--- description: Tucker Carlson will take the 8 p.m. time slot on Fox News in the wake of the announcement that Bill O'Reilly will not return to the network title: Tucker Carlson Will Take Over Bill O'Reilly's Time Slot on Fox News image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4ffde27435a16cb/6988c39e8fd2ee62bb356ac7/tucker-carlson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tucker Carlson Will Take Over Bill O'Reilly's Time Slot on Fox News by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2017 7:19 PM CUT  Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York on March 2, 2017 Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York on March 2, 2017Richard Drew—AP by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2017 7:19 PM CUT Host Tucker Carlson will take the 8 p.m. time slot on [Fox News ](http://time.com/4746612/bill-oreilly-fired-fox-news/ "undefined")in the wake of 21st Century Fox’s [announcement](http://time.com/4746522/bill-oreilly-factor-fox-news-show/ "undefined") that Bill O’Reilly will not return to the network amid [sexual harassment allegations.](http://time.com/4745375/bill-oreilly-statement-harassment-accusations/ "undefined") The new schedule begins on April 24, according to 21st Century Fox, with talk show _The Five_ moving from 5 p.m. to Carlson’s old slot at 9 p.m. Carlson began hosting _Tucker Carlson Tonight_ in November following the departure of Megyn Kelly and enjoyed a strong debut with 3.7 million viewers, network executives said, [according to Deadline.](http://deadline.com/2016/11/tucker-carlson-tonight-debut-ratings-win-fox-news-channel-1201855143/ "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/joepompeo/status/854771230058192897) O’Reilly has been embroiled in controversy since the New York _Times_ earlier this month [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html "undefined") that he and 21st Century Fox paid roughly $13 million to prevent at least five women from accusing him of sexual harassment or pursuing litigation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4746994/tucker-carlson-bill-oreilly-fox-news/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4746994/tucker-carlson-bill-oreilly-fox-news/"},"headline":"Tucker Carlson Will Take Over Bill O'Reilly's Time Slot on Fox News","datePublished":"2017-04-19T19:19:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:30:12.531Z","description":"He began hosting 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' in November","url":"https://time.com/4746994/tucker-carlson-bill-oreilly-fox-news/","keywords":["Television","fox news","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4ffde27435a16cb/6988c39e8fd2ee62bb356ac7/tucker-carlson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4ffde27435a16cb/6988c39e8fd2ee62bb356ac7/tucker-carlson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tucker Carlson","caption":"Tucker Carlson","creditText":"Richard Drew—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4746994/tucker-carlson-bill-oreilly-fox-news/","name":"Tucker Carlson Will Take Over Bill O'Reilly's Time Slot on Fox News"}}]}] ```