MSNBC's Harris-Perry Says She Won’t Appear On Her Show After Pre-Emptions

[deminks]

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Frustrated with what she described as a lack of editorial control, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry told the New York Times on Friday that she will not appear on her show this weekend.

“Our show was taken—without comment or discussion or notice—in the midst of an election season,” Harris-Perry wrote in an email to colleagues that was obtained by the Times. “After four years of building an audience, developing a brand and developing trust with our viewers, we were effectively and utterly silenced.”

The MSNBC host expressed frustration at having her regular time slot—10 a.m. to noon on Saturday and Sunday—taken over for coverage of the 2016 presidential primary. Though Harris-Perry told the Times she did not know if her show had been canceled, she said she felt “betrayed” by network executives.

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MHP out at M$NBC? Guess they needed more time to promote the Donald.

[Cleita]

1. I thought something was going on when they started taking her show

off the air here and there with various excuses. She has not been meekly obedient to bowing to the trend to turn that channel into the Donald Trump news channel like Rachel and Chris Hayes have.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. You beat me to it. I just posted the NYT version of this story. nt

[napi21]

3. Lots of cable new shows are pre-empted to cover primaries. I suppose she didn't

think hers would be because voting is mostly Tuesdays. Well, there are a few held on Saturday. Now, should MSNBC have invited her to be on the primary coverage? Maybe. I'm not sure her audience is stron enough for her to fight the network though.

[99th_Monkey]

4. Well, she's in good company: Big Ed, Keith Olberman, Cenk Unger .. let's see.. who else? nt

[99th_Monkey]

9. Makes me wonder what exactly was so "problematic" about her show.

What are we NOT hearing today? hmmm.

[lindysalsagal]

5. MHP is too "newsy." Not "Real Housewives of D.C." enough.

Reality, integrity, and responsibility don't drive up the Nielsen ratings.

[myrna minx]

6. I love her and her program - it's been frustrating that she hasn't been on.

I've learned so much from her and I love nerd land!

[66 dmhlt]

7. Comcast working to replicate Faux News ...

And doing a damn good job of it, what w/ Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Matt Lauer - not to mention who they're booting.

[jeff47]

8. I think this is an experiment by MSNBC's executives

"Can we create a network that no one wants to watch?"