Good news: MSNBC ready to add third hour of Democratic programming in primetime
posted at 6:30 pm on January 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Huh. I wonder which way it’ll skew ideologically.
Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, is making 10 p.m. a priority now. In an interview on Tuesday in a studio on the Mall, hours after the inauguration of President Obama, Mr. Griffin said that the channel needed a third original show in its lineup.
“We can’t let this momentum stop,” he said…
“It’s almost like we’re one personality away,” he said. Mr. Griffin said the network would find a host for the new program the way it developed Ms. Maddow. She substituted for Mr. Olbermann and appeared regularly on the air. A splashy hiring, like the signing of Deborah Norville in 2004 for a short-lived show, does not seem to be a priority. “I want it to be organic,” Mr. Griffin said.
In an e-mail message, Mr. Olbermann said he was working with Mr. Griffin to develop options for the 10 p.m. hour. He echoed Mr. Griffin’s comments about the need for a complete prime-time schedule. “Losing the 10 p.m. replay is a very small price to pay for a last piece to the puzzle,” Mr. Olbermann said.
The only “organic,” i.e. in-house, liberal they have on regularly is Harold Ford, who’d be an interesting anchor to the line-up insofar as he’s more centrist and soft-spoken than either Olby or Maddow. Too much so, though: As intelligent as the panel cross-chat might be, the nutroots won’t warm to a show hosted by the head of the DLC.
There’s another obvious candidate but the argument’s already been made why he wouldn’t accept. Exit question: Whom should they pick? Ideally they’d want someone with cachet among young liberals, capable of commanding big-name guests, who has experience being onscreen. Hmmmmm.
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A third hour? Aren’t all 24 hours DNC TV?
JammieWearingFool on January 22, 2009 at 6:33 PM
The Hour of Fidel, maybe? How about ol’ Li’l Kim?
Note to MSNBC: dung is organic, too.
MrScribbler on January 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM
cow patties come to mind on the organic side.
upinak on January 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM
nononononononononononononononononooooooooooooooooooooooo
upinak on January 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM
arugula?
Wethal on January 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM
They can put Bozo the Clown on and I still wouldn’t watch them.
Wait…Bozo is already on MSNBC and see…I don’t watch them….
Rockygold on January 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM
“Do not adjust your TV set. We control the vertical hold…”
flipflop on January 22, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Why don’t YOU do it, Pundit? They could Make Hay with a world-weary crypto-cynical Pagan who gets off on criticizing Republicans and conservatives
…….and kisses up to certain Demos seen as Hot
Janos Hunyadi on January 22, 2009 at 6:38 PM
They still can’t beat FOX in the ratings.
Andy in Agoura Hills on January 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Wow, that AP fanclub is not as big as I thought.
Crypto-cynical pagan?
Great name for a rock band.
SteveMG on January 22, 2009 at 6:40 PM
MSNBC New Motto:
ALL THE SHILLS! ALL THE RANTS! ALL THE TIME!
pilamaye on January 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Oh, good. What could be better than another hour of Democratic talking points?
At least Harold Ford would be interesting and bearable. The other obvious options? Not so much.
amerpundit on January 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM
How about Islamic Rage Boy in the 10:00 PM slot? I hear he’s looking for a gig.
darwin on January 22, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Tingles took a $3 million pay cut? Ouch. No wonder he’s so b*tchy lately.
AZCoyote on January 22, 2009 at 6:42 PM
How many hours of watching a trained vicious monkey can we stand? I mean, Olbermann is about as interesting as a monkey can be throwing poo and masturbating on air, but three hours of it? Who watches this stuff?
Mr. Joe on January 22, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Please, they need to make it less boring.
“Centrist Neocons” is hardcore.
BKennedy on January 22, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Al Frankin?
PappaMac on January 22, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Needs to be a person of color – can’t have too many white males/females talking about things they could not possibly feel about finally having a person of color in the White House.
Oops. I guess that all sounded raaacist.
