Tucker Carlson's Twitter viewership falling as battle with Fox News stalls: report

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's war with the network that unceremoniously dumped him without warning has reached a stalemate after two months with Fox News still struggling to find a replacement and Carlson's Twitter audience taking a radical drop since his first foray on the social media platform.

According to a report from the Guardian's Martin Pengelly, negotiations between lawyers from Fox and the formerly popular nighttime personality are at a "loggerheads" with both sides refusing to budge.

The report states attorneys for the conservative news network are still demanding that he "cease and desist" his alternative to his former show but that there has been little movement to reach a resolution.

According to former CNN host Brian Stelter, "We’re at the two-month mark since Carlson’s last show, which he didn’t know was his last show. It’s striking that there’s no resolution even close to being in sight.”

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He then added, "Both sides have hinted they have weapons, but neither side has fired. They both sent legal letters but neither side has filed a lawsuit. Both sides have made noise about breach-of-contract claims but not made them officially, publicly (sic). So I think … Tucker and Fox are in a staring contest. And it could go on for a long time.”

As for both parties, Fox is hurting without its most popular star and Carlson's Twitter audience has taken a precipitous drop from his first Twitter diatribe that garnered nearly 120 million views.

"Fox has struggled to fill a hole in its primetime schedule as guest hosts try to replicate or replace Carlson’s blend of preppy ties and hard-right invective. But on Twitter, viewer numbers have fallen for Carlson too. Carlson’s most recent episode, on Hunter Biden’s plea deal on tax and gun charges, attracted fewer than 15m views," Pengelly reported.

Stelter added, "I think it’s very clear that Fox would like to keep him off the air … for as long as they contractually can. That is not always how these things go. There’s often a compromise between network and talent. Instead of being benched for two years, he might accept one year. But I think from the tea-leaf reading, Fox wants him benched for the entire rest of the contract.”

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