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Steve Kornacki to host MSNBC’s ‘Up’

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 at 11:10 am 
· 1 Comment 
(Steve Kornacki (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/MSNBC))

(Steve Kornacki (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/MSNBC))

“Up” is on too early for me regardless of who hosts it. I think it should have been co-hosted by Joy Reid and Ari Melber, myself. Kornacki is already co-hosting a show, which obviously prepared him for “Up”. Maybe now Ari or Joy will end up as a regular on The Cycle now.

But what do I know?

From the “Up” site:

MSNBC has named Steve Kornacki the new host of its weekend morning show Up.

Kornacki, previously a co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, replaces Chris Hayes who had hosted the show since 2011. Hayes will move into MSNBC’s weekday 8 pm slot beginning April 1, while Ed Schultz begins a new weekend evening program, the company announced last week in a series of programming changes.

Up airs Saturdays and Sundays from 8 to 10 am Et.

All the best, Steve, knock ‘em dead!

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Random Thoughts: Ari Melber and Joy Ann Reid should co-host their own show

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 at 4:52 pm 
· 5 Comments 

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Random thought of the day:

If you could cast any host(s) for a new political talk show, who would you choose? After observing some of the regulars on the Tee Vee Machine who range from too wonky and boring, to not charismatic enough, to not progressive enough, to why in the world is this person even on TV, I’ve concluded that I should never watch television again.

No. Wait. That’s not what I was going to say at all.

What I was going to say is that if I were a big corporate executive with a ton of money and power and a beckoning slot at 4 pm PT during which Hardball reruns were airing, I’d cast two of my faves: Ari Melber (@AriMelber) and Joy Ann Reid (@TheReidReport).

I’ve had communication at one time or another with both of them, and they are just as bright and shiny and likable as they are on air. They consistently exude professionalism along with good humor and have perspectives and insights that keep me coming back for more. Nor do they bore me. Nor do I wish they’d lighten up or serious down. Nor do I want to do an Extreme Makeover on either of them. Nor cringe when their names are mentioned.

And when they’re on shows together, it works.

Both have subbed for regular hosts on MSNBC, so they’re practiced, ready, and good to go. Hence– and yes, I just wanted to say “hence”– they should co-host their own show. And please, not at some ungodly hour Pacific time *coughCHRISHAYEScough*

So who would be your choice?

ari melber joy reid

Here’s a tandem random thought: Add Lizz Winstead to the mix. I know her personally and adore her, and her humor, humanity, and wicked sharp analyses have more than earned her a regular spot. And don’t get me started on her resume.

Lizz Winstead

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Quickie: Fox has “no plans to hire” Christine O’Donnell

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 4:30 pm 
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Today’s Quickie:

I wonder if this is like Bush having no plans to invade Iraq:

The network told Mediaite it has “no plans to hire her.”

O’Donnell made Fox News her national media home during her campaign (as much as she did national media), following the advice of Palin, who advised her to “speak through Fox News.” O’Donnell also reportedly boasted to Republicans that she had “Sean Hannity in [her] back pocket.”

Of course, I believe ClusterFox. Just as I believed Bush.

That was today’s Quickie. Will you still respect me in the morning?

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Fox News Ratings Plunge; MSNBC Ratings Rise

Posted by Paddy 
· Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 6:45 am 
· 3 Comments 

Ah, now I’m smiling. Jason does a killer job of getting the numbers to make sense, something I am sorely lacking. The rest of his analysis is just as good. Via Newshounds.

The cable news ratings for the third quarter of 2010 were released today, and Fox News is showing signs of decline as their viewership has decreased by 21%, and their top shows all posted double digit losses, while MSNBC’s shows grew and the network attracted more younger viewers.

Fox News is still dominating the cable news ratings. The network has the top 11 programs in cable news, but there are ominous signs that the empire is starting to crack. Compared to the third quarter of 2009, Fox has lost 21% of their total viewers, and 26% of their younger viewers. The biggest loser on the network was Bill O’Reilly who saw his program The O’Reilly Factor lose 12% of its total viewers and 21% of its young viewers. Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bret Baier, and Greta Van Susteren rounded out the top five cable news shows, and they each posted double digit declines.

