Fox News Settles Grossberg Harassment Lawsuit for $12 Million

host Jesse Watters learned this lesson Monday night when his mother, Dr. Anne Watters, a child psychologist with a progressive political stance, called into his show, During her live on-air chat, she congratulated her son and offered advice to him for hosting his program’s first broadcast in the 8 p.m.

Ellise Shafer During Jesse Watters’ first show in Tucker Carlson’s coveted 8 p.m. slot on Fox News, his mom called in with some sage advice, telling the host: “Do not tumble into any conspiracy rabbit holes.” As the show came to an end, Watters took a call from his Democrat mom, who said: “I have enjoyed the show. I want to say congratulations, honeybun, we are so proud of you and your accomplishments, and you’ve worked so hard. Now, let’s aim to have you keep your job.” Carlson, the most-watched primetime host on Fox News, had been known to stoke conspiracy theories, especially in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection. In April, it was announced that Carlson had exited Fox News just days after parent company Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787.5 million in a settlement to Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation case in which they were accused of questioning the company’s role in the outcome of the election. Carlson was expected to testify should the case have continued. In late June, it was announced that Watters, who previously had his show at 7 p.m., would take over Carlson’s time slot.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Anjali Sud is taking over as CEO of Tubi, Fox Corp.’s free, ad-supported streaming TV service, after she stepped down as chief exec of video-hosting platform Vimeo. Sud will officially start as Tubi’s CEO on Sept. 1, 2023, succeeding founder Farhad Massoudi. Sud reports to Paul Cheesbrough, CEO of Tubi Media Group, which Fox formed this spring to house its digital businesses including Tubi (acquired in 2020) and Blockchain Creative Labs. Sud spent nine years at New York-based Vimeo, originally serving as VP of global marketing before assuming oversight of the creator business unit and getting promoted to CEO in 2017. Under Sud, Vimeo has undertaken employee layoffs and made other cost-cutting moves to improve its financial profile.

Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollan are marking a big milestone as they celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A former Arizona man who claims he had to flee his home after former Fox News host Tucker Carlson deliberately and falsely portrayed him as an undercover FBI agent who launched the January 6, 2020 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, has sued the cable-news outlet for defamation. It is the latest suit from a series of parties who allege Fox News deliberately and with malice broadcast incorrect and damaging accounts about them. Fox Corp., the outlet’s parent, recently paid out $787.5 million to voting-technology firm Dominion Voting Systems over allegations that Fox News deliberately implicated the company in false allegations about the security of the 2020 presidential election, and paid $12 million to a former Fox News producer who alleged she had been hectored into providing false testimony in that matter.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is barely winning an unexpectedly close race with “Insidious: The Red Door” on international box office charts, with each film collecting roughly $31 million over the weekend. Based on Sunday’s estimates, “Indiana Jones 5” is ever-so-slightly ahead of “Insidious 5” with $31.8 million for Harrison Ford’s swashbuckling adventure and $31.4 million for Sony’s paranormal horror story. “The Red Door” easily took town “Dial of Destiny” at the domestic box office, with the former earning $32.6 million in its debut. It marked the second-best opening weekend of the franchise behind 2013’s “Insidious: Chapter 2” ($40 million).

Fox News has settled a lawsuit filed by a former producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight who claimed harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion, and that she was coerced in deposition testimony in the Dominion litgation.

Geraldo Rivera is unplugging from Fox News.

Geraldo Rivera is saying goodbye to Fox News after 23 years.The longtime journalist announced the news on Twitter Thursday. In a video from what appeared to be a speed boat, Rivera shared that he got fired from Fox News'  -- the network's weekday opinion show featuring a roundtable ensemble of five rotating Fox News personalities, and thereby quit.«Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from @TheFive so I quit Fox,» Rivera captioned the video.

Geraldo Rivera is saying goodbye to Fox News after 23 years.The longtime journalist announced the news on Twitter Thursday. In a video from what appeared to be a speed boat, Rivera shared that he got fired from Fox News'  -- the network's weekday opinion show featuring a roundtable ensemble of five rotating Fox News personalities, and thereby quit.«Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from @TheFive so I quit Fox,» Rivera captioned the video.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Geraldo Rivera has called Fox News his home since leaving CNBC in 2001 to join as the cable outlet’s ostensible war correspondent. He appears to have a lost a recent battle. After being ousted from a rotation on “The Five,” Rivera said in a video post on Twitter Thursday, he is leaving Fox News. “I’ve been fired from ‘The Five,’ and as a result, I quit Fox,” the veteran TV personality said, while riding a boat. He said he might appear on “Fox & Friends” Friday to offer more comment, but would not be appearing on “The Five” one last time, as he had previously indicated he would. Fox News was unable to offer immediate comment.

Days after settling her lengthy legal battle with Dr. Luke, Kesha is speaking out about her next chapter.

Fox News again topped the June ratings, but the gap has narrowed with MSNBC, the only news network to see across-the-board viewership gains versus 2022.

first interview since his firing, slamming the journalist for positioning himself as what Hallberg deemed “the arbiter of the truth.”“I think it’s pretty laughable to most people,” she said. The “Fox & Friends First” discussion kicked off Monday with Shimkus introducing the fact that in his first interview since being fired from CNN in April, Lemon maintained that he has and will continue to always “tell the truth” and “abide by the promises of the Constitution.”“Someone we haven’t heard from in awhile is former CNN anchor Don Lemon,” Shimkus began.

Tucker Carlson is being replaced.

Jamie Foxx suffered a still-unnamed health issue over two months ago, and his fans are still unclear on what happened or exactly how he is doing. While the people who know him still are not giving out specific details, former co-star Porscha Coleman is offering an update on his general health, as well as some upcoming projects she knows he has planned. Coleman, who starred alongside Foxx in the 2021 series "Dad You're Embarrassing Me," spoke with Entertainment Tonight at the 2023 BET Awards, saying, "I've talked to people very close to Foxx, [he] is doing well." "One thing about Jamie is that he's always valued his privacy," she continued.

Clearly, Rice had already thought this through.“Well, I think it probably gives him too much credit,” she responded. “I at one point I thought, could this be staged? But you wouldn’t stage something that makes you look so weak, because really, dictators, authoritarians, rest on three principles: One, is there has to be fear in the population.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Jesse Watters, the wisecracking conservative who got his start with man-on-the-street interview segments for Fox News opinion host Bill O’Reilly’s 8 p.m. program, is about to enjoy a homecoming of sorts. Watters will take over Fox News’ 8 p.m. hour, assuming a role previously assigned to Tucker Carlson. The move is part of a broad overhaul of Fox News’ primetime schedule that takes place in the wake of Carlson’s sudden ouster and a subsequent decline in viewership at the Fox Corp.-backed outlet. Watters had previously led Fox News’ 7 p.m. show. Fox News will also move Greg Gutfeld into the primetime block, giving him the 10 p.m. hour, while the current occupant, the conservative firebrand Laura Ingraham. takes up the reins of the early-evening 7 p.m. hour. Sean Hannity will keep his perch at 9 p.m., a slot he has held since 2017. Trace Gallagher’s late-night news program, “Fox News @ Night,” will follow Gutfeld at 11 p.m., an hour earlier than its previous midnight slot.

Hannity was mum on the topic at the time, and Fox News denied that any such decision had been made.Shifting Watters’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” from 7 p.m. – where it was launched in January 2022 – to 8 p.m.

Fox News unveiled a new primetime lineup, with Jesse Watters moving to Tucker Carlson’s old 8 p.m. ET time slot and Laura Ingraham slotted earlier in the evening at 7 p.m.