The biggest beneficiary of the ejection of Bill O’Reilly from Fox News just might be network — and political — rival Rachel Maddow. 1 Fox in her 9 p.m. slot against Tucker Carlson, and now she could be poised to become the heavy hitter of the primetime news shows. MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” last month nosed past Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” among 25- to 54-year-old viewers, which determines advertising rates, according to CNN. Maddow was already pulling in the highest ratings of her nine-year stint at MSNBC in February, averaging 2.3 million viewers per episode. Her programs on the Trump team’s Russia connections and demanding the president releases his taxes have drawn particularly high ratings.

Source: Huffington Post April 25, 2017 10:07 UTC