Tucker Canceled; Other Programming Changes Ahead

[RamboLiberal]

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/

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I hope they give Rachel Maddow her own show. Please no more RW shills or DocBlocks!

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Now if Faux would just clear the decks.......................

[kitkat65]

36. My favorite part of the day was changing the channel when his show came on

So satisfying.

[alfredo]

40. That would be like taking the white stuff off top of chicken shit.

[kristopher]

57. you just gave me the best laugh I've had in weeks. Thanks!

Relating that to the topic, I despise the smarmy pr*&k Tucker so much you had a distinct head start on most humor.

[alfredo]

64. Thank you. I think of chicken shit when I think of them.

[TheCowsCameHome]

51. dupe - sorry

[Swamp Rat]

2. The market has spoken!

May the Invisible Hand crush his tiny head. :D

[salin]

3. a big nelson : Ha Ha to tucker

[SpiralHawk]

4. The Homeland weeps. America cheers!

[Unbowed]

5. It's about time.

He's a smug little weasel I won't miss.

[Patsy Stone]

6. There is a god.

:bounce:

[NC_Nurse]

7. Finally! I'm so glad they're dumping that awful show.

He's such a twit.

[40ozDonkey]

8. shocker.

Does Tucker Carlson do ANYTHING except get canceled? He's like the Dennis Miller of Dennis Millers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Wouldn't it be great if they gave Rachel Maddow a show now?

:bounce:

[cseper]

17. Not really! N/T

[Contrary1]

39. Why don't you think so? n/t

[SoFlaJet]

19. Either her (my FIRST choice) or

David Schuster-hey maybe Stephie can get her perperation "problem" under control do an MSNBC show-we love us some Steffie Miller

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. Yes Stephanie would be awesome!!

[butterfly77]

31. Wrong! especially if she up on live television...

again with the sound effects...

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. I think she is wonderful

[butterfly77]

35. She may be but...

when I listen to her show I can't listen for too long because of the side effects and the trying to make a joke everytime someone calls in with a good point that the listeners may want to hear...

[Berry Cool]

47. Well, I love it. But I don't think she wants the job.

Not if she has to move from Los Angeles. Besides, Keith would have to get the restraining order seriously reinforced. :rofl:

[ladym55]

61. I do, too

But Steph and the Mooks would so have to clean up for the tee-vee. All those incredibly wrong impressions Jim Ward does? (especially those involving sheep and other farm animals) I'd really, really miss them. It was almost sad when Denny Hastert retired ...

[Berry Cool]

46. Oh pleasepleaseplease let it be Rachel!

Either that or a double shot of Keith Olbermann! :bounce:

[4_TN_TITANS]

81. Rachael is my choice

she's sharp as a tack.

[greyghost]

10. Bye, bye!

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

11. Tucker

Poor Tucker. How many times has this happened? Doesn't he understand, he sucks.

[thunder rising]

12. I hope he has to follow McCain around!!! BWAA HAA HAAA

[johnfunk]

13. Buh-BYE, Game Show Host!

:rofl: :rofl:
As Randi sez:

Don't let the door hitcha where the lord splitcha!

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[Snarkoleptic]

14. I'd really like to see Morning Joe get flushed.

I enjoyed Stephanie Millers brief tryout in that time slot before the squinty vole-man got the job.

[SoCalDem]

77. "squinty vole-man"

PERFECT

:rofl:


I do watch though.. sometimes they have decent guests and there's not much else on at that time :)..I use "Mute" a lot though :)

[femrap]

15. All I gotta say is that Tucker must be

kissing or sucking something upstairs to have lasted as long as he did.

[mojowork_n]

24. I didn't pay that much attention to him, but he was no Glen Beck, or Lou Dobbs

I thought he seemed to be getting less annoying.

Oh, well. Rachel Maddow, or any number of other people who probably don't stand a chance, would represent a welcome change.

[KoKo]

16. The "Shuffling against Democrats has BEGUN! CNN has brought back Rick Sanchez

So..the "betting" begins. It's McCain on a DRE MACHINE BLOW OUT!

You heard it hear from a long time DU'er. THE FIX IS IN! While Obama/Clinton goes on...it's just the "side show" for WHAT REALLY IS GOING ON! Shadow Government SPEAKS! and America falls down in awe over the McCorporateMedia/Industrial/Military Complex...SIDE SHOW! :banghead:

[SoFlaJet]

21. CNN is becoming almost

unwatchable lately with the constant unabashed Clinton suck-up

[KoKo]

54. Not TRUE....it's the "Chosen" by Shadow Govt. that get the Air Time...

Watch and see...

