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Newsmax moves Eric Bolling to prime spot: ‘Tucker, coming after you, pal’

June 11, 2022 | | Print Article

(Video: Newsmax)

During his tenure with Newsmax, host Eric Bolling has repeatedly drawn a distinction between himself and his former Fox News colleague, Tucker Carlson. As part of a shakeup at the network, the host appeared to shift into a full-on assault Friday as he warned, “Tucker, coming after you, pal.”

Bolling, 59, who had previously worked for CNBC, Fox News, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and TheBlaze joined Newsmax in late July 2021 to fill their 4 p.m. slot with his show “Eric Bolling The Balance.” Now, less than a year later he announced at the end of the Friday broadcast that, starting Tuesday, “The Balance” would be airing in prime time.

“We’ve been teasing this throughout the show and I have the honor of breaking the news first,” Bolling stated after having hyped the announcement earlier.

After thanking the audience, his crew, and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy for making the switch to 8 p.m. possible, Bolling called out his new competitors by name.

“Anderson Cooper, lookout. Coming after you. Chris Hayes, coming after you,” he added before targeting the nightly leader in cable-news ratings, “Tucker, coming after you, pal. Got you in our sights.”

Of course, the Newsmax host has had Carlson in his sights for some time and has routinely smeared the Fox News host by likening him to a “Putin-puppet” as many within the halls of corporate media have done to anyone who did not fully back American intervention against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Make no mistake, Russia is on the wrong side of history. And what’s more,” Bolling posited in a manner that suggested Carlson somehow contended Putin was in the right, “if we say anything otherwise, then we are on the wrong side of history too.”

When Bolling was hired, Ruddy stated, “Viewers know and trust Eric Bolling as one of the most tenacious guys in TV news, and insiders know he’s a true veteran who is driven to follow the facts and deliver the news.”

As such, the network appears to be endorsing and encouraging the attempted character assassination of Carlson for the purpose of boosting their own ratings.

It remains to be seen how beneficial this move will be for Newsmax as, according to ShowBuzzDaily on Wednesday, Bolling pulled in about 176,000 viewers compared to “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News garnering nearly 1.5 million viewers. Even Jake Tapper on CNN got 630,000 viewers in the 4 p.m. time slot.

“Stinchfield,” which is being replaced by “The Balance” for Newsmax at 8 p.m., only had 216,000 viewers compared to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” which dominated with more than 3.1 million viewers. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes had more than 1.2 million and CNN’s Anderson Cooper had 637,000 viewers.

At the time of this posting, there has been no announcement as to where Grant Stinchfield will end up in the programming, but Greta Van Susteren who recently signed with Newsmax will be appearing at 6 p.m. on the network.

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37 thoughts on “Newsmax moves Eric Bolling to prime spot: ‘Tucker, coming after you, pal’”

  1. Never, ever did I hear Tucker say “Putin was right” …. that as ridiculous as Bolling saying he’s coming after him…. as if he had a chance!

  3. Fat chance, Eric! You are too smug on air and there is something unlikeable about you. You’ll never even touch Tucker’s air space in viewer tallies.

  4. Bollinger has his moments but I watched him on Fox and couldn’t be bothered. Came upon him yesterday before he made his announcement and, let me tell you, he’s NO threat to Tucker, at all!

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  8. When he was on The 5 he couldn’t debate Juan Williams worth a damn. He earned the nickname Petunia in our household. As a result his show by himself on Max is boring and cheap looking . I fact all the shows on Max have a cheesy feel.
    Wasn’t Eric a ‘dick pic’ guy that got him booted from Fox?
    BTW he can’t hold a candle to Tucker. Eric’s producers just don’t have the depth of knowledge and Eric hasn’t grasped how to deliver his ‘facts’ and comments

  9. I liked Eric Bolling when he was one of “The Five”. I don’t get Newsmax on ‘Dish’ so I don’t see what he is doing currently. Topping Tucker will be tough. Tucker is “The Truth” and backs up all he says with facts. Those other clowns or Jay Leno / Johnny Carson ‘Wanna Be’s” have a long way to go. All they are is “Talking Heads” with poor liberal script writers.

  10. All hype! Eric the proof is in the content, just do your job as a journalist, this is not a boxing match.

  11. Newsmax relegated itself to the conservative dumpster with their behavior during the nationwide Covid based attacks on liberty.

    I very much appreciated Bolling’s efforts to remove or at least pare back the Patriot Act. I seriously doubt that his firing at Fox had anything to do with any alleged peccadilloes. That was an excuse but not the reason.

    With that said, putting him in prime time won’t make a hair on a gnat’s ass difference for Newmax. Even as they are making this move they have hired Greta. Dear RINO Greta, associated with the NICD. A beltway “conservative” Scientologist loon.

    Good job, Newsmax.

  12. Bolling won’t make “a pimple on a gnats ass” compared to Tucker!
    Bolling wants to play with the big boys…ain’t going to happen.

  13. That little remark of it anyone says anything otherwise than what he says smacks of limiting free speech unless you agree with him. Balanced? He’ll balance right with the best CNN has to offer… which is nothing.

  14. Dream ON fool! Tucker has more Class and tells more TRUTH than ALL of the 8pm robots on EVERY other network combined, so KEEP ON COMING eric so you can get your very own SPANKING, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

  16. Bolling should just stay on the “JUST SAY NO!” drug campaign. NOT the “JUST SAY SAY NO to Tucker! campaign. Hopefully this wasn’t his idea.

  17. FOX News is rewashed Obama BS. Paul Ryan the RINO is Obama’s news man and runs FOX’s programing. Dont be confused, Fox is a Fox and No Friend to Conservatives or TRUTH in Broadcasting. Now the few Conservatives left need a conservative home off FOX FoX is a fox hole

  18. Is it STUPID to attack what few Conservative, real news commentators we have?
    Eric, back off MAN. Why not be a conservative and agree to disagree and SUPPORT CONSERVATIVE people so they have more than one show and personalities opinions to hear?
    I liked you but this makes me take a step back?
    Was that your intent, because thats YOUR RESULT

  19. This is as crazy as Hunter Biden illegally buying a firearm, on video he’s lied about not taking drugs, to get his gun, a federal offence. The news would be Hunter blew off his balls. Now that would be news. He’s the smartest guy crazy Joe knows.

  20. Billing has lost it. He seems like he’s on another planet. He needs to go on a fast. Clean himself up, lose weight and refresh his body mind and spirit. He looks and acts like he’s on drugs and/or alcohol. However, it would be very cool to see him clean up his act. Today he is nerve wracking. I will not be watching.

  22. With the crap Fox News is pulling with pride month Bolling might be able to take the spot.

    1. Please explain what “the crap Fox News is pulling” amounts to as I have not seen that.

      1. Anti Trump and left leaning daytime programming is “the crap”.. there was/is a sizable number of us that quit watching FOX (except Tucker and Gutfeld) the day after they called Arizona for Biden..

      2. The wokeness of the segment they ran on the family that turned their daughter into a boy.

  25. They could probably save their ratings if they had something better to say than just the left-wing boot-licking nobody’s buying anymore. Making this about someone other than themselves and the people they hate (over jealousy) would be a step in the right direction, too. I’m tempted to ask, how many of those reported viewers are real? Did some people tune in for just a few minutes to see if that was worth their time, and then leave, but get counted anyway?

    1. Yeah. It’s all Putin. Putin high prices on gas, Putin shortages of food and diesel, Putin high inflation. Putin baby formula shortages. Yeah, like crazy Joe says it’s all Putin.

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