Race for the White House with David Gregory on MSNBC to be cancelled

[Politics_Guy25]

It will now be called "1600 Pennsyvlania avenue" instead. I was expecting something like this.

With Race Nearly Over, Gregory's Show Gets New Name
First on TVNewser: Insiders tell us that as of Wednesday, David Gregory's 6pmET program, "Race for the White House" will be known as "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

How Gregory will continue to anchor a 6pm show and be NBC's Chief White House correspondent, which usually means being available to report for Nightly News at 6:30pm, is not known.

Generally, after an election, the correspondents who've been covering the candidates end up being put on the White House beat. For NBC that would be Lee Cowan, covering Obama and Kelly O'Donnell, who's been covering McCain. O'Donnell was on White House duty before the campaign. Cowan, who joined NBC from CBS last year, is based in Chicago.

> Update: An emailer reminds us O'Donnell became NBC's congressional correspondent in Dec. 2007. "She switched to #1 on the Hill from #2 on the White House beat." This was after NBC's congressional correspondent Chip Reid jumped to CBS News.

Posted by Chris | 11:23 PM | MSNBC | Email

[rateyes]

1. They should replace him. Watching Tucker Carlson was better

than watching his show. And, I can't stand Carlson. :puke:

[leftofcool]

2. As liong as I don't have to listen to Tweey or his cohorts, I don't care

[Alter Ego]

3. Oh please say this is the end of Manchild Gregory.

[ej510]

5. What will they do next add a couple hours to dead intern Joe's show?

:puke:

[Kahuna]

9. "Manchild...?"

:rofl:

[high density]

4. Jeeze, I was hoping they'd dump his hour completely

Nobody is going to watch that guy with a panel of Repukes talk about an Obama administration.

[Phoonzang]

6. Why don't they give Dan Abrams his show back instead? Whatever happened to him? nt

[foo_bar]

7. ratings poison.

[apnu]

8. David Gregory is a tool. (nt)

[spanone]

10. replace the name, replace the host

[ecstatic]

11. ok the subject title is kind of mean

I was so happy when I saw it... Only to find out he will still be allowed to concern troll under a new show name....