And watch this so you know:

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:y3kVuVyhxL4J:blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/07/sweet_column_obama_broad_const.html+Obama+a+strict+Constructionist+on+the+Constitution&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[better tomorrow]

72. I agree. now I know why they call it....

Clinton News Network Never got it before.

[SoCalDem]

67. Did you hear him tonight claiming that Obama was CHEATING

because he used the internet?? He asked the right wing McCain guy, and when even he backed off, The Rickster, yukked it up and said "I'll say it for you.. he cheated".. :grr:

[Oceansaway]

18. good riddance...what a creepy lil

prick he is....bye bye asswipe !!

[ellisonz]

22. Thank the Gods!

[backscatter712]

23. MSNBC needs to go back to being all news.

They need to get rid of Lockup, To Catch A Predator, all the true-crime shows, the Charles Manson interviews, all of that garbage.

I want news, not fear-mongering. I'm tired of MSNBC going "LOOK AT THE SCARY PSYCHO GUYS!!! BE AFRAID!!! GIVE UP MORE OF YOUR LIBERTIES!!!"

[butterfly77]

33. You have that right...

when the other stations are talking about something that is going on in the world they are showing a bunch of reruns..

[Berry Cool]

50. Thing is, those shows get huuuge ratings for them

no matter how many times they get rerun.

Until Keith started to catch on, their crime shows were their ONLY ratings hits.

[backscatter712]

66. Can't they put them on a different channel?

Put them on the Scary Prison Show channel, or the Charles Manson channel.

But I want MSNBC to be news, news, news. Not propaganda, not scary prison guys, not dead white girls, news.

[better tomorrow]

73. I think that as the election stuff has been happening...

they are beginning to "get it" that people are watching other things. Heck, I'm not even watching American Idol this year and watch the primaries and pundits instead. They have to know where the tube is being turned when those shows come on....

[mzmolly]

25. I wonder about Dan Rather?

Interesting news, thanks.

[better tomorrow]

74. and what has happened to Tom Brokaw? He....

seems pretty "conservative" lately. What happened to him? I don't like him anymore.

[mod mom]

26. I'd like to see either Rachel Maddow or David Shuster or Josh Marshall.

Anyone of the 3 would be a great replacement!

[DeepModem Mom]

27. K&R

[quadriga]

28. What next? Public access broadcasting?

Just goes to show how far one can coast on having influential parents pull strings for you.

[malaise]

29. Adios you little

Fucker. :puke:

[gaspee]

30. Woohoo

I loathe that man. It's about time.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

34. Guess he'll be appearing on Dancing With The Ratingless

:evilgrin:

[htuttle]

37. Tucker exclamation-point jazz-hands spirit-fingers is losing his show?

Awwwww.....

:rofl:

[progressoid]

38. HA HA!

[mucifer]

41. I think Rachel is gonna get the spot

[Neecy]

44. I don't

GE is, after all, a war profiteer and perhaps they just want someone more subtle than Tucker to promote McCain and smear the Democratic nominee.

They also have a problem with women, so I do expect a woman to get the time slot.

My best guess - they'll give it to O'Donnell. She's been hosting their election coverage after Tweety/KO go off air and she also meets the news bunny looks requirement MSNBC has always taken. She gets a ton of air time as it is and that probably isn't accidental. She's also way senior to Maddow at MSNBC.

I wouldn't watch her, of course, just as I didn't watch Tucker.

[sarcasmo]

42. Happy Days are here again.

[AlCzervik]

43. Free market economy, free market economy---howz that werkin for ya Tucker?

his show sucked, and thats that.

[better tomorrow]

68. best quote of the day

:)

[ThomWV]

45. Yeaaaaa!! My birthday present.

[DesertRat]

49. Happy Birthday!

:party:

[RamboLiberal]

53. Great Birthday Present - Happy Birthday

:party:

[JerseygirlCT]

48. Oh I'm with you on your last comment!

Those DocBlocks! Awful!

And Maddow is terrific. Carlson? A waste of time and space, truly.

[TheCowsCameHome]

52. Great news! Now watch for his bowtie on eBay next week.

[donco]

55. Hhmm ;I wonder if

Ed Schultz would be interested in going on MSNBC?

[RamboLiberal]

56. Wow - he even took a paycut to stay on

But then he volunteered to take a pay cut (reportedly slicing his salary in half) to stay on the air.

http://www.jossip.com/the-gossip-class-is-clamoring-for-tucker-carlsons-exit-once-again-20080305/

[Stinky The Clown]

58. Hahahaha ... The loser loses! The Carlson boy has been found out.

Can it PLEASE be Rachel.

