Tucker Carlson Abruptly Leaves Fox News After More Than a Decade: Details

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He’s out. Fox News confirmed that Tucker Carlson has left the network after more than a decade.“FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways.

We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” a statement read on Monday, April 24.The network noted that the anchor’s last episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight aired on Friday, April 21.

Fox News Tonight will air in the newly vacant time slot with rotating personalities until a new host is named. According to NBC, Carlson, 53, signed off Friday’s episode stating he would be back on the air on Monday.Carlson got his start when he served as a cohost on CNN’s Crossfire from 2000 to 2005.

The California native moved to MSNBC later that year to host the primetime program Tucker until 2008. He transitioned to Fox News as a political analyst in 2009.After nearly a decade at the cable news network, Carlson took over Megyn Kelly’s coveted time slot in 2017. (Kelly, 52, for her part, signed a new contract with NBC News.)“In less than two months, Tucker has taken cable news by storm with his spirited interviews and consistently strong performance,” former 21st Century Fox executive chairman Rupert Murdoch said in a statement at the time. “Viewers have overwhelmingly responded to the show, and we look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful prime-time lineup.”Carlson’s surprising departure comes less than a week after Fox News Channel reached a settlement in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.