"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," the statement said. "Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News personalities until a new host is named."
Fox Corp shares dropped by 5% at the time of the departure announcement, according to market data.
Carlson joined the network as a contributor in 2009, and had hosted his talk show "Tonight with Tucker Carlson" since 2016. In 2022, his average audience was considered to be among the biggest on cable news, reaching up to 3.32 million total viewers.
The TV host left the network after last week, Fox Corp. reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges in response to accusations made by the network that the company had rigged its voting machines against then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.