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.
Congratulations, Tucker!
BREAKING TONIGHT
MeGYN Lite....I agree!
Martha’s OK. I think they did that because they couldn’t figure out what to do with the 7 PM slot, so they decided to punt for a few months and give themselves time.
At least Martha hasn’t posed for GQ.
Martha lost me her first night, she gave the liberal spew and prefaced it with “fair and balanced.” She will not be there long......she is liberal, boring and no talent.
A most memorable and satisfying moment.
I truly believed FNC dodged a bullet by Trump winning and them tossing Kelly. Had Clinton won, I think they would have taken a hit in ratings as conservatives would have entered a malaise, and many mad at Fox for being in the tank for Hillary.
A 100 day gig, so I've heard.
IIUC, Hannity will have a one-on-one with President Trump on his show, Thursday.
I don’t trust him either.
The Murdoch sons ordered her to take a shot at Trump and she thought she was powerful enough to do it. But, she shot at the king and missed. Then they threw her under the bus.
I have a feeling Trump let them know if they ever want to interview him or anyone who works for him Kelly had to go. I don’t believe for a minute she turned down big bucks. I believe she took what she could get.
That looks like my e-cig.
Buh-BAM! And THAT is why, as a rule (as a rule, I say!) that women make less than men.
wrong...my public school teaching in laws set me straight about this; women make less than men because...because men are, well, mean...
I wish you would get your facts straight...
He clearly underwent a bowtiectomy and the results have been spectacular!
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