Oh well.
tru2tx on January 22, 2009 at 6:51 PM
“Centrist Neocons”
vs
“Allah Pundit and the Crypto-Cynical Pagans”?
Not even close.
SteveMG on January 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM
With subtitles?
ddrintn on January 22, 2009 at 6:54 PM
You don’t have to go to MSNBC for conservative bashing, Mara Liasson just called conservatives “wingnuts” on the Special Report roundtable.
clearbluesky on January 22, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I’m thinking Markos Moulitsas…
Or *gasp* Janine Garafolo…
Or *ubergasp* Cindy Sheehan!
JetBoy on January 22, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Followed by Baghdad Bob at 11 PM.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on January 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM
She can get very nasty along with her buddy Mort Kondrake who called Sarah Palin “a right wing nut job”.
sherry on January 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Maybe the extra money they pay out to the guy sitting there will make them go bankrupt faster.
Brat4life on January 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Another Obama opologist for the 10 o’clock hour? Hmmm…I wonder when O’Reilly’s contract is up…maybe they can make him an offer.
Kataklysmic on January 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Get ready for the………..
Payback…….
………. from George Soros and Mr. Obama.
Seven Percent Solution on January 22, 2009 at 7:04 PM
What’s new?
Johan Klaus on January 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM
And to think, I remember when she was the house Conservative on “Politically Incorrect”.
At least back then whatsisname the host didn’t try so hard to wear his ideology on his sleeve, and let the guests (always at least one conservative) battle it out. And it still seemed as if their weren’t that many hard feelings amongst them.
Remember “strange bedfellows” with her and Al Franken in bed together?
JeffWeimer on January 22, 2009 at 7:09 PM
How about Hugo Chavez? Think of the romantic but unrequited sparks he would set off in Olberman.
GreenBlade on January 22, 2009 at 7:12 PM
MSNBC is Fox News’ estranged sister.
Can’t really see the point of carping about it. It’s as if you have a touchingly naieve view that tv news should be impartial and objective.
Ares on January 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Good news: I still don’t care about this craptastic network, and shall not be watching.
therightwinger on January 22, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Please let it be Shepard Smith.
sherry on January 22, 2009 at 7:20 PM
How about that magazine columnist with the English accent who’s always on Olby? You know, the guy who looks like the Great Gazoo from The Flintstones.
BuckeyeSam on January 22, 2009 at 7:31 PM
How does Scarborough stand it over there?
CP on January 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM
The best fit would be none other than Lawrence “Liar Creepy Liar” O’Donnell.
Libtard, raging lunatic, foaming at the mouth Bush hater and arse-licker of the Clintons.
Perfect.
fogw on January 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Hopefully Al Franken will be available and they are stupid enough to select him. Stuart should be able to bomb spectacularly on TV.
Mallard T. Drake on January 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM
How about Rev. Al they could call it the mush mouth hour.
thmcbb on January 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Isn’t Rosie the Hut unemployed right now. Just sayin’
Mallard T. Drake on January 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Do they have enough money to pull Whoopi from the View?
Mallard T. Drake on January 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Reverend Whackadoodle! Now, I’d watch that show.
Mallard T. Drake on January 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM
CP Scarborough went over to the dark side years ago but Shepard Smith would fit right in with the bunch over there.
thmcbb on January 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM
I do not watch MSNBC and I honestly cannot remember the last time I ever did. Come to think of it now, when MSNBC first started to air on cable I watched the channel now and then for about 2 months, noticed their heavy liberal bias in their reporting and in their shows, and I never tuned in again.
So, who around here actually even watches MSNBC often enough,or cares enoguh, that makes this topic even matter to them?
