Fox News was always headed for a tumultuous shake-up after the unceremonious ouster of beloved host Tucker Carlson.
Now, it appears that the shake-up won’t just involve who replaces Carlson in the critical primetime block of programming — it also involves shake-ups across the network as well.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Fox News has tapped funnyman and “The Five” co-host Jesse Watters to replace Carlson in the all-important 8 p.m. ET time slot.
And unlike the cast of revolving hosts that Fox had been implementing prior, Watters’ appointment appears to be a permanent one.
Watters, who also hosts the popular “Jesse Watters Primetime,” has long been seen as a rising star at the suddenly beleaguered news network.
His sharp wit has differentiated him (in largely positive ways) from the hoi polloi of cable news.
And now it appears that wit and popularity have lent themselves to something of a promotion for Watters.
For many media observers, it will be fascinating to see if Watters’ general popularity can come close to offset the precipitous viewership decline that came with Carlson’s firing.
For traditional Fox News viewers, however, it remains to be seen if Watters is the salve that the network so desperately needs.
Perhaps acknowledging the fact that Carlson’s departure would not be a simple fix, Watter’s promotion isn’t the only change coming to Fox News’ vaunted primetime block, according to the Journal.
Conservative firebrand Laura Ingraham, who hosts “The Ingraham Angle,” will be shifting to an earlier timeslot.
Ingraham’s talk show will now be on at 7 p.m. ET., the report said.
Additionally, late-night host Greg Gutfeld, another Fox News host who uses his wit and humor to great effect, will be moving up an hour as well.
Gutfeld’s show will now air at 10 p.m. ET, the Journal reported.
Earlier this month, Fox News also announced sweeping changes to its weekend lineup as the network continued its reorganization post-Carlson.
Those weekend changes included finding replacements for Dan Bongino (who left the network due to scheduling issues) and Steve Hilton (who left the network to focus on politics).
For Fox News, it remains to be seen if all of these changes will correct a largely downward trend for the network.
Apart from the raw viewership loss that came with Carlson’s departure, Fox News has also found itself in the eye of the cultural hurricane as of late.
Fox News has come under intense scrutiny, particularly from conservatives, as revelation after revelation showed the ostensibly conservative news network fully complying with and supporting far-left LGBT causes.
THERE’S a rogue’s gallery of traitors!!!
Saudi handed Kushner/Ivanka TWO BILLION DOLLARS…guess that settles who’s son got the more massive deal, eh comrade?
Geez, Bill, don’t hold back….hey, Billy, you saw that SCOTUS just told OSU to pound sand and that the 253 students that Gym Jordan knew were being abused can pursue their cases, right? Ol’ Gymbo’s gotta be eyeballin’ Belarus, right about now, eh comrade?
Hey, you know the FBI has complete access to all these CF posts, right?
When that traitor turtle Mitchie stole President Obama’s SCOTUS appointment is the day America vowed to remove fascism: it’s well underway. The orange rapist is headed to prison for 59 years.
The only REAL remedy is UN-WOKENITUDE!!! Some call it WALKING DEAD, but that might be a tad extreme, eh comrade?
qtrump is the most treasonous fascist, yet!!
Sure, he SAID he was too legit to quit…
“Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.”
The Jan. 6 committee played an audio recording of President Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R).
“So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break,” the president said.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA: Punk’s goin’ down for sedition: 50 years, at least. Hey, maybe the MAGATS can put some money into its’ Commissary account? He can take up smoking!! He’ll be in GenPop about 5 minutes, I reckon…
Impeachment? We don’ need no stinkin’ impeachment….
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you sound like one of Biden’s “disinformation czars” or perhaps you were hired by Claus Schwab or perhaps you are FBI, whatever and whoever you are, the gig is up, people are right awake and your nonsense is no longer accepted or believed bc the truth is out there for all to see.
The “orange man” is up by 60 points, Trump is the People’s President, and the entire world knows it.
but thank you for your participation!
Thanks Susan. Trump is our President. He has done more for our
Country than Biden has ever done in his entire terms in office.
The Dems stole the election in 2020 and illegally. Should go to prison.
Wear orange for the rest of their lives.
Put down the crack pipe Bob – you’re just as delusional and demented as Hunter and Joe.
Bob you are one ignorant bastard son of a whore if you believe all the demorat cunt lies
Bob, you ignorant slut. The Biden family is a corrupt family of wild dogs. It would take Trump 100 years to catch up to them. Eat shit and die retard.
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Fox decided that they are State Media just like the rest of the fake news media, making them the enemy of the People.
Fox outed themselves before the world which is a good thing for we, the People, so that no one can be confused about Fox and their intentions towards our Country and the upcoming election of 2024.
They will go through all their conservative hosts, one by one they will fire them, and if they complain they will smear them before the world just like did with Tucker.
It looks like Jesse will be next on chopping block bc he is driven into the slaughter like dumb sheep.
It makes NO difference how Fox changes its lineup because only liberals, RINOs and other ignorant morons would be stupid enough to still be watching Fox after they purposely sabotaged Trump with their fake 2020 election night coverage and called AZ for Biden before the polls there had even closed. Fox showed its true colors and became a member of the Fake News media and is now an enemy of the people along with the rest of the lamestream liberal media.
REAL Conservatives now realize that Fox is nothing but a shill network for the liberal Murdoch family and RINO Paul Ryan and have kicked Fox to the curb and switched to much better options like Newsmax and Real America’s Voice.
Fox will simply continue to support RINOs, Trump haters, and establishment DC Swamp creatures, so anyone foolish enough to believe their lies, brainwashing and propaganda should never consider themselves to be true Conservatives.
I loved Jessy Waters but will never return to FOX until they take their souls back from the Dems
Anna I like Faulkner focus and Jessie but I am like you, l may go to news max.
They have destroyed Fox might as well put The Lemon in there, no one is interested in watching that Garbage anyway
I’ve been done with Fox News for several years. As a matter of fact, I don’t watch anything but local news, and I read Truth Press!