It is being reported that Fox News is considering a monolithic alteration to its primetime lineup that includes moving Sean Hannity, getting free of Laura Ingraham, and promoting 2 hosts.
Fox has said that thing has been decided yet, but Variety built connected a Drudge Report station that large changes are coming to Fox News:
Fox News issued nan remark successful nan aftermath of The Drudge Report posting nan conception that Hannity would move to 8, while Jesse Watters, who has fared good astatine 7 p.m., would move into nan primetime schedule, on pinch Greg Gutfeld, who hosts a late-night-styled 11 p.m. program.
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There would besides beryllium a mobility astir Laura Ingraham, who has led Fox’s 10 p.m. hr since launching her program, “The Ingraham Angle,” successful nan autumn of 2017.
Fox News’s primetime ratings person fallen astir 50% since they fired Tucker Carlson.
Fox has tried a assortment of impermanent hosts successful Carlson’s aged 8 PM ET timeslot, but thing has worked.
The problem for Fox News is that its talent chair is not deep. The Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly scandals weakened nan network’s depth, and they don’t person immoderate ready-made caller stars to descent into nan lineup.
If Fox moves Watters and Gutfeld, it will create different holes successful nan schedule that will person to beryllium filled.
It is starting to consciousness for illustration Fox News is rearranging platform chairs arsenic nan vessel is taking connected water.
For now, Fox still has nan primetime blimpish cablegram news marketplace cornered, but they person ne'er looked much vulnerable.
Laura Ingraham has been Fox’s lowest-rated primetime show for years. She was besides a pusher of Trump’s predetermination lies.
Moving Sean Hannity to 8 PM is 1 of nan past cards that Fox News has near to play to effort to support its ratings lead. Time is moving retired connected Fox, arsenic years worthy of scandals and lawsuits are catching up pinch them.
Jason is nan managing editor. He is besides a White House Press Pool and a Congressional analogous for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree successful Political Science. His postgraduate activity focused connected nationalist policy, pinch a specialization successful societal betterment movements.
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Member of nan Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association