Tucker Carlson's MSNBC Show Cancelled. It was just a matter of time...

[NYCGirl]

Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election. The official announcement, expected tomorrow, will include details about who will replace Tucker at 6pmET as well as other political programming additions. Sources say the network is going to beef up its schedule with more NBC News talent.

In recent days, Jossip, as well as other blogs, ratcheted up the talk that Tucker would be replaced "for a new project." In its 33-month run, Carlson's show has had two names, four time slots and multiple formats. At 6pmET, it builds on its Harbdall lead-in on some days, but loses audience on others.

Carlson is expected to host the show through next week, with his new role and title to take effect March 17. We're told he'll also be reporting from the campaign trail.


http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/tucker_canceled_other_programming_changes_ahead_79352.asp?c=rss

[Barack_America]

1. I, for one, recommend Rachel Maddow. n/t

[grantcart]

3. exactly she is soo good.

[bilgewaterbill]

5. And sooo good looking!

[TheDebbieDee]

74. Sam Sedar is good, too!

I love Sammy!

[UALRBSofL]

21. I disagree because she is too biased on a lot of issues

I'd like to see someone that reports fair and unbiased newsworthy issues. For example, Lou Dobbs is someone I like to watch. However, just now, he had a couple evangelical guys on and I thought he suggested gay marriage was not family values. Did anyone hear him say that? If so, I'll drop him from my TV.

[IndianaGreen]

26. Dobbs? Dobbs is not unbiased at all, anymore than Tucker was.

We do need some balance with all the RW crap coming out of CNN and Faux.

[AGirl]

35. gay marriage was not family values issues or gay marriage does not represent family values?

[yourguide]

67. Lou "let's line up all of the immigrants and shoot them" Dobbs

you watch that guy?

you LIKE that guy?


*shudders*

[niceypoo]

88. Dobbs is a bigot...

..he is absolutely xenophobic and I get so tired of his ranting and raving constantly about 'foreigners' and 'immigrants'

[Hutzpa]

95. Take your Lou Dobbs supporting

bigotry ass somewhere else.....that biased and bigoted muthafucka....:puke:

:puke: ....Lou Dobbs.


:mad:

[IndianaGreen]

25. Excellent idea, but...

Will will Dan Abrams go for it? He runs MSNBC.

[soleft]

40. So does Bill Wolf

Rachel taped her pilot with him.

[Berry Cool]

44. Dan Abrams doesn't run MSNBC. Hasn't in quite some time.

Doing his own show and being general manager got to be too much.

Bill Wolff is a VP there, though.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

66. I love the Barack Obama Hebrew sticker. Cool!

[MonkeyFunk]

99. No he doesn't

he stepped down as General Manager last year.

[SharonRB]

32. That's exactly what I just said to hubby

as I read this -- I hope they give his slot to Rachel!

[AGirl]

39. because she hates Hillary alot?

She is negative and scornful, I don't like to see any of her. Sorry.

[movonne]

61. I doubt if she hate hillary...she just doesn't want her for president..

[Beacool]

80. Yep, I can't even remember the last time she said something even half objective

about Hillary. Is Obamathon all the time.

[Gore1FL]

83. pretty much everything up until

Hillary's second or third shark jumping moment. Then she quit defending her.

[stratomagi]

54. I second or I guess by now 4th that motion.

Oh and she is totally hot. (And I'm a straight guy btw.)

[NDambi]

81. I'd watch her,..she's really great...

[Sandaasu]

2. Maddow!

Oh god, please!

[Pisces]

4. We need a female pundit

[fadedrose]

7. Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes??? nt

[Exilednight]

13. Ugh - not Randi... I'd actually watch Tucker before I would watch Randi

[VolcanoJen]

22. Oooohhh... I'd really, really love an hour of Stephanie & Crew on MSNBC!

So many options....

[Medusa]

62. Stephanie had a try-out for the morning show on MSNBC

apparently it didn't go well.

[VolcanoJen]

64. I remember that every day that week, they would say, "We'd never move to Seacaucus."

It was a really funny week. Of course, MSNBC went with Joe Scarborough.

[laugle]

72. Stephanie had a chance to get Imus's slot, and spent

a 1/2 hour talking about the sweat under her armpits! She has no credibility, she's more of a comedian, and not a very funny one either!

