Is ther any way of getting rid of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Please, I want something decent to watch on MSNBC in the mornings. Not Joe and his friends.

Who can we replace him with?

[TahitiNut]

1. CSPAN

Listen to the callers and laugh.

[spooky3]

2. Agree - or at least add enough progressives to stand up to him

[ShortnFiery]

7. The only reason to pause on the channel while surfing in the morning is to see Mika almost

fall off of her chair ... one of these days she's going to have to be SENT HOME. ;)

[Ian David]

13. Put Marc Maron, Sam Seder, and Thom Hartman on a show with Joe Scumborough.

They could market as something like "The View" for guys.

Maybe add "Joe The Plumber" to serve as the guy-version of Elizabeth Hasselback.

[Dr.Phool]

41. Amy Goodman.

Take her off obscure cable channels like FSTV and LINK, and give her that slot!

[butterfly77]

48. Now, I would love that...

maybe then I will finally see Scarborough get his ass kicked like it should..

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Stop watching.

No viewers = no advertising revenue = no show.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Imus ! I miss him.

[givemebackmycountry]

12. I hate to say it - BUT

I miss laughing in the morning and I miss more than anything else...

THE LIVE MUSIC!

45 minutes of Delbert McClinton on a monday morning... damn I miss that.

[truedelphi]

19. Who is Delbert McClinton??

I never watch morning TV.

[islandmkl]

27. you goddam right...delbert and kinky and ray wylie...

those guys alone made imus worth it...

and, if you don't know who delbert mcclinton is...get your ass some google and catch your ass up...

[Terry in Austin]

44. They had Delbert!??!?

Jeez. Coulda put up with Joe the Intern Killer for a set from Delbert...

[Ian David]

15. I can't believe that Imus gets in trouble, but Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs get a raise. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

5. They should replace Mourning Ho-Jo with Stephanie Miller and "The Mooks"

She mentioned that, to be thoughtful, they'd keep Joe's TV bastard son, Willie Guist because everyone compromises their principles when they make it big time. :spray:

http://www.stephaniemiller.com/

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. No offense, but I totally don't get Stephanie Miller. I know, I am

supposed too. But, she irks me. She just seems so childish and stupid. Just me, I know.
I also thinks she says gross things. And I am no prude.

[Mike Daniels]

49. IIRC, she and Joe both were both put in the IMIS slot and since Joe is now on the air

I can only presume more viewers prefered Morning Joe (the belly-achers on DU aside) than they cared for Stephanie Miller.

Given that MJ is in second place for the morning (behind FOX ) they must be doing something right and I anticipate MSNBC keeping them in place.

[DrDan]

6. this is so juvenile

only those that completely agree are allowed a voice?

c'mon - get real.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. Hey Joe!

[DrDan]

20. the bash-Joe threads are usually initiated during the show - this is the first

I have seen on a Saturday evening.

Getting an early start, I guess.

[ShortnFiery]

23. That's because we're so .... immature and juvenile. ;)

[DrDan]

26. thank goodness we still have those that celebrate a difference of opinion

those that are not afraid of it.

\\http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5392093

[Mike Daniels]

50. I guess some people only prefer shows that have echo chambers like Keith and Rachel

While I see their function in providing an alternate POV to Hannity and/or Bill O. I fail to see the appeal in guest after guest "ditto"ing everything Keith and Rachel say.

Joe S. is, more often than not, an overbearing jackass. But his is one of the few shows where you do get an opportunity to hear both sides of an issue and the show seems to be a favorite among several Obama staffers given the amount of face time they get during the week.

[bunkerbuster1]

8. You mean, a way that's legal?

Can't help you there.

[Terry in Austin]

45. Heh heh.

That didn't seem to slow Joe when there was a pesky intern to get rid of...

