Posted on 01/24/2017 11:46:13 AM PST by xzins
Fox News's Tucker Carlson is nearly doubling the ratings of his predecessor, Megyn Kelly, when compared to the same time period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"Tucker Carlson Tonight" is up 95 percent in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic that advertisers covet most compared with the same period in 2016, when "The Kelly File" occupied the 9 p.m. ET time slot.
Carlson has averaged 775,000 viewers per night in the category, while Kelly averaged 398,000 during the same time period, Jan. 11–22.
Carlson took over the 9 p.m. slot on Jan. 9, shortly after Kelly announced she would be leaving for a daytime program on NBC.
Fox had reportedly offered Kelly $100 million over four years to stay with the network last fall. The former corporate attorney-turned-broadcast journalist said spending more time with her three young children in the afternoon and evening was ultimately more important. She reportedly took less money to go to NBC, where she won't be hosting a show every weekday night as she had at Fox.
Overall, Carlson — who has hosted programs on CNN and MSNBC in the past — is up 37 percent in total viewers, at 3.73 million, and 50 percent, at 775,000, in the key demographic compared with Kelly's 2016 averages of 2.72 million and 515,000, respectively.
Kelly is expected to make her NBC debut in September.
I have watched a few of Martha’s segments. Surprisingly she stands up to the liberals.
Yep, me, too. I DVRed her a few times to see what she was like. I already knew her daytime slot during the election was ‘obfuscatory anti-Trump’, but I was willing to give her a chance.
She brought the same thing to 7 pm. So I stopped taping her.
ms. Harf has the poise and charm of a canned ham.
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I think she has them on purposely to expose their views, and then she swings and misses at their comments.
She’s either a lite-weight or she’s intentionally missing.
“I cannot believe that Fox News hired idiot Obama lapdog Marie Harf”
Come on, people, catch up.
Fox has gone over to the dark side.
I watched the inauguration (thank You, God) on Fox, and it was only a very few minutes after Trump’s speech until one of their media skanks started blathering that Trump said this, and Trump said that, *none* of which he had said.
I don’t know which nasty media slag it was, but it was Fox.
He kills it every night. Hannity and his stacks of papers and talking points can’t hold a candle to Tucker. Love his concerned and confused Tuckerface when the leftists are about to be gutted.
More WINNING. I can’t stand it!
Here a win, there a win, everywhere a win win.....
He plays with crazies like a cat with a mouse, and they seem to be unaware he is exposing their craziness for all to see.
That was a bizarre choice for sure.
Martha McCullem thinks trashing Trump will make her a serious newscaster. When 90% of your audience voted for him it is not a great strategy.
Holy crap! For $100 million dollars, she should be required to help Madonna fulfill her promise...........
Relax, it's only a 100 day gig.........
That is exactly why many women are paid less than men, they choose to take less money for a job that works for them. I asked a HR management analyst why the salary difference and his answer was that and he also said the other reason is women are less skilled at negotiating salary, and often low ball when asked what they expect to be paid in an interview. He said the men had no problem coming up with a large figure to begin negotiations but women would often throw out such a low figure there would be no reason for them to negotiate. I think the man knew his stuff because he coached my daughter when she was ready to move to another level and after he coached her she ended up getting far more money than she ever expected.
They gave Katie Couric a long vacation before her "debut" and she tanked - Kelly's career will never be the same, she made a huge mistake taking on Trump and losing, not to mention how annoying in general she always was.
It took years for me to warm to Tucker, think the bowtie era, but now he has a very good, get to the point news program.
Welcomed addition to the 9pm est hour.
Keep up the good work Tucker!!!
“I predict Megyn will flop at NBC. She made a bad decision that will cost her tons of money.”
I bet you are correct.
I love Jesse Watters. He’s really smart and so funny.
Amazing how guests are clueless as to what awaits them...
That show is so much better when BO is on vacation and Waters guest hosts.
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