Tucker Carlson’s Media Career Sets the Stage For many, Tucker Carlson is a household name in political commentary. His journey through the media landscape has been marked by significant milestones. Before his April firing, Carlson was Fox’s top-rated host, which speaks volumes about his influence and reach. His departure from Fox News came amid a whirlwind of media personnel changes, highlighting the volatile nature of such careers. Carlson has teamed up with Neil Patel and Justin Wells to launch the Tucker Carlson Network online at TuckerCarlson.com, indicating a strategic pivot to an independent media presence. The Appeal of Subscription Services...
- 12/25/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Tucker Carlson launched his own subscription streaming service on Monday, an extension of the former Fox News host’s interview programming on Elon Musk’s X.
Tucker Carlson Network costs $9 a month, or $72 annually, and will be accessible through Carlson’s website. It will house at least five different programs by midweek, including interviews, short-form videos, and monologues, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Carlson, fired by Fox News in April in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamatory coverage of the 2020 election, has been airing commentary in videos posted to Twitter since May.
According to Carlson’s website, the subscription not only includes exclusive content and interviews but also “a direct line to Tucker and his team.”
“We are the sworn enemies of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink,” the website reads. “We believe the corporate media is broken beyond repair, and the only way...
Tucker Carlson Network costs $9 a month, or $72 annually, and will be accessible through Carlson’s website. It will house at least five different programs by midweek, including interviews, short-form videos, and monologues, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Carlson, fired by Fox News in April in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamatory coverage of the 2020 election, has been airing commentary in videos posted to Twitter since May.
According to Carlson’s website, the subscription not only includes exclusive content and interviews but also “a direct line to Tucker and his team.”
“We are the sworn enemies of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink,” the website reads. “We believe the corporate media is broken beyond repair, and the only way...
- 12/11/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson’s former top producer at Fox News is being accused of sexually assaulting a former employee when they both worked at the network 15 years ago.
In the lawsuit filed in New York State Court, Andrew Delancey alleged that after Justin Wells had promised to help advance his career, Wells assaulted him in 2008, according to The Washington Post. Wells, who was a producer for Greta Van Susteren at the time, later became the senior executive producer of Tucker Carlson Tonight, and was fired alongside Carlson amid the network’s...
In the lawsuit filed in New York State Court, Andrew Delancey alleged that after Justin Wells had promised to help advance his career, Wells assaulted him in 2008, according to The Washington Post. Wells, who was a producer for Greta Van Susteren at the time, later became the senior executive producer of Tucker Carlson Tonight, and was fired alongside Carlson amid the network’s...
- 12/5/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Tucker Carlson’s longtime executive producer at Fox News was sued on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting another Fox employee in 2008.
Justin Wells was a producer of “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren at the time of the alleged assault. The accuser, Andrew Delancey, alleges that Wells lured him to his apartment in New York, and then pushed him onto a bed and forcibly grabbed his genitals.
“Defendant Wells quickly began unbuttoning and trying to rip off Mr. Delancey’s jeans as the sexual assault progressed,” the lawsuit states. “Mr. Delancey was in complete shock. He yelled out, ‘no!’ and mustered up the strength to physically slow down Defendant Wells’s physical attack.”
At the time, Delancey was a producer for Fox News Edge, which provides content to local Fox affiliates. According to the suit, Wells had higher status at the network, and had told Delancey that he would help him “learn the ropes.
Justin Wells was a producer of “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren at the time of the alleged assault. The accuser, Andrew Delancey, alleges that Wells lured him to his apartment in New York, and then pushed him onto a bed and forcibly grabbed his genitals.
“Defendant Wells quickly began unbuttoning and trying to rip off Mr. Delancey’s jeans as the sexual assault progressed,” the lawsuit states. “Mr. Delancey was in complete shock. He yelled out, ‘no!’ and mustered up the strength to physically slow down Defendant Wells’s physical attack.”
At the time, Delancey was a producer for Fox News Edge, which provides content to local Fox affiliates. According to the suit, Wells had higher status at the network, and had told Delancey that he would help him “learn the ropes.
- 12/5/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A former Fox News employee claims in a new civil lawsuit that Tucker Carlson’s top producer Justin Wells sexually assaulted him in 2008.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Monday and cited New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which gave a one-year window for plaintiffs to file civil sexual abuse claims regardless of the statute of limitations.
