{"id":1977814,"date":"2023-07-19T18:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-in-viewership-during-carlsons-old-time-slot\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T18:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:52:58","slug":"you-cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-in-viewership-during-carlsons-old-time-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-in-viewership-during-carlsons-old-time-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Watters&#8217; Viewership Plummets as Tucker&#8217;s Time Slot Remains Irreplaceable."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-in-viewership-during-carlsons-old-time-slot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>When the bad guys run a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-media-critic-slams-cnn-for-silence-over-cuomo-misconduct-cant-it-offer-even-a-token-statement-about-sexual-harassment\/\" title=\"WaPo Media Critic Slams CNN For Silence Over Cuomo Misconduct: \u2018Can\u2019t It Offer Even A Token Statement About Sexual Harassment?\u2019\">cable-news network<\/a>, even the good\u200d guys \u2064suffer.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/fox-news-tucker-carlson-jesse-watters-800k-drop-viewership-first-show\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">RadarOnline<\/a>, a pop culture\u200c and\u200b entertainment news \u200dsite, reported\u200d on \u2063Wednesday that \u200dJesse\u2063 Watters,\u200b Tucker Carlson\u2019s permanent replacement\u2064 at Fox News,\u200b has suffered a significant ratings drop compared to his\u2062 predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, his\u2064 first night in Carlson\u2019s old 8 \u200bp.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-crashes-viewers-cut-in-half-in-3-weeks-cnn-beats-fox-in-daytime-viewers-msnbc-beats-fox-in-every-prime-time-slot-but-tucker\/\" title=\"FOX NEWS CRASHES! Viewers Cut in Half in 3 Weeks -- CNN Beats FOX in Daytime Viewers -- MSNBC Beats FOX in Every Prime-Time Slot but Tucker!\">time slot<\/a>, Watters \u2064drew\u200b 2.4 million viewers.\u2062 Carlson drew an average \u200bof \u20633.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user summarized\u200c the situation for many \u2064conservatives and \u200bCarlson fans: \u201cI like Jesse but\u200c man\u2026not \u200dgood!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FOX News put Jesse \u2063Watters\u2062 in prime \u200ctime slot\u2062 taking over\u2063 Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse\u2064 has lost over 800\u200b thousand viewerships! <\/p>\n<p>I like Jesse\u200d but man\u2026 not good!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Judy \u2064 (@judytgolf) \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/judytgolf\/status\/1681676019324039168?\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the\u2063 bright side for Fox News, \u2063Watters still drew more viewers\u200b than MSNBC\u2019s\u200b Chris\u200d Hayes \u2063(1.2 million) \u200band \u200bCNN\u2019s \u2064Anderson Cooper\u200d (668,222) combined.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless,\u200c these \u2062ratings represent <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/life-without-tucker-fox-news-stock-downgraded-viewership-plummets\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another setback<\/a> for \u2062the longtime stalwart\u200d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-newsmax-one-america-news-are-noxious-garbage\/\" title=\"CNN: Newsmax, One America News Are \u2018Noxious Garbage\u2019\">conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">cable news<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By\u200b the end of Carlson\u2019s tenure, Watters had established himself\u2064 in \u2062the \u200dnetwork\u2019s 7 \u2063p.m.\u200b slot as a lead-in \u2064to Tucker Carlson Tonight.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2064 they\u200c had to \u2064identify a \u2062host \u200dfrom their existing lineup who most appealed to\u200d Carlson\u2019s\u200c fans, Fox News\u2063 executives no doubt \u200dwould have\u200c identified\u200b Watters.<\/p>\n<p>Having bled\u2063 viewership\u2063 in \u200cthe three months\u200b since Carlson\u2019s departure,\u200c those executives\u200b had reason to believe that\u200c replacing Carlson \u200bwith Watters might \u2062stop the \u200bhemorrhaging.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jesse-watters-first-show-tuckers-replacement-ends-embarrassment-mom-calls-bad-idea\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watters\u2019 first show<\/a>\u2064 did reverse the \u2062trend of \u2064plummeting ratings for a \u200drevolving door\u2063 of temporary \u200d8 p.m. \u2064hosts, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-in-viewership-during-carlsons-old-time-slot\/\" title=\"Watters' Viewership Plummets as Tucker's Time Slot Remains Irreplaceable.\">net loss \u2064remains staggering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 short,\u200c the \u2062switch\u2063 from\u200b Carlson to\u200b Watters\u2062 thus far has cost \u200bFox News a viewership\u2063 that \u2063exceeds <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dejected-anderson-cooper-airs-grievances-trump-town-hall-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooper\u2019s<\/a> entire audience.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell whether Watters \u2062can boost \u200chis numbers \u2064and mitigate the \u2063damage \u2064the\u2064 network has\u200d done to \u200citself.<\/p>\n<p>Given the prevailing mood among \u2062conservative populists who\u2062 turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-scores-seven-figure-ad-deal-twitter-show-report\/\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlson<\/a>\u2062 for their one \u200dsource of \u2062truth each\u200d weeknight, that does not seem like a\u200b good \u200cbet.<\/p>\n<p>Watters will do \u200dthe best \u200dhe can,\u2064 and his best\u2062 beats \u2062nearly anyone else\u200d in\u200c cable news.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 backlash\u200b against Fox News has\u2062 nothing to\u2063 do with\u200c Watters, though one \u2064suspects that many \u200bof\u200d Carlson\u2019s fans\u2064 would respect Watters more if \u200che resigned from the network \u200din protest.<\/p>\n<p>For many\u200d former viewers, \u2063Carlson\u2019s \u200dfiring showed\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-forced-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-even-bigger-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">network\u2019s true \u200dcolors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We do not \u200bwant to \u200dwatch \u200cgarden-variety Republicans\u2064 blathering on about marginal\u200b tax\u200c rates and why we need regime change \u200cin Heaven only\u2062 knows what part\u2063 of \u200bthe world \u200bthis time.<\/p>\n<p>More\u200d to \u2063the point, many former viewers now have \u2064good \u2063reason to believe \u2063that \u2064Fox News \u200dexecutives actually despise them. \u2062Why would they return?<\/p>\n<p>In short, we\u2063 like Jesse, but man\u2026not good.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cant-replace-tucker-watters-suffers-massive-drop-viewership-carlsons-old-time-slot\/\">You Can&#8217;t \u200bReplace\u2063 Tucker: Watters\u2064 Suffers Massive Drop in\u200b Viewership During Carlson&#8217;s\u2063 Old Time Slot<\/a> appeared first on\u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2062Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>slot, Watters drew 2.5 million viewers, while Carlson averaged 3.3 million. This decline in ratings highlights the negative impact of having biased individuals in control of a news network. 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