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Thursday June 28th, 2007 1:00 AM by BHDC Staff  
Filed under: MSNBC, CNN, Scoops, Tucker Carlson, TV, Paula Zahn, Lou Dobbs, BHDC

tucker_carlson.jpgBig Head DC can exclusively confirm that MSNBC honchos have decided definitively to cancel the 4 p.m. live airing of “Tucker,” the political program hosted by conservative talker Tucker Carlson, which normally re-airs at 6 p.m. Bosses decided that focusing exclusively on creating a single live show at 6 p.m. will be best for the show, reliable insiders have told us. 

Some MSNBC top brass are convinced that the 4 p.m. show hurt ratings for the 6 p.m. hour and would rather air more breaking news segments in the afternoon. Six o’clock, too, is far more important to advertisers.

There are also rumors from CNN that Lou Dobbs’ program will move from its current spot at 6 p.m. to fill departing anchor Paula Zahn’s current 8 p.m. slot. This move, MSNBCers believe, will ultimately give “Tucker” a great shot at winning the lucrative cable news 6 p.m. crown.

The realigned Carlson TV plans will likely go into effect on July 9.

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  1. 13 Comments to 'Confirmed: Tucker Carlson’s 4 p.m. Show Cancelled; Now, Will Lou Dobbs Be Moving?'



  1. […] Cut to now, where the supposed “impressive growth in our audience” has MSNBC taking away losing his 4pm timeslot. Something about the earlier show hurting his ratings for the 6pm hour, which advertisers supposedly find more important. […]

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 10:42 am | Quote

  1. 2. Anonymous said:


    couldn’t compete with Oprah?

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:18 am | Quote

  1. 3. mother tucker said:


    I nominate Tucker for Price is Right host/

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:20 am | Quote


  1. […] Cut to now, where the supposed “impressive growth in our audience” has MSNBC taking away losing his 4pm timeslot. Something about the earlier show hurting his ratings for the 6pm hour, which advertisers supposedly find more important. […]

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:22 am | Quote

  1. 5. r chidolm said:


    tucker tried to modify a bit losing that stupid tie but remains boring, the reapeat idea is a failure but the bottom line is hes a bit fruity. rumor today is rosie in the slot

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:35 am | Quote

  1. 6. media hound said:


    I always thopught it was odd that MSNBC put him on at 4 and then repeated it later. The 4 o’clock at-home crowd definitely doesn’t seem like him prime demo (my mom, for one, much prefers Nashville Network). I guess this all started back when CNN moved Crossfire from its evening slot to the afternoon, and then had to cancel it, too. Why are news execs soooo stupid?

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:36 am | Quote

  1. 7. Insider said:


    re: r chidolm: I believe that Rosie will do an MSNBC evening show at 9 p.m., if Joe Scarborough moves to mornings (which is all but a reality at this point). She definitely doesn’t want to do an afternoon show against Oprah on a losing cable channel. Ideally, she’d like to host a 9 p.m. show with Phil Donahue on MSNBC and have a celebrity talk fest in the mornings on regular NBC.

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am | Quote

  1. 8. Suddenly, Last Sommer said:


    Tucker grabbed my boob once!

    posted June 28th, 2007 at 10:54 pm | Quote

  1. 9. notfromhere said:


    re: Suddenly, Last Sommer: when did that happen? I thought he was “happily married”?

    posted June 29th, 2007 at 9:22 am | Quote

  1. 10. Kajagoogoo said:


    Are “Suddenly, Last Sommer” and “Sommer Mathis” the same person????

    posted June 29th, 2007 at 9:51 am | Quote

  1. 11. TMI said:


    Kaj,

    Who is Sommer Mathis?

    posted June 29th, 2007 at 10:51 am | Quote

  1. 12. Kajagoogoo said:


    Google her!

    posted June 29th, 2007 at 11:55 am | Quote


  1. […] Cut to now, where the supposed “impressive growth in our audience” has MSNBC taking away losing his 4pm timeslot. Something about the earlier show hurting his ratings for the 6pm hour, which advertisers supposedly find more important. […]

    posted July 26th, 2007 at 3:43 pm | Quote

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