FlatFoot on January 22, 2009 at 7:44 PM
How about a liberal Love-In featuring Barbara Striesand and her younger brother Bruce Springsteen…
Travis1 on January 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Heheh. Matthews gets cut back to $2mil a year and they recently signed Bathtub Boy for $4mil? Oh, the indignity of it.
thegreatbeast on January 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM
We all know that MSNBC will pick another far left loon. Since Keith Olbermann is the boss at MSNBC, and is also a proud member of Daily Kos, I bet he will lobby to have Markos Moulitsas hired for the spot.
SoulGlo on January 22, 2009 at 7:56 PM
My family likes Shep Smith but he has started moving more and more left. Tonight he attacked the birther wingnuts, like li’l ole me.
As to the dilemma posed by MSNBC’s “organic” growing of a new program for the late slot, the answer is clear:
MSNBC can put a trio of Jay-Z and Young Jeezy augmented by a revolving third host of the quality of Reverend Wright, O J Simpson or the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. This show will be slightly more tame and academic than the rest of MSNBC but you don’t need ‘life or death’ on a news network at 10 PM Eastern.
IlikedAUH2O on January 22, 2009 at 7:56 PM
For purveyors of biting political humor, it’s gonna be awful boring to watch these sharks gum Obama with kid gloves over their teeth. It will be three times the fail for PMSNBC
Sekhmet on January 22, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Two name come to mind Alan Colmes or Ann Coulter. They got the same initials so they could even share the duties without having to change the set.
Just A Grunt on January 22, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Worth Coming By:
The creativity and accuracy of pilamaye augmented his humor. Very Good! And that MG guy is wise.
IlikedAUH2O on January 22, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Howard Dean?
fed-nad on January 22, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I nominate Allahpundit! The reverence with which talks of the Big O, not to mention The One…! breathtaking
klickink.wordpress.com on January 22, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Blago!
clinker46 on January 22, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Momentum? I don’t get it. Are they suddenly winning their timeslots in the political stations market.
Are do they only count their numbers comparable to other Lefties?
I think this praise of AP’s The One is going to get old quick. In fact, I predict a backlash.
Too late, though, because the Gov will own the banks.
We’re done.
Liberty is dead.
klickink.wordpress.com on January 22, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Wow, someone’s not as smart or mature as he thinks he is–and is Oblivious to Irony
Rule: when you turn 15 or your IQ gets above 80, you stop saying “Wow”
Janos Hunyadi on January 22, 2009 at 8:11 PM
I’m still trying to find ratings to compare the, uh, the Big O’s “momentum”, but here’s last Friday’s.
Cable News Ratings for Friday, January 16
Posted on 20 January 2009 by Bill Gorman
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for January 16, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,215,000 viewers
CNN – 710,000 viewers
MSNBC –497,000 viewers
CNBC – 251,000 viewers
HLN – 295,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,375,000 viewers
CNN—1,079,000 viewers
MSNBC –1,138,000 viewers
CNBC – 242,000 viewers
HLN – 661,000 viewers
klickink.wordpress.com on January 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Keith Uberdummy IS the anchorman for the Obamanation.
If he was fatter and drooled more, he would be a good pick for Barney Franks boyfriend as well.
notagool on January 22, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Gack! Patooie!
klickink.wordpress.com on January 22, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Try to find a sense of humor somewhere.
Try e-bay and see if someone is selling a spare copy.
SteveMG on January 22, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Here’s a place to vent about Olberdick:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
Read some great comments (if you’re a Star Trek fan, read # 223 and see if you recall the episode!)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
Read and leave your own comments!!
afotia on January 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Damn it AP,
I thought I’d got it all sussed out. Could’ve sworn you were going to nominate KP but recommend switching the timing. Start with cute but smart and build … Build … BUILD to the final Olbergasm.
Can’t you see the viewers, spent, falling back onto their couches after a KP to Maddow to Olby progression culminating with his direct stare and a thunderous crescendo of “… These are the crises and enormities that you ask us to overcome, from your Crawford mansion, Mister … BUSH!!!
Followed by the homage : Good night, and good luck. For the afterglow.