Andrew Delancey, former regional producer for affiliate service Fox News Edge, claimed that in 2007, Wells contacted him on Facebook through a Fox employee Facebook group. At the time, Delancey was working at Fox 13 in Tampa Bay, and Wells was a producer at Fox 5 in New York. The next year, Wells encouraged Delancey to move to New York, and Delancey sent him his resume, according to the lawsuit. He eventually landed a job as a producer at the Fox News Edge team, and started in September, 2008.
According to the lawsuit, Wells started “showering” Delancey with gifts,...
The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Monday and cited New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which gave a one-year window for plaintiffs to file civil sexual abuse claims regardless of the statute of limitations.
Andrew Delancey, former regional producer for affiliate service Fox News Edge, claimed that in 2007, Wells contacted him on Facebook through a Fox employee Facebook group. At the time, Delancey was working at Fox 13 in Tampa Bay, and Wells was a producer at Fox 5 in New York. The next year, Wells encouraged Delancey to move to New York, and Delancey sent him his resume, according to the lawsuit. He eventually landed a job as a producer at the Fox News Edge team, and started in September, 2008.
According to the lawsuit, Wells started “showering” Delancey with gifts,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News has settled a lawsuit filed by a former producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight who claimed harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion, and that she was coerced in deposition testimony in the Dominion litgation.
Attorneys for Abby Grossberg said that network settled the case for $12 million.
A Fox News spokesperson said in a statement, “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
Grossberg’s lawsuit landed shortly before Fox News was scheduled to go to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit. In her litigation, filed in New York federal court and in Delaware, Grossberg, who also had been on the staff of Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, claimed that she was coerced by Fox News’ legal team into giving misleading deposition testimony as the network defended itself in the case. Her testimony could have factored in the defamation trial,...
Attorneys for Abby Grossberg said that network settled the case for $12 million.
A Fox News spokesperson said in a statement, “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
Grossberg’s lawsuit landed shortly before Fox News was scheduled to go to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit. In her litigation, filed in New York federal court and in Delaware, Grossberg, who also had been on the staff of Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, claimed that she was coerced by Fox News’ legal team into giving misleading deposition testimony as the network defended itself in the case. Her testimony could have factored in the defamation trial,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Fox News producer responsible for putting up a chyron labeling Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” resigned from the network shortly afterward, Tucker Carlson said in his latest Twitter video.
Carlson did not name the producer, but Alexander McCaskill, who had long worked at Tucker Carlson Tonight and continued at the network after Fox News pulled Carlson’s show, posted a photo of himself on Instagram departing Fox offices with a box and the message, “Today was my last day at Fox. It’s been a wild 10 years and it was the best place I’ve ever worked because of the great people I met. But the time has come. I asked them to let me go, and they finally did.” The Daily Beast, which first reported on McCaskill’s exit, identified him as the producer Carlson was referring to.
Former Fox News producer Alexander McCaskill, who parted ways with...
Carlson did not name the producer, but Alexander McCaskill, who had long worked at Tucker Carlson Tonight and continued at the network after Fox News pulled Carlson’s show, posted a photo of himself on Instagram departing Fox offices with a box and the message, “Today was my last day at Fox. It’s been a wild 10 years and it was the best place I’ve ever worked because of the great people I met. But the time has come. I asked them to let me go, and they finally did.” The Daily Beast, which first reported on McCaskill’s exit, identified him as the producer Carlson was referring to.
Former Fox News producer Alexander McCaskill, who parted ways with...
- 6/17/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News turned up on the heat on Tucker Carlson, sending the ousted host a cease-and-desist letter a day before he was expected to address the indictment of Donald Trump in his third episode, according to a Monday report by Axios.
Fox did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Carlson lawyer Harmeet Dhillon corroborated the action, tweeting: “My friend and client Tucker Carlson will not be silenced – by the far left or by Fox News,” and told Axios that Fox is “now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.”
Carlson is under contract and is still being paid through 2025 by Fox News, which believes Carlson’s DIY Twitter show falls under its noncompete. The erstwhile “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host and his lawyers say Twitter is not a Fox News competitor, and that he has a fundamental First Amendment right to give his opinions on social media.
Fox did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Carlson lawyer Harmeet Dhillon corroborated the action, tweeting: “My friend and client Tucker Carlson will not be silenced – by the far left or by Fox News,” and told Axios that Fox is “now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.”
