CNN expressed interest in her earlier today and Joan Walsh will be moving to CNN in the New Year!!!

[kpete]

Joan Walsh: I am overwhelmed by the support I've received today from all of you. And I'm thrilled to tell you I'll be heading to @CNN in the new year. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. A Christmas miracle.

Link to tweet

[Iliyah]

1. Good

[Botany]

2. I hear NBC is now offering Megyn Kelly for some 20% off coupons @ Kohl's

[dalton99a]

3. +1. They're paying her $23 million a year for a boring vapid show

What a waste

[Botany]

4. @ Fox she was "the star" and now @ NBC she is a pile of northing.

Not too many horny old white men* to watch her daytime junk.

Megyn Kelly drags down 'Today' ratings

"Megyn Kelly is attracting the lowest audience for the "Today" franchise in more than a decade."

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2017/12/megyn-kelly-drags-down-today-ratings.html?page=all


* aka Fox News watchers

[Marie Marie]

9. Thanks for this info Botany.

I've been wondering how she was faring with her show. Worse than I thought. Hope she ends up getting canceled .

[question everything]

11. When Gretchen Carlson first reported about the atmosphere at Fox

Kelly said that she'd never had any problems. But later decided to join the crowd.

[dchill]

13. Apparently, credibility is still a thing...

outside FoxNews, that is.

[pangaia]

5. 23 million? For a talentless, useless, brainless mouth.

[dalton99a]

6. Yep

https://www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-doesnt-make-dollar17m-per-year-she-makes-dollar23m
Megyn Kelly Doesn’t Make $17M Per Year. ‘She Makes $23M.’
Turns out early rumors of the former Fox Newser’s ‘obscene’ new NBC salary weren’t accurate. She’s banking millions more, according to a new report.
Tom Sykes 10.06.17 5:12 AM ET

[tomp]

28. Obscene. nt

[Pepsidog]

7. MSNBCs loss

[a kennedy]

8. Actually im Enjoying CNN MORE then MSNBC......

except, love Rachel, and Larwrence......but really that’s about it.

[Susan Calvin]

10. They're the best of a bad lot. nt

[question everything]

12. Same here. Matthews used to have some good regulars

Yes, Walsh, David Corn, Howard Fineman, and others. Now he have newbies that he can shout over them.

[Awsi Dooger]

18. CNN is exponentially more important than MSNBC

Right wingers laugh at MSNBC but are scared of CNN.

It's vital for the stronger voices to be on CNN.

[PatSeg]

24. I like Katy Tur and Hallie Jackson

during the day. Also Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle are excellent. Ari Melber has been a refreshing addition to their evening line up. MSNBC still has a lot of excellent talent, but letting Joan Walsh go was really dumb. Not the first time either. They almost let Lawrence go.

I can only take CNN in small doses and absolutely refuse to watch Wolf Blitzer.

[calimary]

31. Dont forget Joy Reid! Best interviewer on the air.

She suffers neither fools nor filibusterers.

[tavernier]

14. Ashamed to say I had nothing to do with this.,

But let me know when she is on and
I’m There!!

[pamdb]

15. Hugh Hewitt

Damn shame about Joan Walsh. Has msnbc given any reason? Could it be because she’s not some young thing? Everytime Hewitt comes on I have to turn the sound down, I can’t stand his voice.

I have to admit though, I do like Nicole Wallace.

[djacq]

17. My Advice, Dont Watch Hugh Hewitt... Ever.

For such an individual who counterargues a factual quote with, “heard it completely differently”, shouldn’t have a platform to spout off his right-wing nonsensical propaganda.

[link:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mediaite.com/online/thats-what-he-said-rachel-maddow-battles-hugh-hewitt-on-trumps-they-lost-ryan-quote/amp/|

[calimary]

32. I second that. His smug attitude is The WORST.

[Stellar]

19. Happy for Joan! nt

[DAMANgoldberg]

20. CNN has a 9P EDT opening...

that they still haven't filled permanently. Could they be waiting Rachel Maddow out? With the Joan Walsh move, this makes infinite sense to do. Plus if I were running CNN, I would back up the truck for Joy Reid fPM hour currently held by Wolf Blitzer and Lawrence O'Donnell for the 11p hour currently held by Don Lemon.

M-F lineup:

4a Early Start w/Christine Romans and Dave Briggs (should have never let Ali Velshi get away again)
6a New Day w/Chris Cuomo and Allysin Camerota
9a Newsroom w/John Berman and Poppy Harlow
11a At This Hour w/Kate Bolduan
12p Inside Politics w/John King
1p Newsroom w/Joy Reid
2p Newsroom w/Brooke Baldwin
4p The Lead w/Jake Tapper
5p The Situation Room w/Wolf Blitzer
7p Erin Burnett Outfront
8p AC360 w/Anderson Cooper
9p The Rachel Maddow Show (or some other name)
10p CNN Tonight w/Don Lemon
11p The Last Word w/Lawrence O'Donnell
12a CNN Newsroom w/John Vause and Isha Sesay
2a CNN International w/Rosemary Church

Weekend Lineup

No major changes

Plus if I were running CNN, I would find a way to partner with AJ+, especially Dena Takruri, Francesca Fiorentini, and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (ASE). I would also give Abby Martin a modest budget and editorial freedom to get stories and break them.

[Horse with no Name]

21. Our cable company doesnt have CNN

That really sucks!

[ginnyinWI]

27. I don't have cable at all but I can find stuff on YouTube. n/t

[alarimer]

22. MSNBC wants Republican viewers.

That’s why they ditch liberals like Walsh, but keep Hewitt. I think they want anti Trump Republican viewers, which sucks because all Republicans are monsters.

[CrispyQ]

23. Walsh is the first personality on TV that I've heard mention we might not have elections in 2018.

It was on MSNBC, about a week ago. They were talking about the dem chances in the 2018 election & she said, "If we have an election." Everyone thinks it can't happen here, but I wouldn't put anything past the Con.

[Motley13]

25. hate to say I told you so, but I told you so

Star Member Motley13 (3,039 posts)
48. I really like her, CNN will probably snap her up

[Lint Head]

26. I think MSNBC administrators are taking the network apart piece by piece

That way the ratings will go downhill and they will have an excuse to reformat MSNBC into a right-wing propaganda arm of the Republican party just like Fox.

[mehrrh]

29. open door

Sometimes when one door closes, another one opens.

[Renew Deal]

30. Good for her

Did MSNBC give a reason for cutting her loose? It doesn’t make a lot of sense on its own.

[grandpamike1]

33. MSNBC

Is owned by Comcast, that is why.

[duforsure]

34. Joan we are so happy for you too.

MSNBC made another huge mistake letting you go and keeping someone like Hugh around. Good luck Joan and have a Merry Christmas. CNN is the lucky one, you deserve to be on the air , and now its done. Always like your point of view and comments.