Fox News Lays Off All Tucker Carlson Staffers After Prime Time Shakeup

Fox News announced its new prime time lineup today, and now that Tucker Carlson is gone, so is the rest of his staff.

Mediaite has learned that the eight remaining staffers who previously worked for Tucker Carlson Tonight were let go, and that they could receive “enhanced severance” if they stayed through July 14. They still have the opportunity to apply for other positions at Fox.

Earlier this month, two former Tucker Carlson Tonight staffers, Alexander McCaskill – a senior producer and former managing editor – and Thomas Fox – a senior editorial producer – left the network. Both are mentioned in the discrimination suit brought against the network by former producer Abby Grossberg.

The 8 p.m. time slot will go to Jesse Watters, who currently hosts Jesse Watters Primetime at 7 p.m. Laura Ingraham will move to 7 p.m. while Sean Hannity will stay at 9 p.m. and Greg Gutfeld will move to 10 p.m.

Carlson was fired from Fox News in April after the network settled its defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. His producer Justin Wells was let go at the same time. At the time, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch said that despite Carlson’s exit, “there’s no change to our programming strategy at Fox News,” citing some “adjusting.” In Carlson’s absence, a series of guest hosts took over the 8 p.m. hour, with the show renamed Fox News Tonight.

Carlson accused Fox News of “fraud and breach of contract” and moved on to a show on Twitter. Fox News promptly accused him of a breach of contract.