Jesse Watters' opinion program will replace ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ in the 8 p.m. time slot.Photo:John Lamparski/Getty, AP/REX/Shutterstock
John Lamparski/Getty, AP/REX/Shutterstock
Fox News has tapped Jesse Wattersto replace longtime hostTucker Carlsonfor its primetime 8 p.m. slot, the network announced Monday.
Watters, co-host ofThe Five, has already been hosting opinion programJesse Watters Primetimein the 7 p.m. time slot, “featuring Watters’ fresh take on the major headlines of the day while interviewing newsmakers from across the country,” according to Fox News' announcement.
The 7 p.m. hour will now be filled withLaura Ingraham’sThe Ingraham Angle, which previously aired weeknights at 10.
‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ moves to the 8 p.m. time slot on Fox News.John Lamparski/Getty
John Lamparski/Getty
Carlson, 53, abruptlydeparted Fox Newsin April, with the network announcing in a statement the two parties had “agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
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In addition to privately complaining aboutDonald Trump, even as he publicly courted his supporters, Carlson’s text messages show that he lambasted Fox’s management after the network accurately called the 2020 election in favor ofJoe Biden.
The NewYorkTimesreported that one message in particular — in which Carlson admitted to rooting for a “group of Trump guys” to kill “an Antifa kid” —alarmed executives at Fox Newswhen it came to light as part of a lawsuit.
TheTimesreports that the message was sent to a producer at the network on January 2021, shortly after the Capitol riots. “A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington,” Carlson wrote, according theTimes. “A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living s— out of him. It was three against one, at least.”
The text message continued: “Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it.”
According to theTimes, one day after the Fox board saw the message, they told executives at the company they were hiring an outside law firm to investigate Carlson’s conduct.
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News primetime host.Richard Drew/AP/Shutterstock
Grossberg, who previously worked as a booker onTucker Carlson Tonight, further argues in her complaint that she “was isolated, overworked, undervalued, denied opportunities for promotion, and generally treated significantly worse than her male counterparts, even when those men were less qualified than her.”
Fox has denied the claims, saying in a statement it would “continue to vigorously defend Fox against her unmeritorious legal claims, which are riddled with false allegations against the network and our employees.”
source: people.com