Unless of course you like bathroom humor and fart jokes............

[Kittycat]

10. Quality female pundit - And I vote Maddow as well.

No more senseless twits - give us someone with a brain!!

[Tribetime]

11. as long as it's not Tina Fey

[VolcanoJen]

18. The "Rachel Maddow Is Making Sense" Show.

No offense to Alan Keyes, of course. Some people actually *do* make sense.

C'mon, Rachel!!!!

[AGirl]

We need a female president, with or without Hillary, and we need one soon.

[krkaufman]

69. Or female host. (I could live w/ a pundit-free show)

Mika Brezinski seems to be a fairly objective voice on the otherwise loathsome Morning Joe show. Wouldn't it be *wild* for MSNBC to have it's own "The View"-like show, but focused on politics and relevant issues?

Mika Brezinski
Rachel Maddow
Amy Robach
Monica Novatni(?)
???

[fadedrose]

6. Too bad

I like Tucker better than I like that Morning Joe though I never agree with either. Can't stand Joe.

I'd like a replacement for Chris Matthews too.

[SKKY]

8. Ever since he got that smack-down from John Stewart...

...his pundit career seems to be following Alicia Silverstone's acting career.

[Exilednight]

9. I wouldn't be surprised if it is Rachel. It also looks like MSNBC is going to ....

put more news on the air.

I wish they would put a show in the same vein Anderson Cooper's 360 on the air.

[soleft]

12. Maddow has been the rumored replacement for a while

Fingers crossed!

[NYCGirl]

16. Only problem is that if it's at 6PM, AAR will either have to let her go or reschedule

her radio show.

[soleft]

19. I'd love it if she was on during the day

Then I could listen to her at work instead of downloading her podcast.

[rocktivity]

28. Rachel said Friday that starting Monday, her show will run three hours

in New York and on most AirAm stations. She's already on for three hours in some cities, where David Bender joins her as co-host. AirAm wants her to continue with MSNBC, however, because it's great publicity for the station. So on the days she has to leave to work there, Bender will take over her third hour.

:headbang:
rocknation

[SharonRB]

42. We don't get her at all here in Detroit anymore

Ever since she moved from a.m. to p.m. our local station hasn't carried her. I really miss her. We have Randi's show delayed at 6 p.m. and Ed's show delayed at 3. I'd rather ditch Ed altogether, get Randi live and then get Rachel. But then I'm not the program director.

[IndianaGreen]

48. Why can't it be simulcast?

When Imus was on MSNBC, it was simulcast with his radio show.

[NYCGirl]

82. I guess it could. NT

[Kira]

59. they need to give her spot to Sammy

He needs to have his own weekday show again!

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

17. that would ROCK

[Not the Only One]

57. I figured something might be up

MSNBC has really glammed her up. She's looks really great, but part of her shtick was that she dresses like a first-grader and didn't wear make-up. So, I wondered if she consented to the makeover because they told her they were prepping her for bigger things-- that the hassle of being prettied up would be made up for in extra zeros on her check.

She has done a really great job in her role. She knows how to blend into the format she's in, rather than trying to dominate the airtime and going McLaughlin Group, which no one likes, on her fellow analysts.

She'd be a great addition. I think she'd be a natural.

[VolcanoJen]

14. Oh, happy day!! What the hell took so long?

Nobody watches Tucker's shitty show... it's always baffled me how it remained on the air.

C'mon, "The Rachel Maddow Hour!"

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Exilednight]

15. Maybe if Franken's Senat campaign fails, MSNBC will hire him.

[PCIntern]

20. I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!11

That sneering, snotty, simpering, silly, supercilious, snot-nose, actually lost his show? We must be in the Bizarro world...you would think that all those 'attributes' would enable him to continue forever. I mean, George Will and William F. Buckley are/were on TV seemingly forever. This guy should have been good for another 35 years...

Too bad....

Excuse me while I go pour a celebratory drink...next up: Tweety.

[mucifer]

23. Rachel is a favorite of Olbermann and he is the big wig on MSNBC

She also recently signed a contract with MSNBC so that she now be a pundit on another network.

[rocktivity]

24. Well, I read something about him hosting a game show the other day

That's more his speed...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[tabasco]

27. amazing that such an unremarkable shlub could have a show at all.

