Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto will leave the network at the end of the year, ending a 28-year tenure that made him a stalwart of its programming—and a target of Donald Trump’s wrath.
His last appearance on Fox News will be Thursday, where he will say goodbye to his viewers on Thursday’s Your World. The network offered Cavuto, 66, a new deal, according to a Fox News source, but he opted to leave instead.
Trump bashed Cavuto in September as “one of the WORST on Television” after Cavuto said he lost the debate with Kamala Harris, writing on Truth Social that he would actually “prefer the losers at CNN and MSDNC.” After Cavuto chastised Trump in 2020 for promoting hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment, Trump went on a Twitter tirade against him and claimed Fox had “more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before.” “Looking for a new outlet!” he wrote to supporters.
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Cavuto’s exit was first reported by Mediaite.
“Neil Cavuto’s illustrious career has been a master class in journalism and we’re extremely proud of his incredible 28-year run with FOX News Media,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement. “His programs have defined business news and set the standard for the entire industry. We wish him a heartfelt farewell and all the best on his next chapter.”
While the decision to leave was Cavuto’s, it’s unclear whether that new deal came with a pay cut. It was a pay cut that helped prompt Today anchor Hoda Kotb to leave the morning show, and it’s a trend that’s taken root at various networks that have seen declining ratings throughout the last few years.
A conservative landmark on cable, Fox News has managed to avoid the post-election ratings drop, and it captured 55 percent of primetime cable viewers and 49 percent of total-day viewers in 2024—its largest audience share since 2015. Your World was one of its top 12 shows.
Cavuto was part of Fox News' first class of talent, launching Your World when the network launched in 1996 and Cavuto Live in 2018. He later became a Fox Business Network vice president, launching Cavuto: Coast to Coast on the sister channel in 2015. Your World will have a series of rotating hosts until a new show is announced next year, while Fox News and Fox Business will launch general news shows until new programs are announced next year.
Cavuto has faced his own share of challenges, both private and public. He has battled cancer, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997, and underwent open-heart surgery in 2016. He also suffered two bouts of COVID-19, including one that left him in intensive care “for weeks.” “Doctors say had I not been vaccinated at all, I wouldn’t be here,” he told viewers in early 2022.
