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Megyn Kelly reportedly is ready to formally leave NBC News after a tumultuous 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wall Street Journal reports<\/a> that Kelly is nearing a deal with the network to depart with the full value left on her contract, worth $69 million. The payout is estimated at $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two sides still are negotiating over noncompete and nondisclosure clauses, per WSJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A source told Page Six that he expects Kelly to return to a cable news network in time for the 2020 presidential election, according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline reports<\/a>\u00a0that a deal won’t be done soon, with sources saying it is an “extremely complex” negotiation, led by Kelly’s attorney, Bryan Freedman<\/a>. Another potential sticking point is over a non-disparagement clause.\u00a0Variety reports<\/a>\u00a0that talks are expected to conclude next week after the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly has been off the air for a month after her comments about using blackface as a Halloween costume were widely panned, including by her own colleagues at “Today.” The next day, she apologized on air to staff and to viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Kelly was in the hole for months, as ratings for “Megyn Kelly Today<\/a>” never took off after her show debuted in September 2017. She also stirred controversy early on with awkward on-air interviews with Jane Fonda<\/a>and the cast of “Will & Grace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since “Megyn Kelly Today<\/a>” was replaced by a third hour of “Today,” ratings have improved. Nielsen ratings for the time slot the week after Kelly’s Oct. 26 departure increased 5 percent — from 2.5 million to 2.6 million viewers. Variety, citing Nielsen ratings, reports<\/a> that 10 percent more viewers ages 25 to 54 are watching the third hour of “Today” since Kelly’s show ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly also hosted a Sunday evening newsmagazine last summer, which generated its own backlash for her interview with Infowars founder Alex Jones<\/a>, who once floated a conspiracy theory about the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012. It lasted eight weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC gambled on Kelly to bring a bonafide conservative voice — and conservative viewers — to the network. But her pivot away from the hard-hitting style that defined her at Fox News for 10 years did not catch on at NBC<\/a>, especially since her morning show was sandwiched between segments of “Today” that offered decidedly lighter fare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an NBC News executive told WSJ, \u201cWe were a baseball team and we signed a free-agent running back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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