Primetime viewing figures show his program's slot has halved its audience in the two weeks since he was let go by the network.
announced on April 24. In a statement, it said the two parties had"agreed to part ways" and thanked Carlson for"his service to the network."
Carlson has said little about his departure as yet. According to a report by news website Axios on Sunday, his team is"preparing for war." His lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told the outlet:"The idea that anyone is going to silence Tucker and prevent him from speaking to his audience is beyond preposterous."
Tucker Carlson during the 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards. The cable network's primetime ratings have slumped by around 50 percent since the host left., a trade publication, for the evening of May 5, Carlson's former 8 p.m. ET slot attracted an audience of 90,000, while at the same time MSNBC'sIn the other primetime slots at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on May 5, Fox News' offering was outpaced in viewership among the key demographic by MSNBC by 44,000 and 31,000 respectively.
By comparison, Carlson's final show on Friday, April 21 attracted more than 2.6 million viewers—270,000 in the 25-54 age bracket—while nearly 1.4 million watched the same slot on MSNBC. His departure was only publicly announced the following Monday.magazine, his 8 p.m. ET slot averaged just over 3 million viewers across 2022, and was the second most popular program on cable TV.
Viewers aged 25-54 are seen as an important target market for advertisers, making the age group valuable to a network. Representing a wide range of ages, they are seen by marketers as tending to have higher incomes.that Fox News was"suffering a cataclysmic primetime ratings drop following its firing of Tucker Carlson."
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