The numbers are in since Megyn Kelly has left Fox News and if they remain where they are now, Fox News won’t be missing her at all:
THE HILL – Fox News’s Tucker Carlson is nearly doubling the ratings of his predecessor, Megyn Kelly, when compared to the same time period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.
“Tucker Carlson Tonight” is up 95 percent in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic that advertisers covet most compared with the same period in 2016, when “The Kelly File” occupied the 9 p.m. ET time slot.
Carlson has averaged 775,000 viewers per night in the category, while Kelly averaged 398,000 during the same time period, Jan. 11–22.
Carlson took over the 9 p.m. slot on Jan. 9, shortly after Kelly announced she would be leaving for a daytime program on NBC.
The Hill says Tucker Carlson is up 37% over Kelly overall, but the demo is what really counts and it looks like he’s got that nailed down for now.
I’d have never thought that Carlson would outdo Megyn Kelly this quick.