“Reports based on various tweets by left wing activists are wildly inaccurate – Laura Ingraham, the top-rated woman in cable news, is now and will continue to be a prominent host and integral part of the Fox News lineup,” the network said in a statement on Wednesday.
While Fox’s comment was meant to refute inaccurate claims that the network had parted ways with Ingraham as it weighs a primetime shuffle, it notably only stated that she would merely remain a “part of the Fox News lineup.” There was, however, no mention of the word “primetime” in this statement. In response to Drudge’s story, which asserts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters will be joining Sean Hannity in primetime, the network said: “No decision has been made on a new primetime line-up and there are multiple scenarios under consideration.”
The Drudge Report dropped a siren-blaring headline on Wednesday morning, teasing major scheduling changes at the long-dominant cable news network. The site eventually reported that Sean Hannity would take over Tucker Carlson’s old 8 p.m. time slot and that hosts Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld would also be moved to prime time.
A Fox News spokesperson reacted to Drudge’s report by telling Mediaite, “No decision has been made on a new primetime line-up and there are multiple scenarios under consideration.”
Drudge’s reporting never mentioned Ingraham, who currently hosts the highly-rated Ingraham Angle. Cooper appeared to base his claim on the reporting that Hannity, Watters, and Gutfeld would occupy the three hours of prime time between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Should Drudge’s reporting come to fruition, Ingraham would indeed be out of prime time, but there is no indication she would be out of a job. Ingraham notably has long won her 10 p.m. hour and was not one of the Fox hosts who featured prominently in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit.
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