:evilgrin:

[bunkerbuster1]

55. Allegedly.

[Terry in Austin]

57. Right you are

[Ian David]

9. Tell people Joe Scarborough wants to take away your guns. n/t

[TeamJordan23]

11. The power button on your remote. nm

[Political Heretic]

14. I think he's the price we pay for the rest of MSNBCs pretty good line up.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Can they change him to an hour later then when I've gone

[truedelphi]

17. Here's one solution:

Sleep in.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

36. if only I could

[FrenchieCat]

18. I never, ever watch Morning Jo(k)e anymore.....

It is a depressing way to start one's morning....and makes me feel frustrated and forced to write letters and make phone calls & shit.

I DVR CNN's morning news shows while I sleep(they quite a bit better than Morning Jo(k)e, but they use too many repeated segments throughout, and hell of boring personalities), since I'm on the Pacific coast, and usually by the time I wake up, everything has already happened. Then if I hear of some news or some speech by the President, I just play the DVR on fast forward-4 until I get to the parts that I want to see, normally it entails seeing President Obama face flashing acroos my screen to let me know that I have gotten to a viewable parts! Lol.

[wyldwolf]

21. "who can *we* replace him with?"

Do you work for MSNBC?

[davidwparker]

22. Mama and the Mouks

[ShortnFiery]

24. Yah, I like the way you think.

:hi:

[ErinBerin84]

25. it's annoying

Because the format is pretty good, but Joe really ruins it for me a lot . I was able to watch a couple of times this week without Joe, even with how crazy Mika is.

I post on another Morning Joe board with recovering "addicts", ha. We were thinking of things to watch other than Morning Joe, someone said that there are Golden Girls reruns on in the Morning, and another pointed out that Joe's "When I was in Congress" stories are a lot like Sophia's "picture it...Sicily" stories, but less entertaining.

[Mass]

28. Watch something else/nt

[high density]

29. It's going to be a long wait

He reupped his contract for a few more years fairly recently.

[tabbycat31]

30. get Faux to take him off MSNBC's hands

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. he would fit in well at Fox

[otohara]

31. No - But You Could Move Out West

and by the time you wake up, that stupid show is almost over.

or...Maybe he'll run for Senate in Florida.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

32. Why not just watch CNNs American Morning?

:shrug: It gets you all the news you need for the day without them constantly spouting off their own opinion.

[IDemo]

33. This should work:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

38. LOL!

Thanks!

[MrSlayer]

34. He gets decent ratings.

So he's not going anywhere soon. Just don't watch him.

[snake in the grass]

35. Why does it have to be MSNBC?

Try Free Speech TV. Your mind will thank you for it and Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! wipes the floor with anyone from the major networks.

[Doctor_J]

39. Only one, and it's illegal

Joe got away with murder, for chrissakes. He's impervious.

[Terry in Austin]

46. #45

Word.

[spanone]

40. if you don't turn on mourning scum, is it really broadcast?

[walldude]

43. Try changing the channel....

Pretty simple

[polichick]

47. What kind of person actually enjoys that show??

[Ilsa]

51. It scares me to think if he wasn't on in the morning, they might place him in primetime.

Maybe we should leave him where he is. I don't think he can do as much harm at 6am.

[Politicalboi]

52. Someone needs to find out

What happened to his intern. Problem solved.

[ClassWarrior]

53. Another vote for Steph and the Mooks.

NGU.

[depakid]

54. Stop watching it?

:shrug:

All it ever seems to do is piss people off- and cause them to whinge about what they've heard.

Media companies like that, btw. Anything that creates a controversy. What they don't like is being ignored.

[Imagevision]

56. "Morning Joe" needs to take a hike over to FOXews and stay there with Hannity

[DevonRex]

58. It's MSNBC's token wacko show. I never watch it. And it's really the perfect

time slot for it. Who has time in the morning to sit and watch TV?

Honestly I don't even know exactly when it's on here. Maybe I sleep through most of it, being in the west. In any case, the very last thing I want to do in the morning is hear the TV blare, so even if I were up then, I wouldn't turn it on.