Geraldo Rivera Teases Retirement, Possible Fox News Exit

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox News agreed to pay $12 million to Abby Grossberg, a former producer for Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, who alleged the Fox Corp.-backed outlet had coerced her into providing false testimony in a deposition related to a recent defamation suit levied by Dominion Voting Systems as well as operating a hostile and discriminatory workplace. In her suit, filed in the Southern District of the State of New York earlier this year, Grossberg alleged she was harassed and forced to give inaccurate information in the Dominion matter, which Fox agreed to settle for $787.5 million in April. Parisis G. Filippatos, an attorney for Grossberg, did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment. “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” Fox News said in a statement.

It looks like Geraldo Rivera‘s time on Fox News has come to an end.

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 said in a Twitter message that he has been fired from The Five and is leaving 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.

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.

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.

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.

The search for a submersible sent to tour the remains of the Titanic dominated coverage across cable news networks all week, along with the tragic news that the vessel most likely suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five on board.

interview with the Associated Press and earlier in a tweet first announcing his decision, the longtime figure at the conservative news network said he was exiting the talk show due to “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences.”“It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years,” Rivera said on Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. “I hope it’s not my last adventure. Rivera, who joined the program in 2022, will remain with the network as a “correspondent at large.” His last appearances on “The Five” will be June 29 and June 30.

TV broadcaster Geraldo Rivera is leaving Fox News’ The Five roundtable after more than one year as a cohost.

@TheFive. My last scheduled show appearances are Thursday and Friday June 29th and 30th.

Geraldo Rivera said that he’s off Fox News’ panel show The Five, with his last appearance scheduled for next week.

“I don’t know,” Newsom responded. “When Ronald Reagan was governor, livin’ in here – ““I’m asking when Gavin Newsom is president.”Newsom didn’t pick up on it at first: “Let me say this, I – ” he began to answer.That’s when Hannity self-corrected: “I mean when Gavin Newsom is governor.

Charna Flam A producer for Fox News who had previously worked on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Alex McCaskill, has exited the network after he was considered responsible for Tuesday’s on-air headline that referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.” In its entirety, the headline read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” The chyron was featured during a broadcast covering the indictment of former President Donald Trump. According to the Associated Press, Fox issued a statement the following morning saying that the chyron had been taken down and “addressed.” McCaskill then sent in his letter of resignation but was met with a request for an immediate departure, the AP reported.

according to reports. “Today was my last day at FOX,” McCaskill wrote in the post.

Stephen Rodrick Fox News’ Jesse Watters is having a busy week, displaying all the talent that has led him to being the host of “Jesse Watters Primetime”and chief instigator on “The Five.” Here’s a quick list. (1) He pissed on helping the homeless: “You can’t subsidize antisocial behavior you have to stigmatize it. These are people that have failed in life and they’re on their deathbed.” 2. He casually explained that Donald Trump was just “sifting through [documents] and determining which were personal and which were presidential.” 3. He compared not letting RFK Jr. come on his show to making a girl beg for a date. 4. He misidentified “The Five” panel member Jessica Tarlov as “Katie.” 5. In another episode, Watters cut off Tarlov, aka Katie, and threatened to “smack” her with his copies of the Presidential Records Act.