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My Take
Few figures in American media divide a room as quickly as Tucker Carlson, and that, I suspect, is precisely the point of him. What interests me is less his politics than his durability: losing the biggest platform in cable news in 2023 would have ended most broadcasting careers, yet he simply rebuilt his audience online under his own name. Whether you find him persuasive or infuriating, he grasped earlier than most that loyalty now attaches to personalities rather than networks. As an editor, I watch him as a live case study in where political media is heading, for better or worse.
Overview
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023, when his contract with Fox News was terminated. A longtime advocate of U.S.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tucker Carlson
- Name (Japanese)
- タッカー・カールソン
- Reading
- たっかー・かーるそん
- Born
- May 16, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- pundit / columnist / television presenter / journalist / television journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Trinity College
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Time 100
- 2018 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Crossfire | — | |
| Notable work | Tucker Carlson Tonight | — | |
| Notable work | Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites | — | |
| Notable work | Ship of Fools | — | |
| Notable work | The Long Slide | — | |
| Notable work | The Tucker Carlson Show | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.