[1][2] Tucker Carlson was fired from the show in April 2023 by the network's owner, Rupert Murdoch, after allegations were made over a toxic work environment on the show's set during the lawsuit Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network.

[4][5] At its launch, Slate wrote that Carlson had diminished popularity and that he was readjusting his brand as a commentator to be more appealing to the alt-right rather than traditional conservatism.

[6] The September 3, 2024 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show was an interview with amateur historian Darryl Cooper.

Cooper said that Winston Churchill was the "real villain" of World War II, rather than Adolf Hitler.

The interview was condemned by Republican politicians Liz Cheney and Mike Lawler, the Anti-Defamation League, and White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates.