Tucker Carlson is an American television presenter, political commentator, author, and columnist who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. As of 2024, Tucker Carlson Net Worth is $30 million which he earns mostly through his work as a television pundit, but he is also a published author and columnist.
His work as a journalist began in print at publications such as Policy Review and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. From there, he landed gigs as a columnist for periodicals like Reader’s Digest and New York Magazine. He also has appeared in newspapers and magazines like Esquire, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, and The Daily Beast. Carlson began his career in TV as one of the hosts of the CNN panel discussion program Crossfire. On this show, Carlson generally took up the position of the right-wing point of view
For many years Carlson was famous not only for his sometimes-idiosyncratic conservative views, but his trademark bow-tie. Wearing a bow-tie was often referred to as “the Tucker Carlson look”.In 2017, Tucker took over the slot that Bill O’Reilly left vacant after he was fired from Fox News. Soon after, Tucker reportedly signed a $10 million book deal. His show is consistently the highest-rated cable news program in its time slot. With average nightly viewership of 3.4 million, Tucker has more viewers than his CNN and MSNBC counterparts combined.
Carlson has written two books: a memoir titled Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News (2003); and Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution (2018).
