Tucker Carlson is the host of MSNBC's “Tucker”, a fast paced, no-hold-barred conversation about the day's developments in news, politics, world issues and pop culture. The program airs at both 4 and 6 p.m. Eastern, weekdays.
Carlson joined MSNBC in February 2005 from CNN, where he was the youngest anchor in the history of that network. At CNN, he hosted a number of shows and specials, including the network's political debate program, “Crossfire” . During the same period, Carlson also hosted a weekly public affairs program on PBS, “Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered”.
A longtime magazine and newspaper journalist, Carlson has reported from around the world, most recently from Iraq and Lebanon. He has been a columnist for New York magazine and Reader's Digest. He currently writes for Esquire, The Weekly Standard and New York Times magazine. Carlson began his journalism career at The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper in Little Rock. His first book, Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, was published in the fall of 2003. In 2006, he competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
