He started out as a producer on Bill O'Reilly's show. He started to appear on O'Reilly's show to do some comedy relief segments. After O'Reilly got forced out of Fox News, Watters started to appear on other shows, eventually co-hosting on The Five. He did well on that show too and was given his own show on the weekends now. Jesse Watters might seem clownish, but if you listen to what he actually has to say, he makes a lot of good points and can be very correct in his analysis of current events. One of the good ones on Fox News, among a sea of anti-Trumpers, idiot Dems, and fake MAGA hosts and contributors.