One Network Interested in Hiring Both Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon After CNN, Fox News Departures: Report
The upstart cable news network NewsNation reportedly would like to add Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon to its lineup after the two cable hosts were cut loose by their employers Monday. TMZ reported that a NewsNation…
The upstart cable news network NewsNation reportedly would like to add 👤Tucker Carlson and 📺Don Lemon to its lineup after the two cable hosts were cut loose by their employers Monday.
TMZ reported that a NewsNation insider said network executives flew to New York on Monday to discuss strategies to attract Carlson, the longtime host of 📺Fox News’ “👤Tucker Carlson Tonight,” and Lemon, whose most recent gig was co-hosting “📺CNN This Morning.”
The report said the network, which began producing news 24 hours a day just this past week, wants to add one or both men to its roster.
The company would not be able to pay either former anchor anywhere near what it is believed they were making beforehand but wants to make pitches to them, TMZ reported.
“Retirement is going great so far,” he told a reporter.
“I haven’t eaten dinner with my wife on a weeknight in seven years,” Carlson said.
The Daily Mail described his demeanor as “gleeful.”
Both Carlson and Lemon have reportedly retained heavy-hitting entertainment attorney Brian Freedman, who helped Megyn Kelly secure a $69 million payout after her ouster from NBC News.
The attorney also represents current NewsNation host 📺Chris Cuomo in his lawsuit against 📺CNN, which fired him a year ago.
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NewsNation is said to be unbothered by controversies surrounding the exits of both Carlson and Lemon from their previous networks.
The network, formerly WGN America, is owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group Inc., which owns about 200 local 📺Television stations.
NewsNation bills itself as “unbiased.” Its lineup includes former 📺CNN host Ashleigh Banfield, former NBC News and ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams, former ABC News anchor Elizabeth Vargas and former 📺Fox News reporter Leland Vittert.
