The Tucker Carlson X interview with Donald Trump has garnered unprecedented attention, surpassing the viewership of the Fox-hosted Republican primary debate.
Trump refused an invitation to appear at the official Republican debate on Fox News for an opportunity to sit down with Carlson on the former Fox News host’s X show.
Fox immediately declared the debate was “the most-watched, non-sporting event cable telecast of the year.”
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Trump shared an article from the DC Inquirer on Truth Social claiming that the Carlson interview was the most-watched interview ever recorded. And it beat the 1993 Oprah Winfrey interview with Michael Jackson, which reached 62.3 million television viewers.
Coincidently Carlson’s X interview with Andrew Tate last month also beat Winfrey’s interview with over 107 million views.
The interview’s staggering view counts have sparked discussions about the influence of social media platforms on traditional cable news networks.
Breaking Down the Numbers
Fox announced that nearly 13 million Americans tuned in for the cable network’s first Republican debate. And Tucker Carlson’s X interview with Donald Trump got 238 million ‘views.’ With more X users adding to the view count every hour.