Carlson is under contract and is still being paid through 2025 by Fox News, which believes Carlson’s DIY Twitter show falls under its noncompete. The erstwhile “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host and his lawyers say Twitter is not a Fox News competitor, and that he has a fundamental First Amendment right to give his opinions on social media.
- 6/12/2023
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
In Jan. 2021, Tucker Carlson told a Fox News colleague that he hated Donald Trump “passionately.” But less than two months earlier he was singing a dramatically different tune, newly leaked texts reveal.
In an exchange with his senior producer, obtained by the Daily Beast, the recently fired host was so upset about the unusually negative coverage Fox was giving Trump that he said he was “happy to start threating people” to make it stop.
The text exchange happened Nov. 19, 2020, as Fox News was suffering a severe drop in ratings caused by the exodus of viewers angry that it had accurately called the election for Joe Biden and then — temporarily — refused to support Trump’s constant lying about the loss.
The day before, Fox had published this story about Trump’s decision to hold the annual presidential “pardon” of a turkey. The article’s opening paragraph noted this was happening, “despite...
In an exchange with his senior producer, obtained by the Daily Beast, the recently fired host was so upset about the unusually negative coverage Fox was giving Trump that he said he was “happy to start threating people” to make it stop.
The text exchange happened Nov. 19, 2020, as Fox News was suffering a severe drop in ratings caused by the exodus of viewers angry that it had accurately called the election for Joe Biden and then — temporarily — refused to support Trump’s constant lying about the loss.
The day before, Fox had published this story about Trump’s decision to hold the annual presidential “pardon” of a turkey. The article’s opening paragraph noted this was happening, “despite...
- 5/13/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson, the now-former Fox News primetime host, used to deride critics’ attempts to get his show cancelled.
“Trust me, it’s a constant assault. It’s a never-ending effort to take us off the air,” he told Variety in 2020. At the time, he said he was lucky to have “the support of the Murdochs,” including that of Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News’ corporate parent.
On Monday, however, the pundit found he should have been watching his back. Murdoch, according to a person familiar with the matter, decided he could no longer support the popular conservative pundit. His son,Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, and Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, made the decision to cut ties with Carlson on Friday, according to a different person familiar with the circumstances. Carlson’s exit was announced Monday morning.
Carlson, Fox News Channel’s most-watched primetime host, will leave the...
“Trust me, it’s a constant assault. It’s a never-ending effort to take us off the air,” he told Variety in 2020. At the time, he said he was lucky to have “the support of the Murdochs,” including that of Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News’ corporate parent.
On Monday, however, the pundit found he should have been watching his back. Murdoch, according to a person familiar with the matter, decided he could no longer support the popular conservative pundit. His son,Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, and Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, made the decision to cut ties with Carlson on Friday, according to a different person familiar with the circumstances. Carlson’s exit was announced Monday morning.
Carlson, Fox News Channel’s most-watched primetime host, will leave the...
- 4/24/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corporation board member Paul Ryan and Fox Corp. executive Viet Dinh can be compelled to testify in Dominion’s upcoming defamation trial against Fox News, a judge said on Wednesday.
Delaware Judge Eric M. Davis said that Dominion would have to issue a trial subpoena to force such live testimony, but he would not quash it over issues of inconvenience or because they previously have sat for depositions. Davis cited court precedent that officers, directors and managing agents of a Delaware corporation can be compelled to appear.
“Both Fox and Dominion have made these four parties very relevant,” Davis said.
He added, “If Dominion wants to bring them live, they need to do a trial subpoena and I would not quash it and I would compel them to come.”
He also cited issues with Rupert Murdoch’s deposition and whether questions asked of him were clear or unfairly prejudicial.
Delaware Judge Eric M. Davis said that Dominion would have to issue a trial subpoena to force such live testimony, but he would not quash it over issues of inconvenience or because they previously have sat for depositions. Davis cited court precedent that officers, directors and managing agents of a Delaware corporation can be compelled to appear.
“Both Fox and Dominion have made these four parties very relevant,” Davis said.
He added, “If Dominion wants to bring them live, they need to do a trial subpoena and I would not quash it and I would compel them to come.”
He also cited issues with Rupert Murdoch’s deposition and whether questions asked of him were clear or unfairly prejudicial.
- 4/5/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominion Voting Systems’ whopping $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox Corporation and Fox News is cleared to go to trial, despite the media company’s efforts.
Barring a settlement or other unforeseen circumstances, the voting technology company will get to have its attorneys grill Fox News anchors and Fox Corp. executives, Judge Eric M. Davis of Superior Court in State of Delaware ruled in a filing on Friday.
