In his campaign, marred by violations of his divorce agreement, Mark Sanford has reemerged newly engaged to the Argentinian mistress, and he believes “absolved.” But if Mark Sanford thinks that he’s a “family man,” he can keep pretending– and the Republican Party can keep pretending– they’re all about “family values.”
And because Ed Schultz is returning to the Tee Vee Machine soon, we’ll get way, way better programming on weekends. I don’t know about you, but prison doesn’t appeal to me.
For those who aren’t in on the joke, on the nights that Rachel Maddow’s program leads into MSNBC’s “Lockup” shows, she’s made it into a regular “thing” by offering up some well-delivered intro quips. I actually wait for her to go there before I turn off the DVR.
But back to Ed. His lead-in will be Karen Finney, whose show also debuts May 11, but from 4-5 p.m. ET. More information will be announced in the coming days.
Schultz’s radio executive producer will be acting exec producer of his TV show. MSNBC:
We are proud to announce The Ed Show hosted by Ed Schultz will return to MSNBC starting Saturday, May 11 at 5 p.m. ET.
The Saturday and Sunday show will debut as a one-hour long program expanding to a two-hour format from 5-7 p.m. ET later this summer.
Last night, right after Ed Schultz’s fantastic interview with Scott Prouty, the “47%” videographer, Ed announced that he was moving his MSNBC show to 5-7 pm ET on Saturdays and Sundays beginning in April:
“I raised my hand for this assignment for a number of personal and professional reasons. My fight on “The Ed Show” has been for the workers and the middle class. This new time slot will give me the opportunity to produce and focus on stories that I care about and are important to American families and American workers.
“I’m very proud of the work our team has done here at 8 pm, but sitting behind this desk five nights a week doesn’t cut it for me. I want to get out with the people and tell their stories. This show has been a show that has been a voice for the voiceless. That really was my mission when I came here and it remains.
“I’m going to be here at MSNBC for a long time – I’m not going anywhere – and I invite all of you to join me on Saturday and Sunday from 5 to 7 pm. The show will start in April.
“I will continue to do my radio show, and I’ll be back here tomorrow night for my final show.”
Ed made it clear that it’s been tough keeping up the long hours of doing a radio show and a TV show all in one day, 5 days a week. This will alleviate some of the pressure and allow him to do more of what he wants to do. He’ll still be on television four hours a week, down from five.
That is great news. Why? Well, hopefully because Ed is happier, assuming it really was his idea. But the best part is that MSNBC is adding more progressives and less prison (“Lockup” overkill much?) to their weekend lineup, which means there’s a growing market for left-leaning programming. America apparently likes liberals, can you believe it? Go figger. Conservative heads start exploding in 5…4…3…2…
So that leaves Ed’s weekday slot open, and Chris Hayes will be taking over. I’m jumping for joy because I’m still asleep out here in SoCal during his ungodly o’clock show times, and the videos I’ve caught have been great. He covers topics others don’t, and does so in depth, with guests who are knowledgeable and are often different from the usual familiar faces we see day in and day out on cable news.
Now if MSNBC would just replace Chris Matthews replays with Ari Melber and Joy Ann Reid co-hosting their own show, not to mention Lizz Winstead, Stephanie Miller, John Fugelsang, and anyone else who is slipping my mind at the moment, that would be awesome.
NEW YORK – March 14, 2013 – Chris Hayes will host MSNBC’s 8 p.m. ET hour starting Monday, April 1. The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.
“Chris has done an amazing job creating a franchise on weekend morning,” said Griffin. “He’s an extraordinary talent and has made a strong connection with our audience. This is an exciting time for MSNBC.”
“I am thrilled to be joining Rachel and Lawrence in primetime,” said Hayes. “I’ve absolutely loved hosting UP on the weekends and I’m looking forward to thinking through the news five nights a week.”
More information regarding the new 8 p.m. program will be available in the coming days.
Now the only question I have is, what’s happening to Chris Hayes’ weekend slot?
In a previous guest post by our good friend @Anomaly100, CPAC Insider says Chris Christie ‘not a conservative’. Bull pucky. He’s just better at appealing to a broader spectrum of voters than your typical right winger, and he has his Moments of Reasonable.
Suddenly, because of one moment of justified outrage by this conservative, egocentric blowhard, I’m hearing how Democrats who couldn’t stand the guy are now saying they’re “fans.” That’s the word I’ve heard today, “fans.” And as I wrote in that very post, Chris Christie is indeed charismatic, even entertaining, and of course, blunt. But let’s not forget that he’s still rude, nasty, and this guy: Link. Link. …
One good deed, one positive news cycle, one moment of clarity or leadership does not warrant unconditional praise or represent a 180 turnaround. Approval, yes. But being that easily impressed and elevating someone so undeserving to hero status is mystifying. Qualifying such a leap in adoration would be helpful.
To further drive the point home, here Christie is at last year’s CPAC bragging about how he didn’t work with the Democratic legislature to balance the budget (H/t: @Litzz11) (Relevant segment starts at about 2:15):
Here is the Ed Show segment from which the image was grabbed:
“Well, I think the car of this CPAC conference is going to be the Edsel. I mean, this is a really backward-looking meeting when you look at the guests they have.”
“… Very important for people to understand that what was NOT included in the sequestration were those programs, those mandatory programs:Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, food stamps, Pell grants. And what the Republicans would love to see is for this president to serve up on a silver platter these programs, and not just make some changes in them, but structural changes to undermine the programs. … Ultimately, in order to end the sequester, that is the demand that they’re making on the president, that he make structural changes to Medicare and Social Security.“
The GOP is on the losing side of every issue and they know it. They become more desperate each day, so they resort to blaming President Obama for anything and everything while sticking to the same old policies that lost them the election in November.
They know America stands firmly with the Dems, but that won’t stop them from trying to destroy the very programs that the poor, sick, and elderly depend on so that their top 1% buddies can get their tax breaks. America first!
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