Fox News Channel Will Have a Solid Block of Trump-Friendly Prime-Time Programming
Tucker Carlson takes over Megyn Kelly's spot.
The Fox News Channel prime-time landscape following Megyn Kelly‘s departure has solidified into a three-hour block helmed by Trump-friendly hosts, with Tucker Carlson‘s Tucker Carlson Tonight, an early ratings hit, moving into the 9 p.m. ET spot that follows Bill O’Reilly and precedes Sean Hannity.
New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman describes the decision as driven both by business (a move to keep rating up and advertising dollars flowing) and by proximity to power, born out of, according to Sherman, “[Rupert] Murdoch’s longtime desire to have a relationship with an American president”:
Carlson’s promotion is one sign of just how much Murdoch wants to appease Trump, Fox insiders say.
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