“The Court will allow this civil action to go to trial,” Davis said Friday.
At issue in the case are damages Dominion alleges it is owed after Fox News aired false claims about its actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a separate voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. Both suits allege that Fox...
Barring a settlement or other unforeseen circumstances, the voting technology company will get to have its attorneys grill Fox News anchors and Fox Corp. executives, Judge Eric M. Davis of Superior Court in State of Delaware ruled in a filing on Friday.
“The Court will allow this civil action to go to trial,” Davis said Friday.
At issue in the case are damages Dominion alleges it is owed after Fox News aired false claims about its actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a separate voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. Both suits allege that Fox...
- 3/31/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News is about to have one of its biggest events in years, and everyone from CEO Suzanne Scott to prominent anchors like Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo to primetime chief Meade Cooper is likely to attend some part of it. If Fox’s parent company has its way, however, Rupert Murdoch, the guiding force behind much of Fox Corporation, will not.
Starting as soon as April 17, Fox Corp. could square off in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and face allegations of defamation from Dominion Voting Systems in a whopping $1.6 billion-dollar suit that is sure to generate headlines. Before any of that can start, however, the two sides appear to locked in a battle over whether the Fox Corp. executive chairman, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, should be present in court to give testimony.
“Although Dominion seeks to compel Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Paul Ryan,...
Starting as soon as April 17, Fox Corp. could square off in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and face allegations of defamation from Dominion Voting Systems in a whopping $1.6 billion-dollar suit that is sure to generate headlines. Before any of that can start, however, the two sides appear to locked in a battle over whether the Fox Corp. executive chairman, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, should be present in court to give testimony.
“Although Dominion seeks to compel Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Paul Ryan,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Update, 12:39 Pm Et: The judge presiding over Dominion’s defamation case against Fox pushed back on the network’s attorneys for their argument that Rupert Murdoch would be unable to testify live in the upcoming trial.
In a hearing on Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis cited a letter he received from the Fox legal team arguing that “under Covid, he couldn’t travel, that he doesn’t have knowledge, that it can be difficult for him to come down.”
“Mr. Murdoch has claimed that he is traveling and that it would be an inconvenience,” Davis said. “But I also have people telling me that he has done some things recently that show he is hardly infirm and unable to travel around.”
Davis referred to reports of Murdoch’s engagement on St. Patrick’s Day, and his talk of traveling “between his various residences between L.A., Montana,...
In a hearing on Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis cited a letter he received from the Fox legal team arguing that “under Covid, he couldn’t travel, that he doesn’t have knowledge, that it can be difficult for him to come down.”
“Mr. Murdoch has claimed that he is traveling and that it would be an inconvenience,” Davis said. “But I also have people telling me that he has done some things recently that show he is hardly infirm and unable to travel around.”
Davis referred to reports of Murdoch’s engagement on St. Patrick’s Day, and his talk of traveling “between his various residences between L.A., Montana,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Abby Grossberg, the Fox News producer who was fired last week after filing suit against the network, added new details to her allegations that she was coerced by Fox News’ legal team into giving misleading deposition testimony as the network defended itself in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit.
In an amended complaint, Grossberg’s attorneys also raised the prospect that she could testify in the upcoming trial on behalf of Dominion while rejecting the possibility that she would appear on behalf of Fox News.
The network dismissed Grossberg on Friday, alleging that she had failed to protect privileged company information in a lawsuit she filed against the network earlier in the week. The network also contended that her lawsuit was “riddled with false allegations.”
In Grossberg’s revised complaint (read it here), filed in New York federal court and Delaware Superior Court on Monday, Grossberg’s attorneys alleged that the network,...
In an amended complaint, Grossberg’s attorneys also raised the prospect that she could testify in the upcoming trial on behalf of Dominion while rejecting the possibility that she would appear on behalf of Fox News.
The network dismissed Grossberg on Friday, alleging that she had failed to protect privileged company information in a lawsuit she filed against the network earlier in the week. The network also contended that her lawsuit was “riddled with false allegations.”
In Grossberg’s revised complaint (read it here), filed in New York federal court and Delaware Superior Court on Monday, Grossberg’s attorneys alleged that the network,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News has fired a producer who filed a lawsuit against the network in which she claimed that she was coached and coerced by the network’s lawyers to give misleading deposition testimony in the defense against Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit.
