Days after Tucker Carlson’s ouster from his Fox News hit show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, the network’s 8:00 p.m. time slot, which Carlson previously had, is struggling to keep its viewership sans the popular host.
According to data from Show Buzz Daily, the key 25- to 54-year-old age demographic tanked significantly.
“The program had [a] rating of 0.24 in the 25-54 age demographic, while Carlson’s show saw a 0.37 rating in the same demographic [on] April 17, the data shows. The show averaged nearly 2.6 million viewers in total, below Carlson’s show Monday, which averaged roughly 3.7 million viewers,” according to The Daily Caller.
That’s equivalent to a plunge of 35% in viewership for the coveted 8:00 p.m. slot.
In 2020, Carlson dominated the cable news airwaves garnering a staggering four million viewers, which is “one of the highest ratings in the history of cable news, according to the outlet.”
He had consistently been the top-rated show for the valuable 25- to 54-year-old age demographic, as the New York Times noted.
Many formerly loyal Fox News viewers have since canceled their Fox Nation subscriptions and quit watching the network following Carlson’s abrupt firing, which is likely to harm the company in the long run, with less popular hosts like Brian Kilmeade trying to fill Carlson’s gap.
I erased the FOX channel from my lineup 5 minutes after they announced that tucker isn’t with them any longer; haven’t watch it since. I find no reason to watch any channel associated with a woosie disloyal organisation. I haven’t watched any other tv broadcast since 2015 but I guess this was it for Fox