It's no surprise there would be talk of Kelly's firing at the major network, since her "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly" has been consistently beaten in ratings by reruns, with sponsors pulling their ads due to the controversial nature of her interviews.

Kelly reportedly went to NBC with a huge ego, jumping directly into controversial interviews with Russian President Vladimir Putin and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

She compared herself to broadcast legends, tell Variety "Barbara Walters has retired, Diane Sawyer left her anchor role. Oprah has moved to the OWN network and is doing a different thing now. So why not me?"

But there was a huge problem for her – she never gained loyalty from her new viewers, and no one tuned in. Her show was rated so poorly, it was beaten by reruns of America's Funniest Home Videos and was watched by over double the amount of viewers that tuned into 60 minutes.

One television executive told CNN, "they made a fundamental mistake about Megyn which is that they think she's a superstar."

And NBC execs are recognizing their mistake, reportedly "freaking out" over her ratings meltdown.

"They didn't pay her $15 million for this. They are now worried that her numbers will be bad when she joins the 9 am hour of Today," a source told Radar Online.

"If Kelly tanks at 9 am show will also bring down Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb at 10 am."