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Column: Meet the new Tucker Carlson, worse than the old Tucker Carlson?
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Meet the new Tucker Carlson, worse than the old Tucker Carlson?

LA Times  

Jesse Watters didn’t eat the pizza Tuesday night. Was Watters, the 44-year-old lightweight named a day earlier to replace Tucker Carlson at the helm of Fox News’ flagship prime-time program, recalling that Carlson’s last on-air act at the network was eating a slice of pizza? Whether or not Watters was seeing pizza as a bad omen, he merely held up …

Fox News ousts eight remaining Tucker Carlson show staff as Jesse Watters takes over primetime spot
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox News ousts eight remaining Tucker Carlson show staff as Jesse Watters takes over primetime spot

The Independent  

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Tucker Carlson is irreplaceable, but Fox News bets on Jesse Watters' popularity in that timeslot
1 year, 5 months ago

Tucker Carlson is irreplaceable, but Fox News bets on Jesse Watters' popularity in that timeslot

Salon  

In the hearts and minds of his viewers, Tucker Carlson is irreplaceable. But the network intends to try by sliding another of its oleaginous dollops, Jesse Watters, into the 8 p.m. time slot once filled by "Tucker Carlson Tonight." But moving "Jesse Watters Primetime" from 7 p.m., where it has been broadcast since January 2022, to 8 p.m. is conservative …

Fox News revamps prime-time lineup after Tucker Carlson ouster and ratings drop
1 year, 5 months ago

Fox News revamps prime-time lineup after Tucker Carlson ouster and ratings drop

LA Times  

Fox News’ new prime-time line-up: Laura Ingraham at 7 p.m. Eastern, followed by Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld. The Rupert Murdoch-owned conservative news channel announced that Jesse Watters — who has hosted a 7 p.m. Eastern program since Jan. 2021 — will move to the 8 p.m. slot previously held by Carlson. Watters will remain a co-host on …

Fox News hosts are worried they might be next to be fired after Tucker Carlson: report
1 year, 7 months ago

Fox News hosts are worried they might be next to be fired after Tucker Carlson: report

Raw Story  

Fox News hosts are reportedly telling those close to them that they are worried about potentially being terminated next, after Fox News abruptly and secretively fired Tucker Carlson. There was also a report that Fox News is in possession of potentially damaging information about Carlson in a dossier its executives compiled in case the conservative cable host ever sought to …

Tucker Carlson Twitter video latest: Fired Fox News host’s sexist comments revealed as Newsmax ratings climb
1 year, 7 months ago

Tucker Carlson Twitter video latest: Fired Fox News host’s sexist comments revealed as Newsmax ratings climb

The Independent  

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Fox News prime-time ratings plummet after Tucker Carlson firing as Newsmax sees boost
1 year, 7 months ago

Fox News prime-time ratings plummet after Tucker Carlson firing as Newsmax sees boost

LA Times  

Tucker Carlson was fired on Monday, a stunning move that sent shockwaves through the TV news industry and made global headlines. “Fox News Tonight” — the program temporarily filling the slot long occupied by Carlson — pulled in 1.7 million viewers with “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade, according to Nielsen data. Fox News also faces a lawsuit from former …

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News: What it took to topple Tucker.
1 year, 7 months ago

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News: What it took to topple Tucker.

Slate  

In 2017 “resistance” liberalism was reaching its peak. There are few cultural forces that American liberals dislike more than Fox News, and six years ago, there were few Fox News personalities whom they disliked more than Bill O’Reilly. There’s been some early reporting to support this thesis; the Los Angeles Times reported Monday that the move was “related to the …

Fox News hosts scramble to find new narrative on 10-year-old’s rape and abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Fox News hosts scramble to find new narrative on 10-year-old’s rape and abortion

The Independent  

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Fox News aside, blanket TV coverage set for Jan. 6 hearing
2 years, 6 months ago

Fox News aside, blanket TV coverage set for Jan. 6 hearing

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Television viewers will find nearly blanket prime-time coverage of a Congressional hearing Thursday on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, with the exception of Fox News Channel. Fox News will cover the first in a series of House Select Committee public hearings as “news warrants,” it said in a release, otherwise leaving intact its regular lineup including “Tucker …

Fox News' Jesse Watters makes curious confession about how he met his wife
2 years, 8 months ago

Fox News' Jesse Watters makes curious confession about how he met his wife

Salon  

Fox News host Jesse Watters is now facing criticism after admitting to deflating the tires of a producer fourteen years his junior in order to offer her a ride so he could begin courting her. RELATED: WATCH: Fox News sends Jesse Watters to Texas to sexually harass women about their greatest fears One of his co-hosts asks whether his wife …

Controversial ‘The Five’ co-host Jesse Watters gets a daily program on Fox News
2 years, 11 months ago

Controversial ‘The Five’ co-host Jesse Watters gets a daily program on Fox News

LA Times  

Fox News is turning over a nightly hour to Jesse Watters, an irreverent and controversial co-host of its roundtable show “The Five” who is one of the channel’s most provocative personalities. When interviewing residents of New York’s Chinatown in 2016, Watters asked if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if they were selling stolen goods and if they …

Top Fox hosts lobbied Trump to act on Jan. 6, texts show
3 years ago

Top Fox hosts lobbied Trump to act on Jan. 6, texts show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The revelation that Fox News Channel personalities sent text messages to the White House during the Jan. 6 insurrection is another example of how the network’s stars sought to influence then-President Donald Trump instead of simply reporting or commenting on him. Fox has always tried to distinguish between “news” and “opinion” programming, even though those lines are …

Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity enter streaming fray as cord-cutting accelerates
3 years, 6 months ago

Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity enter streaming fray as cord-cutting accelerates

LA Times  

As cable news begins to feel the squeeze from cord-cutting, arch-rivals Fox News and CNN are stepping up efforts to adapt to the trend that poses a long-term threat to their businesses. The conservative news network announced Tuesday that its nightly prime-time opinion shows “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” “Hannity” with Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham’s “The Ingraham Angle” will be available …

Fox News gives satirist Greg Gutfeld a weeknight talk show
3 years, 10 months ago

Fox News gives satirist Greg Gutfeld a weeknight talk show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel says it is giving a weeknight talk show this spring to its hard-edged satirical personality, Greg Gutfeld, in a further expansion of its opinion programming. Gutfeld, who has been hosting a weekend show and is a panelist on “The Five,” brings a conservative voice to a late-night comic fraternity of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel …

Fox News launches new opinion show with Bartiromo, Gowdy and Pavlich among the hosts
3 years, 11 months ago

Fox News launches new opinion show with Bartiromo, Gowdy and Pavlich among the hosts

LA Times  

Fox News has lined up six rotating hosts for its new 7 p.m. opinion program aimed at feeding the appetite of conservative viewers in the hour. The new show called “Fox News Primetime” launches tonight with “Fox & Friends” morning show co-host Brian Kilmeade, as previously announced. Fox News is moving “The Story with Martha MacCallum,” which has aired in …

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