The network confirmed that she was dismissed. Fox News contends that she failed to protect privileged company information in her lawsuit.
In her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York and Delaware Superior Court on Monday, Abby Grossberg’s attorneys said that she had been put on forced administrative leave, calling it a “blatant display of unlawful retaliation.” They also claimed the network retaliated against her after she complained about unlawful harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion.
In a statement, Fox News said, “Like most organizations, Fox News Media’s attorneys engage in privileged communications with our employees as necessary to provide legal advice.
The network confirmed that she was dismissed. Fox News contends that she failed to protect privileged company information in her lawsuit.
In her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York and Delaware Superior Court on Monday, Abby Grossberg’s attorneys said that she had been put on forced administrative leave, calling it a “blatant display of unlawful retaliation.” They also claimed the network retaliated against her after she complained about unlawful harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion.
In a statement, Fox News said, “Like most organizations, Fox News Media’s attorneys engage in privileged communications with our employees as necessary to provide legal advice.
- 3/25/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A Fox News producer claims that she was “coerced” and “intimidated” by the network’s legal team into providing misleading and evasive testimony in a deposition in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case.
Abby Grossberg, who has worked on shows hosted by Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, also claimed that the network’s attorneys were trying to subtly shift “all responsibility for the alleged defamation against Dominion onto her shoulders and by implication, those of her trusted female colleague, Ms. Bartiromo, rather than the mostly male higher ups at Fox News who endorsed the repeated coverage of the lies against the Dominion.”
Her suit was filed in federal court in New York and Delaware Superior Court, where Fox and Dominion are delivering oral arguments on Tuesday in the summary judgment phase of the case.
Grossberg also claims that she was retaliated against after she complained about unlawful harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion.
Abby Grossberg, who has worked on shows hosted by Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, also claimed that the network’s attorneys were trying to subtly shift “all responsibility for the alleged defamation against Dominion onto her shoulders and by implication, those of her trusted female colleague, Ms. Bartiromo, rather than the mostly male higher ups at Fox News who endorsed the repeated coverage of the lies against the Dominion.”
Her suit was filed in federal court in New York and Delaware Superior Court, where Fox and Dominion are delivering oral arguments on Tuesday in the summary judgment phase of the case.
Grossberg also claims that she was retaliated against after she complained about unlawful harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion.
- 3/21/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucker Carlson accused the National Security Agency of reading the emails he sent as part of a plan to secure an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and then leaking them to news outlets.
The accusation was the latest development in Carlson’s claims that the Nsa was spying on him, triggering a rare statement from the intelligence agency denying that the Fox News personality was an intelligence target. The agency also denied Carlson’s claim that it was attempting to force his show off the air.
He continued to make the claims, but the story gained a new wrinkle Wednesday afternoon when Axios reported that Carlson had been seeking an interview with Putin through an intermediary.
That raised the possibility that one of those intermediaries, ostensibly a person with ties to Putin, was under surveillance as a foreign agent. Axios reported that U.S. government officials learned of Carlson’s efforts to secure the interview,...
The accusation was the latest development in Carlson’s claims that the Nsa was spying on him, triggering a rare statement from the intelligence agency denying that the Fox News personality was an intelligence target. The agency also denied Carlson’s claim that it was attempting to force his show off the air.
He continued to make the claims, but the story gained a new wrinkle Wednesday afternoon when Axios reported that Carlson had been seeking an interview with Putin through an intermediary.
That raised the possibility that one of those intermediaries, ostensibly a person with ties to Putin, was under surveillance as a foreign agent. Axios reported that U.S. government officials learned of Carlson’s efforts to secure the interview,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Nation seems eager to expand its chief export.
The streaming service, originally conceived as a place for “super fans” of Fox News Channel, has in recent months been filling its digital shelves with a show led by Nancy Grace; faith-based shows tied to Easter; and vintage movies and TV series. It will serve as a place where fans of a new version of the long-running TV program “America’s Most Wanted” can watch the series a day after it debuts on Fox Corp. sibling Fox Broadcasting.
Expect more programing devoted to crime and justice and other topics, says Jason Klarman, a veteran TV executive who was named president of Fox Nation in January. Subscribers looking for that content “could be Fox News viewers or not be Fox News viewers. They could just be fans of Nancy Grace or ‘America’s Most Wanted,’” he says in an interview. “We know there is...
