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Tucker Has Only Had Megyn Kelly’s Time Slot For 2 Weeks, But He Already Doubled Her Numbers

Kaitlan Collins Contributor
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The transition from Megyn Kelly to Tucker Carlson has been a seamless one for Fox News.

(Photo: YouTube screen grab)

(Photo: YouTube screen grab)

Though Carlson is only two weeks into hosting the 9 p.m. time slot for the network, he has easily surpassed Kelly and nearly doubled her ratings. 

Carlson, who was hosting “Tucker Carlson Tonight” during the 7 p.m. slot at the time, replaced Kelly in early January after she announced she was leaving the network for a position with NBC News. Compared with her performance in the same two weeks last year, Carlson is up 95 percent in the 25-54 news demo and 46 percent overall. 

He averages 3.7 million viewers a night, easily trouncing CNN and MSNBC.

Overall, Carlson has raised ratings 37 percent. (RELATED: Megyn Kelly Congratulates Tucker Carlson On Replacing Her On Fox News)

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