‘Cuz ya always start the night with the smart and pretty girl. Half a bottle of poteen later you’re hitting on the angry, (ahem) sensibly-shod uggo, and you end up screaming “I luv ya man” with some micro-cephalic clown.
Uncle Pinky on January 22, 2009 at 9:06 PM
MSNBC adds a third hour of democratic info? They better hurry it up, that still puts them 21 hours behind Fox and the GOP chatter.
Monkei on January 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Make it an international voice – how about George Galloway?
Hilts on January 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM
There are more liberals on Fox then there are conservatives on PMSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NY Nazi Times, Washington Post, NPR, PBS – combined.
Hilts on January 22, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Alan Combs?
DSchoen on January 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Huffington? No way, she would spend half the time having to repeat herself because of the dumb accent.
There is only one man for the job and he’s a “conservative”….ANDREW SULLIVAN.
Rocks on January 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM
+1
moxie_neanderthal on January 23, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Olbermann couldn’t even fake being non-partisan on inauguration day. Does anyone at MSNBC know the meaning of the words “straight news”?
Speedwagon82 on January 23, 2009 at 12:12 AM
“CNBC – 242,000 viewers
HLN – 661,000 viewers”
what is HLN?
DSchoen on January 23, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Even though it’s been known, it’s still hard to believe that K.O. is actually THE GUY for defining the news that comes out of MSNBC.
That in itself would force me to sell my stocks ASAP!!!
HarryStar on January 23, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Fox has Republican chatter? And 24/7? Monkei is a most suitable name! Have you watched their “hard news” coverage of anything? Even their reports NOT done by their anchors? HA HA HA
But to become serious, Fox does have opposing viewpoints. Which, liberal friends have told me, keep them from from watching much, since conservative ideas upset them, like a vampire looking at a cross. They stay away even though they find that Fox gives them migranes less often. Several shows on MSNBC resemble Sham-Wow commercials staged in flashy newsrooms and normal humans can only take so much. Maddow could easily replace the guy on that commercial. Just put a mike around her head.
Second, the media mentioned above, namely, “PMSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NY Nazi Times, Washington Post, NPR, PBS” actually start from a warped perspective. Then their shills either deny bias or claim that liberalism is the “one true religion” or something equally dogmatic. Check books by Bernie Goldberg or the recent pronouncements from Ms. Helen Thomas.
Lastly, using the worst as an example (excuse the pun) how many Republicans does Keith (the teeth) welcome? How much does the whole network (MSNBC) welcome any shots at The One? Crissy Matthews was a slavish, servile, toadying little buddy to Representative Murtha for heaven’s sake!
Apropos of nothing: I thought MG was mildly amusing — what is going on up there?
IlikedAUH2O on January 23, 2009 at 3:15 AM
He wants to be organic? He should grow a tree on his head to replace the air he’s wasting.
29Victor on January 23, 2009 at 3:20 AM
If you watch you deserve what you get…
sabbott on January 23, 2009 at 5:56 AM
Michal Moore, he will be perfect there, his panel: Juan Cole, Naomi Klein, and special commentary by Howard Zinn.
rob verdi on January 23, 2009 at 6:25 AM
G.E. profit is down 44 %. Go ahead. Get a Far Left Democrat like Rosie. Aim for 75% down!
Harold Ford, Jr. comes from a corrupt political family in Memphis. He would be too easy a target if they gave him his own show.
kingsjester on January 23, 2009 at 8:48 AM
In a related story: Comcast’s Dish TV has added a 25th hour to their 24 hour all-Obama channel.
Clink on January 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
These idiots couldnt run a coolaid stand.
I tried once to watch during the immaculate coronation of the messia and i coudltn stand the complete
OBvious slobbering that keith oberfart was doing all over the tv
I watched as so called non partisan liberals were about to have orgasims on the air each time they saw their savior.
When all of the islamic nazis come out of the woodword
thanks to you liberal morons i can only hope for one thing
That they start by taking out all of the liberal news media..
jcila on January 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM