Fox Says Tucker Carlson Will Replace Megyn Kelly In Primetime

[DonViejo]

By ESME CRIBB Published JANUARY 5, 2017, 10:20 AM EDT

Fox News named Tucker Carlson as Megyn Kelly's replacement in the 9 p.m. ET time slot in an announcement Thursday morning.

Carlson will host "Tucker Carlson Tonight" from Washington, D.C. in the time slot previously occupied by "The Kelly File" beginning Jan. 9, according to a Fox News release.

21st Century Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch praised Carlson's "spirited interviews and consistently strong performance" in the release.

"We look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful primetime line-up," Murdoch said.

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[sharp_stick]

1. Well that's not gonna

get johnny reb hot and bothered, they need a bottle blond.

[JNelson6563]

2. lolz

[citood]

3. Getting fitted for his miniskirt right now

[snooper2]

4. So the whole night will be stupid repub white guy followed by stupid repub white guy

Yep, no bias!

[TlalocW]

5. Wait...

He's not a blonde female? And while he can be as vicious as Megyn, he's not as smart. There's going to be an uptick in, "Tucker Carson gets his ass handed to him by..." videos.

TlalocW

[underpants]

9. Not with "Mr. Electric" available

[uponit7771]

6. Tucker Carlson is an overtly racist asshole, he does NOT like non whites

[Paladin]

10. So he's a good fit for replacing Megyn Kelly. (nt)

[uponit7771]

12. I think she's not as racially progressive as she think she is

[Paladin]

15. There have been recent commentaries online to that effect. (nt)

[Skittles]

21. anyone who says SANTA CLAUS IS WHITE is not progressive

that is SHEER RACISM right there

[hatrack]

7. Ah, yes, George Will 2.0 (w/o the pompous vocabulary) . . .

That'll bring the numbers!

Christ, it's like Fox is working to become the Paul Harvey of cable - solidly #1 with those 75 and older.

[underpants]

8. Sorry Hannity. You don't get your old time slot back.

[ConnorMarc]

24. I've been posting elsehwhere that Hannity would get his time slot back

Guess I was wrong.
I did, however, had Tucker on my short list.
So I wasn't too far off.

[Rustyeye77]

11. When did he start walking upright ??

[3catwoman3]

13. I saw the phrase...

..."rising star" used to describe Carlson elsewhere online this morning. Hasn't he been around rather too long to be considered a "rising star?"

May he flame out like he did on Dancing With The Stars.

[Wounded Bear]

19. Well, he had a rather precipitous drop not far back IIRC...

so I guess he could be "rising" again in some circles.

The local haberdasher is going to have to stock up on bowties, I guess.

[MFM008]

14. Zzzzzzzzzz

Zzzzzzzzzz

[Mike Nelson]

16. Way to go, Tucker...

...grab 'em by the wherever!

[11 Bravo]

17. The gig he really wanted was to replace Dana Perino on "The Five". So ...

they arm wrestled for the job, and she kicked his scrawny ass.

[rurallib]

18. Is NPR done with him?

NPR having dumb fuck Tuck as a commentator was the final straw that caused me to turn them off for good in our house

[ConnorMarc]

25. What took you so long?

I dumped NPR many years ago when they dropped all the shows with black hosts.

I think that was like '08 or '09.

From what I understand, they've been getting progressively worse.

[rurallib]

28. in my area (Iowa) NPR was leaps and bounds more tolerable

than any other radio. Tells you how bad it is out here.
We finally broke down and got an internet radio for the downstairs.

Now I start the day off with bradblog radio on KTNF in Minneapolis. Or Democracynow on KPFT in Houston

[TheBlackAdder]

20. I guess FOX News will have to retire their Upskirt Camera, or move it to a show like F and F.

.


Wait! Fox and Friends already has a couple of upskirt cams. Perhaps they could keep it as a spare.


.

[Johonny]

22. No one fails more than Tucker Carlson

Expect declining ratings as propping up a failure of a president instead of attacking a successful president doesn't draw in people and Tucker will suck at the job anyways.

[JDC]

23. I can hear it now "(insert BS here), Next on T.C.T.!"

he is horrible regardless of the time slot. My guess is that this is a "try out" of sorts until they can figure out who the real talent should be to replace MK. Her leaving is a deep loss to that channel regardless of how they may play it off.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Well that should disappoint the pervy Fox News watchers

Unless they're switch hitters

[TonyPDX]

27. Why all the negativity about Carlson? Muffy and Biff say he's a straight-up guy.