It might just be temporary, or maybe it has legs, but Fox News had a bad week in the ratings last week.

After they fired Tucker Carlson, Fox News has been shedding viewers at a fast clip.

In Carlson’s old time slot, the 8pm numbers for Fox News have plummeted to levels not seen in over 20 plus years.

It’s clear that the momentum has shifted to NewsMax for the conservative/MAGA viewers. Former/Fired Fox News host Eric Bolling numbers are way up at 8pm and NewsMax shows during other parts of the day are beating CNN regularly. 

As for News Nation, they have a nightmare on their hands. Since Carlson’s firing there has been movement in the cable news needle, not News Nation’s favor, but to the crazier Fox competitor.

News Nation is now dropping farther behind NewsMax as the sampling keeps going to the only viewers that are really watching cable news these days: older conservatives. 

News Nation could stem the tide by landing Tucker Carlson, but that would blow their claims of “unbiased news” out of the water.

Then again, Perry Sook might need to back up the Brinks turk to Carlson’s door to save his cable news operation.

Stay tuned…