MSNBCs B team is a channel changer for me

[redstateblues]

Chris Jansing and Steve Kornacki are pretty weak substitutes for Ari Melber and Chris Hayes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I don't like either of them much.

Kornacki isn't quite as bad when he's just talking and not gyrating in front of a poll results chart. But I'll be glad to have Ari Melber back.

[milestogo]

2. I really like Steve Kornacki.

I love his election coverage.

He's not covering for Chris Hayes, he's covering for Chris Matthews.

[redstateblues]

3. Hes ok when hes doing the numbers. Chris Mathews is very inconsistent these days but

I still prefer him to Kornacki

[Wounded Bear]

17. Kornaki I can take in small doses...

Like when he does the election numbers. Usually, though, they could cut 2-3 minutes from one of his segments without losing real content.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I can barely stand him because he's so hyper, and can't watch at all

when he's having one of his Red Bull-fueled manic episodes in front of his numbers charts. He just drives me nuts and I'll change the channel as fast as I can grab the remote.

[underthematrix]

4. Joy Reid is covering for Chris Hayes

[bettyellen]

5. Going to watch in hopes she replaces him. She deserves it. She knows how to pull the plug on the RW

spinners and counter them with facts and history.

[bdamomma]

7. love Joy Reid

can tolerate her, then Rachel and Lawrence.

[helpisontheway]

6. Holiday is over..I wonder when the regular hosts will be back. Nt

[Thew]

15. Hayes is out for the birth of his second child

I saw on twitter he was celebrating a new daughter. He may be out for a few weeks.

*edit to add proud CH:

Link to tweet

[helpisontheway]

19. Awwww...adorable..nt

[elfin]

9. I like Kornacki

He is smart, cheerful, and enthusiastic. His strength is process down to the nitty gritty details. He needs to grow on the policies aspect, and I think he can.

I think he wanted the Christie Bridgegate to go on forever. Gawd, how he loved that.

Chris Jansing is good - but Hallie Jackson drives me nuts with the motormouth. Her content and smarts are fine, but she rattles things off so fast that it exasperates me.

[Kahuna7]

12. Hallie is very smart. But...

She reminds me of an eager puppy. Then Katy Tur has turned into a female chuck todd. She comes across as smug when she thinks she had delivered a gotcha moment.

[Kahuna7]

10. Agree. Steve makes me yell at my TV...

SLOW THE F**K DOWN!

[Bradshaw3]

11. I've gone from annoyed at Kornacki to dislike to hate

Maybe that's overstating but he is starting to elicit a visceral reaction every time I see him and it's not a good one.

[malaise]

13. Kornacki is subbing for Tweety n/t

[RandomAccess]

14. I'm farkin' sick of ALL the substitutions

Yeah, they ought to get a day off now and then (okay, weekly), but throw in the holidays and you never know who you're going to get. It's disorienting, and we get enough of that FROM the news. Don't need more of it from the news station.

[avebury]

16. Joy Reid is filling in for Chris Hayes and she is totally awesome! nt

[Jersey Devil]

18. Good thing Kornacki is young or I'd worry about him having a heart attack

Always waving his arms around like a wild man and practically doing jumping jacks bouncing around all over the stage. Seriously though, I like his enthusiasm.