CONSERVATIVE CNN host Tucker Carlson is reportedly close to jumping to rival MSNBC to replace Deborah Norville.

Carlson – whose contract as co-host of the CNN show “Crossfire” expired earlier this month – is said to be unhappy there, according to a report on Mediabistro.com, a TV news website.

Norville announced last Friday that she would be ending her nightly, 9 p.m. show next month.