The streaming service, originally conceived as a place for “super fans” of Fox News Channel, has in recent months been filling its digital shelves with a show led by Nancy Grace; faith-based shows tied to Easter; and vintage movies and TV series. It will serve as a place where fans of a new version of the long-running TV program “America’s Most Wanted” can watch the series a day after it debuts on Fox Corp. sibling Fox Broadcasting.
Expect more programing devoted to crime and justice and other topics, says Jason Klarman, a veteran TV executive who was named president of Fox Nation in January. Subscribers looking for that content “could be Fox News viewers or not be Fox News viewers. They could just be fans of Nancy Grace or ‘America’s Most Wanted,’” he says in an interview. “We know there is...
- 3/31/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a lot more Tucker Carlson coming. The top-rated Fox News Channel host has just signed a new multiyear deal to bolster sister streaming service Fox Nation with a video podcast series and Tucker Carlson Originals specials.
Literally and figuratively bring the big dog to the just over two-year old streamer, Carlson will drop a trio of new shows every week, umbrella company Fox News Media said Wednesday. Produced by Tucker Carlson Tonight Sep Justin Wells and the team behind the 5-year-old primetime show, the podcast will take on much of the format of Tucker Carlson Tonight with interviews and topical discussions. In addition, the monthly Tucker Carlson Originals will drill down on a single topic or issue.
“This is my 12th year at Fox News and I’ve never been more grateful to be here,” the often controversial Carlson said of today’s announcement and new duties. “As...
Literally and figuratively bring the big dog to the just over two-year old streamer, Carlson will drop a trio of new shows every week, umbrella company Fox News Media said Wednesday. Produced by Tucker Carlson Tonight Sep Justin Wells and the team behind the 5-year-old primetime show, the podcast will take on much of the format of Tucker Carlson Tonight with interviews and topical discussions. In addition, the monthly Tucker Carlson Originals will drill down on a single topic or issue.
“This is my 12th year at Fox News and I’ve never been more grateful to be here,” the often controversial Carlson said of today’s announcement and new duties. “As...
- 2/17/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucker Carlson will expand his content contributions for Fox News Media, agreeing to a new deal to create three video podcasts and some original specials for Fox Nation, the company’s subscription-based video service.
Starting in April, Carlson is expected to release at least three new video podcast episodes a week. They will feature interviews with newsmakers, as well as discussions of prominent issues in the news cycle. Meanwhile, a series of “Tucker Carlson Originals” will also debut in April, and continue monthly. That program, Fox News said, “will explore a single topic at greater depth than typically done on a live television show.” Both series will only be made available via Fox Nation.
“As we continue to expand and evolve as a service, adding exclusive content from Tucker Carlson will make Fox Nation a must-have service for his most passionate fans,” said Jason Klarman, president of Fox Nation, in a prepared statement.
Starting in April, Carlson is expected to release at least three new video podcast episodes a week. They will feature interviews with newsmakers, as well as discussions of prominent issues in the news cycle. Meanwhile, a series of “Tucker Carlson Originals” will also debut in April, and continue monthly. That program, Fox News said, “will explore a single topic at greater depth than typically done on a live television show.” Both series will only be made available via Fox Nation.
“As we continue to expand and evolve as a service, adding exclusive content from Tucker Carlson will make Fox Nation a must-have service for his most passionate fans,” said Jason Klarman, president of Fox Nation, in a prepared statement.
- 2/17/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Sitting in his Ford Econoline Van on Saturday afternoon, Justin Wells wiped the sweat off his face and cranked up the air-conditioning. Just exiting the Burl stage at the inaugural Railbird festival in Lexington, Kentucky, the rising country/roots-rock singer couldn’t help but smile thinking of how wild that hometown gig just was. “Lexington is kind of the biggest small town,” Wells told Rolling Stone. “Keeneland is a pretty quintessential spot. And I’m glad that this is a lot of folks’ first view of our town.”
Home of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup,...
Home of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup,...
- 8/12/2019
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Second Update: “Immigrants have to like us back,” said Tucker Carlson on his show tonight. In response to Ilhan’s accusations of racism, Carlson said, “We’re against racism, adamantly.”
Tucker Carlson: Ilhan Omar @ilhan wants to pull us off the air. But she didn’t rebut our points, or even acknowledge them. Watch. pic.twitter.com/jVduJIqcoe
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 11, 2019
Tucker Carlson: U.S. rescued Ilhan Omar @ilhan, she said thanks by showering us with contempt. Watch. pic.twitter.com/N0ZYZ3fO40
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 11, 2019
Updated with Fox’s response: Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota lashed back at Fox News’ Tucker Carlson today, calling out the host as a “racist fool” and suggesting advertisers “should not be underwriting hate speech.”
