Fox News has selected Jesse Watters to serve as permanent host of the 8 p.m. hour on the network, as part of a broader shake-up of its prime-time lineup.
In moving from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Watters will fill an hour that has been helmed by rotating hosts since the network parted ways with star Tucker Carlson in late April.
Sean Hannity will remain at 9 p.m., while news anchor Trace Gallagher will move up an hour from midnight to 11 p.m.since the network’s decision to oust Carlson. In the month after Carlson’s departure, Fox’s overall prime-time ratings declined by 39 percent — from an average of 2.6 million viewers to 1.6 million.
For the week of June 5, MSNBC’s prime-time lineup attracted more viewers than Fox’s prime-time block for the first time in several years. The following week, Fox regained its edge over MSNBC in total viewers but lost among the 25-to-54 age demographic prized by advertisers.The new lineup will launch on July 17, the network announced.
During a period of soft ratings for the network, Watters has been a success as host of the 7 p.m. hour, which the network had once reserved for news coverage. But he has also been a magnet for criticism. At a conservative political conference in December 2021, Watters encouraged an audience of young conservatives to “ambush” infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci and to finish him off with a rhetorical “kill shot” of pointed questions.
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