Fox News is now averaging 1.831 million prime time viewers a day, and only 443,000 viewers age 25-54. The problem for Fox News is even more acute because second place MSNBC is actually growing. While Glenn Beck suffered double digit losses at 5PM, Chris Matthews posted modest gains of 1% overall and 8% in the demo. While Bret Baier declined, Ed Schultz has seen his viewership skyrocket at 6 PM. The Ed Show is up 24% over last year in total viewers and 8% in the demo. Keith Olbermann’s Countdown was down over last year by 6% in total viewers and 19% in the demo, but Olbermann’s was the only cable news show to gain audience since the second quarter. Rachel Maddow gained 6% in total views, but lost 1% with the demo.

MSNBC has a total prime time audience of 687,000 which is a bit more than a third of Fox News’ total, but they have more than half of FNC demo (age 25-54) audience, with 229,000 younger viewers. I don’t think the summer blues is an answer for the loss of viewership over at Fox. If it was seasonal then why did MSNBC’s viewership increase? The answer I think is rooted in Fox’s shift to the far right. As FNC has become the Tea Party news network, and engaged in straight GOP propaganda, moderate and liberal Republicans along with conservative Democrats, and Independents fled.

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Year to year MSNBC sees smallest decreases of any network in total viewers

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 1:32 pm 
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Interesting. My guess would be that MSNBC has more loyal viewers.

MSNBC saw the smallest decreases of any network in total viewers. Year-to-year, MSNBC is down -6% in total viewers for both total day and primetime.

MSNBC was #3 in total day/demo viewers behind FNC and HLN. The channel was also #3 in total day/total viewers behind FNC and CNN. MSNBC topped CNN each hour between 6pm-12amET.

“Morning Joe” was the second most watched morning program in total viewers, but struggled in the demo averaging 115K, the fewest of the four.

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“The Ed Show” was one of the few cable news programs to grow in both total viewers (+25%) and demo viewers (+4%) year-to-year and was the number two program in its time slot. Also, the 5pmET “Hardball” topped “The Situation Room” for the first time in total viewers.

Both “Countdown” and “The Rachel Maddow Show” were down in the demo year-to-year, but Maddow’s program did grow slightly (+2%) in total viewers. For the first time since 2000, MSNBC, which airs a replay of “Countdown,” topped CNN at 10pmET in total viewers. MSNBC was also #2 in total viewers at 11pmET, which hasn’t happened since Maddow’s show premiered in 2008.

Though Olbermann’s program saw year-to-year decreases (-13% total viewers/-30% demo), 8pmET “Countdown” moved back into the cable news top 10, finishing 10th among cable news programs in total viewers. “Maddow” was #11.

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Video- Robert Gibbs on press corps, tv show briefings

Posted by Paddy 
· Sunday, April 18th, 2010 at 10:55 am 
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Yes Robert, that’s a dead giveaway.

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O’Reilly Factor 12th most viewed cable show

Posted by Paddy 
· Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 8:00 am 
· 2 Comments 


Funny, I never hear of O’Reilly touting these numbers. Even Burn Notice gets more eyes. Kind of puts it in perspective, especially with network news routinely getting over 8 mil a show.

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of March 1-7. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

1. “Hannah Montana” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), Disney, 4 million homes, 6.31 million viewers.

2. “Pawn Stars” (Monday, 10:30 p.m.), History, 3.86 million homes, 5.34 million viewers.

3. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.74 million homes, 5.52 million viewers.

4. “WWE Raw” (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.53 million homes, 5.11 million viewers.

5. “Pawn Stars” (Monday, 10 p.m.), History, 3.52 million homes, 4.93 million viewers.

6. “ICarly” (Friday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.5 million homes, 5.33 million viewers.

7. “NCIS” (Sunday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.43 million homes, 4.8 million viewers.

8. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.37 million homes, 4.51 million viewers.

9. “Burn Notice” (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.14 million homes, 4.32 million viewers.

10. “NCIS” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.09 million homes, 4.25 million viewers.

11. “NCIS” (Sunday, 6 p.m.), USA, 3.04 million homes, 4.08 million viewers.

12. “The O’Reilly Factor” (Monday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 3.01 million homes, 4.02 million viewers.

13. “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.97 million homes, 3.91 million viewers.

14. “Penguins of Madagascar” (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.956 million homes, 3.99 million viewers.

15. “ICarly” (Saturday, 12 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.955 million homes, 4.14 million viewers.

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