It speaks volumes about the level of discourse in America.

99% corporate propaganda.

[latinolatteliberal]

33. I actually liked his show (go easy on me)

I did not agree with a lot of his personal views, but I actually liked his show. For the most part the dork is a libertarian, which I consider to be a more honorable enemy than the standard neoconservative theocrats.

He at least told Kiki McClean that she was patronizing him, which she was. I really dislike her.

That being said, I'm all for Rachel getting her own show.

[grantcart]

38. he was either completely unbearable or interesting

Rachel would be the best.

[JI7]

29. what took so long

and how do people like that get a show in the first place.

[PCIntern]

34. By far the most repulsive person on TV

and I include Fox. At least they don't look like they're a member of some weird Frat doing horrible things to pledges.

[jenmito]

30. I recommend David Shuster!

Whenever he subbed for Tucker he was great!

[Tribetime]

36. that's much better than my idea

jon stewart hosting double duty

[jenmito]

41. Thanks, although

I like Jon Stewart, too. (I actually like Colbert better! He could better fill the shoes of the RW Tucker, too!) :D

[Gore1FL]

86. I like Shuster

but I think he ended hope of that until after November 2008. Pre-election it opens a can of worms about being reqrded for his "pimping Chelsea" comment.

After the election, it won't be as likely topop up on anyone's radar again as an issue.

[malik flavors]

31. Wouldn't they need a right leaning host though, to replace Tucker? Maddow is pretty left.

I would love her to have a show on msnbc, I just wonder if they'd put another liberal on so close to Olberman's show.

[mucifer]

37. I would love to see Rachel start a TV show with news from Iraq

every day the way she does on the radio. It's her big issue.

[progdog]

55. Oh no, here comes Huckabee

Yikes

[Gore1FL]

87. Actually

If it is going to be someone from the right, at least he is funny and interesting.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

43. HIP HIP HOORAY!

And stay the hell off my TV screen. Forever.

[shaniqua6392]

45. Rachel Maddow and David Schuster together.

That would be an awesome combination!!!

[IndianaGreen]

50. The Monster would shit her pants!

And yes, that would be an awesome combination.

[CreekDog]

46. ...and good sense

:hi:

[FrenchieCat]

47. I noticed a not so happy look on his face the other day.....

Now, I know why!

[Catch22Dem]

49. I haven't seen it suggested yet, so how about the return of Reagan or Donahue

I'd watch either of those shows.

[Samantha]

70. What about Reagan/Maddow co-hosting?

That would be a big WOW in my book.

[Catch22Dem]

75. Yes that would be very cool.

Who did they pair him up with last time? It was awful.

[MadBadger]

51. I'm actually going to miss Tucker

As annoying and shitty as he is, I usually liked the people he had on his panel.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

52. How about

John Dean replacing Tweety - now there's one sharp guy. And what a road he's travelled since Watergate.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

53. Hey, how about some more recs?

This is truly great news - I was only #4.

[Jamastiene]

56. I hate that little bow tie wearing smart ass.

I usually don't hate just anyone. What can I say though. He has earned it. Best moment ever: When Hillary Clinton's book sold over 1 million and she came on Crossfire with a shoe shaped cake. He said he would eat his shoes if she sold over 1 mil. She did and surprised his smart mouthed little ass. He acted oh so embarrassed too, for the first and only time ever. I loved that.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/09/tucker.shoe/

[Beacool]

84. I remember that cake incident.

Hillary was far more gracious than the jerk deserved!!!

[Kool Kitty]

96. The shoe incident was great.

I thought it was very classy and cool of her.

[Justice Is Comin]

58. If they want someone to get ratings

bring back the guy they shouldn't have let go in the first place and admit your blunder.

Is the caller there?

[blogslut]

94. Sigh

I do miss Phil. :(

[Justice Is Comin]

97. Me too.

He's a legend that pioneered talk. Hosts now can't compare with him.

[Mabus]

60. About time

That was a waste of a good time slot. I, for one, will be glad to see that sniveling little asshole lose his show. I think I'll actually watch it on Monday.

I'm hoping they give Rachel a chance.

[krkaufman]

63. Excellent. News giving near-unanimous joy in this otherwise rancorous forum.

Now we can only hope that Tucker is offended by his demotion, and will seek-out a new show over on Fox, the wastebasket of TV punditry.

