Fox News host Tucker Carlson attracted 3.2 million viewers on Monday night during his new primetime slot after the network parted ways with top-rated personality Bill O'Reilly over sexual harassment allegations.
The news network received strong ratings during the debut of its new nighttime lineup, with viewership for Carlson's show beating out CNN and MSNBC's combined viewership during the 8 p.m. hour, according to Business Insider.
Carlson also bested both networks among the coveted 25-54 age demographic, with 636,124 viewers compared to 351,646 who tuned in to "Anderson Cooper 360" and the 369,842 who watched MSNBC's "All in With Chris Hayes."
Carlson's show also topped fill-in host Eric Bolling's 3.11 million viewer number when he hosted "The O'Reilly Factor" last week.
Still, even on his first night, the newly minted 8 p.m. host failed to deliver O'Reilly's famously large viewership. O'Reilly's final show earlier this month garnered over 3.6 million viewers. Notably, though, Carlson delivered almost exactly the same number of viewers in the key 25-54 demographic as O'Reilly did his final show.
"The Five," which originally aired on weekdays at 5 p.m, is also part of the new primetime lineup, replacing Carlson's former 9 p.m. time slot, Business Insider reported.
The show garnered about 2.76 million total viewers, including 568,064 between the age of 25-54. That was significantly higher than the one-week debut of CNN's "The Lead" at 9 p.m. as well as MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," which garnered 2.16 million viewers, including 523,640 between the ages of 25-54.
These numbers represent an important shift during the 9 p.m. hour in which Maddow has been narrowing the gap for viewership in the 25-54 demographic.
Fox News unveiled its new lineup last week following O'Reilly's ouster.