Tucker Carlson seen rebuilding satellite studio after Fox departure

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'Fox came in last week and got all their sh*t out of there,' construction manager Patrick Feeney told DailyMail.com. 'They took the set and everything, all the equipment, the chairs, the desk, the fake walls'

The ousted host would have started broadcasting his nightly Fox talk show from the remote set for the summer by now,  but instead is rebuilding the studio after it was dismantled by the network

'Fox came in last week and got all their sh*t out of there,' construction manager Patrick Feeney told DailyMail.com. 'They took the set and everything, all the equipment, the chairs, the desk, the fake walls'

The ousted host would have started broadcasting his nightly Fox talk show from the remote set for the summer by now,  but instead is rebuilding the studio after it was dismantled by the network

Workers from Fox News swooped in and dismantled Tucker Carlson's Maine recording studio just as he was preparing to take his show to Twitter, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively.

And the studio – in a converted barn – will now have to be completely rebuilt after being left in shambles by the network's crew.

'Fox came in last week and got all their sh*t out of there,' Patrick Feeney, who is managing the work, told DailyMail.com.

'They took the set and everything, all the equipment, the chairs, the desk, the fake walls, everything.'

Now the conservative firebrand is helping work alongside a three-man construction crew at the studio in downtown Woodstock, DailyMail.com's exclusive photos show.

Carlson, 54, spends his summers in the rural town, 55 miles west of the state capital Augusta, where Fox had built a set in an old barn so he could broadcast the show remotely. He was due to start filming from the satellite studio within a few weeks when he was suddenly fired by the network on April 24.

Tucker has since given his own crew a new job, to get the studio back up and running. But the removal of the original set meant they had to repair the infrastructure.

'There's no hardware in place at all,' Feeney said. 'There's not even an infrastructure for a TV studio for a long time.'

Feeney told DailyMail.com that his boss, who spends much of the year in Florida, had only recently returned to Woodstock, where he owns a house on a lake on the outskirts of town.

'He just got back late last night after meeting with lawyers and all that stuff,' he said. 'As you can imagine, he's very, very busy right now.'

The polarizing host was booted from his top-rated show Tucker Carlson Tonight in late April.

The company gave no official reason why they let their most-watched anchor go, but the decision came just six days after Fox settled with Dominion Voting Systems paying the company $787.5 million in a defamation lawsuit.

Soon after, some of the pre-trial discovery materials leaked, including a slew of incendiary text messages Carlson sent the day after the January 6 storming of the Capitol when he recalled seeing a mob of three white men attacking an 'Antifa kid' and said he initially wanted the victim to be killed.

Out of a job while still due to receive a hefty Fox salary through 2025, Carlson didn't wait long to make his next move.

On May 10, he announced he is launching a new version of his show. He posted a three-minute video on his Twitter page captioned 'We're back,' slamming the mainstream media while telling his followers: 'Starting soon we'll be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter.'

Variety reported last week that several Fox anchors have reached out to Carlson expressing their desire to join him when their contracts expire.

The publication also wrote that he is poised to launch the show within a month, with his former senior executive producer Justin Wells – who was fired at the same time as Carlson – on board.... (Read more)












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