[cottonseed]

65. It's about time.

I've probably written MSNBC about 4 times making a case for dropping his show to be replaced with one hosted by Maddow or Shuster. I mention this not that I believe any of my letters made a bit of difference, but I'm wondering just how many the network had been receiving. I'm sure a lot.

That and the fact that his show stinks, it's the antithesis of where they're trying to go, and his ratings are in the sewer. Gload he'll be gone.

[RBInMaine]

68. Good. One less right wing corporate media lackey BS artist.

[laugle]

71. Good, it's about time! I just hope Mathews is next! nt

[krkaufman]

73. Ha! I wonder if this has something to do with Tucker's recent exchange ...

... with Gerri Peev, of The Scotsman, as related by Glenn Greenwald:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/08/carlson/index.html

Saturday March 8, 2008 06:41 EST
Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press
Glenn Greenwald

(excerpting...)


CARLSON: What -- she wanted it off the record. Typically, the arrangement is if someone you're interviewing wants a quote off the record, you give it to them off the record. Why didn't you do that?

PEEV: Are you really that acquiescent in the United States?

CARLSON: Right. But I mean, since journalistic standards in Great Britain are so much dramatically lower than they are here, it's a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a reporter from the "Scotsman," but I wonder if you could just explain what you think the effect is on the relationship between the press and the powerful. People don't talk to you when you go out of your way to hurt them as you did in this piece.

Don't you think that hurts the rest of us in our effort to get to the truth from the principals in these campaigns?


Credit to Tucker Carlson for being so (unintentionally) candid about the lowly, subservient role of the American press with regard to "the relationship between the press and the powerful." A journalist should never do anything that "hurts" the powerful, otherwise the powerful won't give access to the press any longer. Presumably, the press should only do things that please the powerful so that the powerful keep talking to the press, so that the press in turn can keep pleasing the powerful, in an endless, symbiotic, mutually beneficial cycle. Rarely does someone who plays the role of a "journalist" on TV so candidly describe their real function.

I was wondering if Tucker would experience any fallout from such a pathetic admission of a total lack of journalistic principles. Looks like maybe so.

edit: p.s. Video of the exchange over on Huffington Post, here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/07/tucker-to-journalist-that_n_90506.html

[jazzjunkysue]

76. Glad to hear the brat is off the air. He's just terrible and also biased.

But, even if he didn't hate liberals, he's still a really bad host. He talked over his guests and was more like a 6th graders than a professional.

Of course, I'd love to see rachel get it, but do they have the balls to give it to her?

Most male TV execs don't want to have to win any arguments with her, I'll wager. I know I wouldn't even try.

[Beacool]

77. Great news!!!!!!!!!

One down, several more to go!!!!!!!!

When are they going to announce that Tweety, their biggest a-hole, got the boot? One can only dream.........


:bounce:

[NDambi]

78. Dang, I'm one of the few that actually watched Tucker..lol and like it too

[Horse with no Name]

85. Doesn't surprise me. One bit.

He is definitely "your" speed.

[NDambi]

89. Naw sweetie...you're my "speed"...don't be a hater..Henry its unattractive

[apocalypsehow]

79. I hope he's replaced with a progressive voice - some have suggested Rachel Maddow, which would be

excellent.

[stop the bleeding]

90. Replace Fucker Carlson with Rachel or Stephanie

Meow for Stephanie

[angie_love]

91. interesting...expected though. I wonder if they are cancelling morning joe soon.

[TexanDem]

92. perhaps this is the reason --

Tucker Carlson Unintentionally Reveals The Role of The American Press
by Glenn Greenwald

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/08/7557/

Published on Saturday, March 8, 2008 by Salon.com

[Norrin Radd]

93. Replace him with Mike Malloy.

[jackson_dem]

98. Good riddance!

:party:

[JimGinPA]

100. They Need To Get Rid Of Tweety & Scarborough Too

:applause:

[Ordr]

101. That's a shame.

I enjoyed his show and the guests he featured.

[GalleryGod]

102. MIKA ! ! !

[Armstead]

103. I'm betting it's be Nora O'Donnell

She's bad enough that she should have a lock on it.

[JimGinPA]

104. She's Going To Have A Baby In A Few Months...

So I don't think so.