According to The Hollywood Reporter 21st Century Fox heads., Lachlan and James Murdoch had plans of re-signing Megyn Kelly for another four years, with $100 million, but she passed the offer to join NBC.
Since the Murdochs didn’t have an option, they brought in conservative Tucker Carlson for Megan Kelly’s 9 pm slot. Megyn Kelly had openly spoken against Trump supporters during the US Election. Kelly had clashed with Fox broadcaster Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. Andrew Tyndall said that Megyn Kelly didn’t want to fight with Sean Hannity after a point because she wasn’t interested. If Fox feels that Hannity is the person they want as their network, then it’s a good decision to have Tuck Carlson on board as well.
If the Murdochs thought that they could remove Roger Ailes from Fox, after having him control the network for over 20 years, then they clearly have to look for an alternative. Megyn Kelly didn’t give them the scope to use her against Ailes.
Megyn Kelly makes good television. She is known for openly getting involved in a fight with Donald Trump back in 2015. It looks like NBC news will get a boost from Kelly’s presence.
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It would be foolish of NBC to cancel Days of our Lives. 18 years ago, NBC pulled the plug on its other long-running soap, Another World. Since then, NBC had two other soaps, Passions and Sunset Beach, which didn’t have the longevity of AW and Days. It wasn’t very long ago that ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live, and CBS canceled Guiding Light and As the World Turns. We’ve seen many daytime soaps come and go over the years, including Capitol, Dark Shadows, The Edge of Night, Loving/The City, Santa Barbara, and Search for Tomorrow, just to name a few. Some of the shows that had short runs had potential to be long-running shows, and some of the shows that had long runs could’ve went on to have longer runs.
Another viable alternative for the soaps could’ve been returning them back to half-hour, in hopes of keeping them on the air, and saving money. We’ve got more than enough talk shows, game shows, courtroom shows, and tabloid-gossip and viral video shows on the air. Soap fans, including myself, would rather have stories than more cheaper fanfare. A better idea for NBC, IMO, would be to return Today back to its original 2-hour format. Megyn Kelly replacing the 3rd hour. Kathie Lee and Hoda remain at 10AM under newly revived Later Today name. Days of our Lives get a multi-year renewal. #saveoursoaps