Fox News Suffers Ratings ‘Bloodbath’ after Tucker Carlson Ouster

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In the first week after Carlson’s ouster on April 24, the channel’s primetime viewership fell 29.6 percent to 1.449 million viewers, coming in third among cable networks, according to figures from Nielsen. Viewership for the network’s 8 p.m. time slot was down 47 percent overall for that week, according to an analysis from former Fox News host Megyn Kelly. The analysis averaged the viewership from the first week of his absence and compared it with the last week he was on air. Among the key demographic of 25-54 year olds, ratings were down a whopping 59 percent.

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Hannity, which airs at 9 p.m., was down 39 percent with the key demo, while the 10 p.m. slot was down 24 percent with that group, according to Kelly’s analysis. Earlier this week, she tweeted about the ratings “bloodbath” at Fox News. “Not even Bud Lite (which is currently giving away its beer in an effort to get ppl to pls pls drink it) lost this much of its customer base,” Kelly said.

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