Jesse Watters Named Permanent Host of FOX News Channel’s 7PM Hour
11 January 2022 - 3:16AM
Business Wire
Jesse Watters has been named host of FOX News Channel’s (FNC) 7
PM/ET hour, announced Suzanne Scott, CEO of FOX News Media. The
one-hour program, entitled Jesse Watters Primetime, will launch on
January 24th. Mr. Watters will remain a co-host of The Five, which
is among the highest rated shows in cable news and will relinquish
his weekend show Watters’ World. A new 8 PM/ET Saturday night
program will be announced at a later date.
In making the announcement, Ms. Scott said, “Jesse’s versatility
and hosting acumen has grown exponentially over the last five
years, and he has developed a deep connection to the audience
through two hit shows The Five and Watters’ World. We look forward
to watching him expand his connection even further through this new
solo weeknight hour.”
Mr. Watters added, “I’m thrilled to take on this new challenge
and am grateful for the opportunity.”
Joining the network in 2002 as a production assistant, Mr.
Watters made his on-camera debut in 2003 as a correspondent for The
O’Reilly Factor. In this role, he conducted signature
man-on-the-street interviews on varying topics from politics to pop
culture in a segment known as Watters‘ World and worked on
investigative stories with the show’s team.
In January 2017, he was named a solo host of the 8 PM/ET
Saturday night show Watters’ World under the programming leadership
of Ms. Scott, broadening out the popular segment to a one-hour
program. Watters’ World has been the number one show in the 8 PM/ET
Saturday evening timeslot for its entire run, averaging nearly 1.9
million viewers, the highest of any weekend program. Throughout the
duration of the program, Mr. Watters conducted notable interviews
with former President Donald Trump and Barstool Sports’ Dave
Portnoy, among many others.
He was later named a co-host of The Five in April of 2017, also
under the programming direction of Ms. Scott. Co-hosted by Mr.
Watters alongside Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino and two rotating
liberal and conservatives in the fourth and fifth seat, The Five’s
powerhouse roundtable ensemble has emerged as early evening
appointment television for millions as the number one show at 5
PM/ET for the last decade. Mr. Watters is widely known for his “Mom
Texts” segment which showcases colorful messages that his liberal
mother has fired off to him while he’s on the air.
In the 4th Quarter of 2021, The Five was the number one program
in cable news with 3,296,000 total viewers and second overall in
the 25-54 demo with 481,000 — the first time ever in cable news
history that a non-primetime program achieved this milestone for a
full quarter. The Five had already set a record in October of 2021
winning the full month for the first time ever with 3.1 million
total viewers and placing second in the key demo for the month
averaging 435,000 in 25-54. The hit show also topped all daytime
and primetime programming on CNN and MSNBC for the entire year of
2021, delivering the second largest audience in cable news with
2,936,000 viewers and 423,000 in the 25-54 demo, making it the only
non-primetime show to rank in the top five and notching its second
highest ranking in program history.
A graduate of Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
History, Mr. Watters is the author of the New York Times number one
bestseller “How I Saved the World,” which was also number one on
Amazon in its launch week.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in basic cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for nearly 20 consecutive years.
According to Nielsen Media Research, FNC currently attracts more
than 50% of the cable news viewing audience. Notably, a 2021
Nielsen/MRI Fusion report showed the network garners the largest
independent audience in cable news, while FNC’s primetime hours
deliver the second largest liberal audience in cable news.
Additionally, a 2021 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index
report stated FOX News leads the news industry in both brand
loyalty, engagement, and expectations. Owned by FOX Corp, FNC is
available in 80 million homes and dominates the cable news
landscape, routinely notching the top 10 programs in the genre.
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