In news that some people undoubtedly still can’t believe is true, Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News. The Swanson heir and conspiracy theorist extraordinaire has enjoyed quite a run of making those faces on prime time news, and it seems that even the highest ratings on the network didn’t ensure that he would coast for life. The timing sure is interesting here, given that the conservative news network recently reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for a whopping $787 million, and although the world never saw an apology from Tucker, The Daily Show spliced one up.
Brian Stelter was one of the first to report that the shocking decision is “effective immediately,” so Tucker won’t be giving a formal sign off during his usual Fox News time slot. What happened? Well, no one is offering a definitive answer as of yet, but Hollywood Reporter has some interesting insight, which suggests that this was a last-minute decision. In addition to a planned expansion for the Tucker Carlson universe (ugh), Fox News had also planned to air a key interview on Monday night, and that suddenly isn’t in the cards:
Carlson had just inked a new contract with Fox News two years ago, a deal that included a dramatic expansion of Tucker Carlson original programming for the Fox Nation streaming service. Carlson was slated to interview Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday night. The channel had been promoting the interview earlier in the morning.
Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner announced Carlson’s departure on her program Monday, saying she had some “news from within our Fox News family,” before reading the channel’s statement on Carlson’s departure.
Whatever went down, it doesn’t sound too civil, given the abrupt departure. For the time being, Fox News intends to rotate guest hosts into Tucker’s time slot, but Twitter already has some ideas on who could replace him. It’s not all Succession themed, but Kerry has a fair amount of nominations already, if she can beat out a character from Children of the Corn and Joseph Goebbels’ ghost. I hear that she’s free!
BREAKING NEWS: Fox announces that the ghost of Joseph Goebbels will be taking over for Tucker Carlson, effective immediately. No lag between the bigotry.
— Ty Webb (@Ty___Webb) April 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/jkosseff/status/1650524401224359936
This is Fox News' chance to go for the Masked Singer crowd when they replace Tucker Carlson with somebody equally qualified…#Tucker #TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/n6k3pnlLXJ
— Andreas K. (@AKGermany_96) April 24, 2023
If you are looking for something to replace Tucker Carlson, try reading your Bible from 8-9EST pic.twitter.com/nydiVKwnk7
— @alexjagiellon (@alexjagiellon) April 24, 2023
Fox News rolling out the new Connor Roy show, The Connverstation to replace Tucker Carlson. pic.twitter.com/fZruEMrupJ
— Joe | Fyover State of Fear Podcast (@Chendango1) April 24, 2023
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 24, 2023
JUST IN: The kid from Children of the Corn will replace Tucker Carlson at Fox News. pic.twitter.com/lJrSqV7ZFU
— J.D. Silva (@jdsilva_) April 24, 2023
It’s her time https://t.co/1RKlFSioVS pic.twitter.com/7wwZx9zhsR
— MrsFishVEVO (@Will_Kellogg) April 24, 2023
BREAKING: Fox News announces that the J. Jonah Jameson minifig will replace Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/efCdWlbjBp
— Steve Vegvari (@SVegvari) April 24, 2023
BREAKING: New host chosen to replace Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/Ga5HKa2xiW
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 24, 2023
she should replace tucker carlson pic.twitter.com/fAb6mmM48K
— bailey moon (@Baileymoon15) April 24, 2023
BREAKING: TUCKER CARLSON’S REPLACEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY https://t.co/LjLx7oi6hv pic.twitter.com/E6aoJTeFfp
— Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) April 24, 2023
(Via Hollywood Reporter)