Fox News Announces Rejiggered Primetime Lineup, and Names Jesse Watters to Take Over Tucker Carlson's Slot

Eh. I like Jesse Watters.

But he's a very conventional rah-rah Republican. Nothing wrong with that, but he's not going to be making news by exposing the corruption of the Republican DC Establishment. Although I liked Jesse Watters, I didn't make an effort to see him and didn't consider him a must-watch.

And he's not going to buck the liberal women who run Fox News. When they tell him not to mention Ray Epps, he'll comply.

Fox News announced on Monday that host Jesse Watters would take over the 8 p.m. timeslot that was vacated after host Tucker Carlson was ousted from the company in late April.

The new primetime schedule will feature Laura Ingraham at 7 p.m., Sean Hannity at 9 p.m., Greg Gutfeld at 10 p.m. and Trace Gallagher hosting the news hour at 11 p.m.

Brian Steinberg @bristei Just in: Fox News overhauls primetime

Laura Ingraham at 7p
Jesse Watters takes over Tucker timeslot at 8
Hannity at 9
Greg Gutfeld moves to 10
Trace Gallagher does news hour at 11p

Meanwhile, Fox News fired the staffers remaining from Tucker's show.

Fox News has fired the remaining staffers from Tucker Carlson's show as the network announces a new primetime lineup, Daily Caller confirmed Monday.

The network let go of at least nine remaining staffers, including long-standing producers, in a move described as "shockingly callous" by one former Fox News producer who spoke to the Daily Caller.

"Some of the producers fired have been at Fox for well over a decade," the producer told the Daily Caller.

Another former Fox producer told the Daily Caller that staffers on Carlson's team were repeatedly told following his departure that their jobs were safe, including as recently as last week when two of Carlson's producers left the network.

The staffers were told they could re-apply for other jobs within the company -- but that's no guarantee they'll be re-hired.

I bet you any amount of dollars they won't be. This is a purge.

Staffers told the former producer the terminations were clearly an "anti-Tucker move to purge any of his remaining stamp he had on the network as Fox begins this new lineup change."

posted by Ace at 01:06 PM

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