Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Time Slot Goes To Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, At Least For Next Week
05.05.2023 - 00:35
/ deadline.com
The on-air auditions to be Tucker Carlson’s replacement now are drawing from Donald Trump’s White House.
Former Press Secretary and Trump 2020 spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany will be taking over the fired Carlson’s 8 PM ET slot next week. It’s the third such replacement for the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable newser’s most watched host in as many weeks. Fox News is trying to crawl out of the ratings crater its primetime has been in since the Tucker Carlson Tonight frontman was unceremoniously shown the door on April 24, soon after the channel settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over false 2020 election claims.
Having shifted from the GOP-operative crowd to cable news to the former Celebrity Apprentice host’s inner circle for the last year of his administration and back to FNC commentary and Outnumbered co-host gigs over her career, McEnany will take over the slot for five days starting May 8.
“I am honored to share that I will be hosting Fox News Tonight on Fox News at 8pm ET all next week (5/8-5/12)!” McEnany tweeted this afternoon. “Set your DVR,” she added in a nod to Fox’s older audience. “Please join me next week as we dig into the state of politics, media, culture, and faith in America,” the Harvard educated conservative concluded.
While far from the nationalism, race-baiting, anti-immigration stance and more that Carlson fanned the flames of in recent years, the sharp-tongued and partisan McEnany comes with her own controversies.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, McEnany, serving in the dual role of White House press secretary and campaign adviser, advanced doubts that the 2020 presidential election was legitimate. In one instance, Fox News host Neil Cavuto even cut away