CNN’s Oliver Darcy Says that Fox News’ Ratings Are Collapsing with Tucker Carlson’s Departure

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DARCY: "Carlson has been seen by tabloids in Florida, and he said -- he told The Daily Mail that he is enjoying retirement, kind of joking about that, but he hasn't commented in a really substantive way. I think it's also noteworthy, Anderson, that without Carlson in the 8:00 PM hour over at Fox News, the ratings over there are really collapsing. Last night, in the key advertiser-supported or coveted 25-54 demo, they saw the worst ratings since pre-9/11. That's a really staggering drop over at Fox News. The hour before it actually rated higher than the 8:00 PM hour, which is something of an anomaly over at Fox, something that certainly never happened when Tucker Carlson was in that hour. And so I think as we're watching this, it's really interesting to see the ramifications it is having at Fox and also at the smaller right-wing channel Newsmax, which is seeing its ratings surge. And this is, of course, what led to the initial Dominion debacle, because Fox executives saw this other competitor rising, and that's when they started to make some of these decisions that led to being sued ultimately by Dominion."