(Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe firings of Tucker Carlson at Fox FOXA News and Don Lemon at CNN less than one hour apart rocked the cable news industry. The program averaged 2.6 million viewers, while a strong audience, the previous three Mondays in April Carlson had averaged over three million viewers. Don Lemon was also unaware he would be leaving CNN. Don Lemon, insofar as it has been reported, was fired after a handful of comments made on air, some of which came off as offensive or ill-informed. Chris Cuomo one time lead-in the Don Lemon left CNN in December 2001.

Source: CNN April 26, 2023 19:47 UTC