The freshman Democrat was responding to Carlson’s commentary Tuesday night in which the Fox News host said the Somalia-born Omar “hates this country” and criticized...
Tucker Carlson: Ilhan Omar @ilhan wants to pull us off the air. But she didn’t rebut our points, or even acknowledge them. Watch. pic.twitter.com/jVduJIqcoe
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 11, 2019
Tucker Carlson: U.S. rescued Ilhan Omar @ilhan, she said thanks by showering us with contempt. Watch. pic.twitter.com/N0ZYZ3fO40
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 11, 2019
Updated with Fox’s response: Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota lashed back at Fox News’ Tucker Carlson today, calling out the host as a “racist fool” and suggesting advertisers “should not be underwriting hate speech.”
The freshman Democrat was responding to Carlson’s commentary Tuesday night in which the Fox News host said the Somalia-born Omar “hates this country” and criticized...
- 7/10/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucker Carlson said Representative Ilhan Omar “hates this country” during his Fox News program Tuesday night. The Minnesota Democrat responded by saying that the Fox News host is “a racist fool.” And so begins another contretemps in a news cycle dominated by President Donald Trump.
During his 8 p.m. hour Wednesday on Fox News Channel, the opinion host offered remarks suggesting that Omar, a Somali-born woman who arrived in the United States as a teenager, should stop criticizing elements of U.S. policy. “After everything that America has done for Omar, and for her family, she hates this country more than ever,” Carlson said. He also suggested to viewers that “maybe we are importing people from places who are simply antithetical to ours.”
Carlson also offered comments supportive of immigrants and Omar’s rise to Congress. “Some of our deepest satisfaction as a country comes from watching penniless immigrants arrive on our shores,...
During his 8 p.m. hour Wednesday on Fox News Channel, the opinion host offered remarks suggesting that Omar, a Somali-born woman who arrived in the United States as a teenager, should stop criticizing elements of U.S. policy. “After everything that America has done for Omar, and for her family, she hates this country more than ever,” Carlson said. He also suggested to viewers that “maybe we are importing people from places who are simply antithetical to ours.”
Carlson also offered comments supportive of immigrants and Omar’s rise to Congress. “Some of our deepest satisfaction as a country comes from watching penniless immigrants arrive on our shores,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A Dutch historian accused Tucker Carlson on Tuesday of swearing at him during a recorded interview that Fox News Channel is now refusing to air.
The conversation between Carlson and Rutger Bregman went swiftly downhill after Bregman said the primetime host was “a millionaire funded by billionaires,” which then supposedly caused Carlson to call him a “f–ing moron.”
“So @TuckerCarlson just called me a ‘f—ing moron’ during a prerecord for his show, for pointing out that he’s a millionaire funded by billionaires. Let’s see if they’ll air it,” Bregman said in a tweet.
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“Good morning @TuckerCarlson, why didn’t you air the interview with me last night? Couldn’t handle the criticism? I think you should just show it. And try to resist the temptation to edit,” he added in a follow-up the next day.
The conversation between Carlson and Rutger Bregman went swiftly downhill after Bregman said the primetime host was “a millionaire funded by billionaires,” which then supposedly caused Carlson to call him a “f–ing moron.”
“So @TuckerCarlson just called me a ‘f—ing moron’ during a prerecord for his show, for pointing out that he’s a millionaire funded by billionaires. Let’s see if they’ll air it,” Bregman said in a tweet.
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“Good morning @TuckerCarlson, why didn’t you air the interview with me last night? Couldn’t handle the criticism? I think you should just show it. And try to resist the temptation to edit,” he added in a follow-up the next day.
- 2/13/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
On the Record host Greta Van Susteren devotes her entire show tonight to a special report on her trip to Haiti with Sarah Palin and Rev. Franklin Graham. Van Susteren didn't go in heavy with field producers, camera crews and support staff--just herself and Otr producer Justin Wells, both of whom shot the entire special--some parts of which have been previously aired, but another 40 minutes of never-seen-before footage will be part of tonight's show. As Van Susteren tells Mediaite, it's a chance to travel the world to cover stories she believes in, even if it means doing a lot of the work herself:...
- 12/23/2010
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
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