She's smart.

She's been 'adjusting' her appearance to be more 'teevee' and less 'radio'

She's smart.

She's been getting a lot of serious air time and been treated respectfully on MSNBC of late.

She's smart.

It would be more than cool to have an 'out' gay woman on teevee speaking about shit that has nothing to do with being gay or gay issues.

She's smart.

She's in possession of a great sense of humor, uses it, but never lets go of whatever her point might be in any given discussion.

She's smart.

I am in love with her.

[annabanana]

59. Rachel is about to expand her OWN show to 3 hours....

Co-hosting the third hour with a guy named Bender, who she really likes.. And she will still be on with Keith occasionally

No sure how much time she'd have...

[jazzwinders]

60. Goodbye Tucker!!

I'm so glad that worthless show is being canceled.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

62. The Pat Buchanan Show!

what are the chances?

[kristopher]

63. Or "Racheal and Pat Live ? NT

[better tomorrow]

69. I'd rather have Ron Reagan.....

[RamboLiberal]

65. Tucker confirms it

Michael Calderone at the Politico spoke with Carlson Sunday night, who confirmed that MSNBC canceled his show:

Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show "Tucker" has been canceled, with an announcement from the network coming tomorrow.

I spoke with Carlson this evening, and the host confirmed reports on media blogs in the past few days about the show getting canceled. But otherwise, Carlson declined comment at this time.

Carlson was on his way to New York where he'll appear on Joe Scarborough's "Morning Joe" at around 6:30. Have a feeling Scarborough will bring it up then.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/09/msnbc-cancels-tucker-carl_n_90648.html

[better tomorrow]

70. gee, I wonder if he knew before I sent him the email......

ha ha, wouldn't that be funny if they hadn't told him yet?????? Remember send condolences to:

[e-mail]

[better tomorrow]

71. please, somebody tell me....will he join

RITA COSBY now? :nopity:

[kristopher]

75. Personally I think he missed his calling in telemarketing. nt

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

76. Buh-bye to the bowtied fool!

He's been tanking for months. Good to see that MSNBC finally got the guts to can him! :woohoo:

Rachel's pretty busy with her show. I would put my $ on O'Donnell too, given the amount of face time she's gotten lately, and that "NBC News talent" line that was in there.

[Echo In Light]

78. I believe Jon Stewart nailed this one: "Dick"

[UTUSN]

79. More info: Was working contract-less. Pay cut to save his job.

*******QUOTE*******

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102008/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm

Tuckered Out?

TUCKER Carlson is about to be let go by MSNBC, a source tells Page Six. The lone conservative at the cable news channel apparently doesn't fit in at the increasingly left-leaning outfit. The preppie Carlson, 38 - known for his bow ties, on-air squabble with Jon Stewart, and a disastrous appearance on "Dancing With the Stars" - has been working without a contract since the end of 2006, when it was rumored he'd be axed. "He supposedly took a substantial pay cut to save his job," said our source. Carlson is married to Susan Andrews, with whom he has four children.

********UNQUOTE*******

[Johonny]

80. This is a shock

No doubt the talentless hack will get another chance. Guys like him and Dennis Miller never go away no matter how bad a rating history they have.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

84. I'll bet he ends up on Fixed News...

They're just his style. Smarmy, hawkish, and crude. Why not send Tweety their way too? :shrug:

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

82. Tucker who?

[Lex]

83. kick

:kick:

[Rhiannon12866]

85. I'm hoping for Rachel Maddow. I only watched his previous show because she was on...

:shrug:

[RamboLiberal]

86. New MSNBC Lineup

NEW YORK — March 10, 2008 — MSNBC, the Place for Politics, is expanding its already substantial political programming lineup next week as the 2008 presidential race continues to heat up. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory will anchor "Race for the White House," a fast-paced daily look at the latest election news, weekdays, 6-7 p.m. ET on MSNBC. "Race for the White House" premieres Monday, March 17, and will continue through the election and beyond as the nation's focus continues on the historic Presidential campaign. Also bolstering MSNBC's political coverage, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell will anchor MSNBC each weekday afternoon, 1-2 p.m. ET

MSNBC's top-rated "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" will now telecast twice in primetime, with a re-air weeknights at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. "Countdown" will also air weeknights at 11 p.m. PT/2 a.m. ET; the original telecast remains at 8 p.m. ET. MSNBC is also expanding the "doc block," which will now telecast weeknights, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET/8 p.m.-11 p.m. PT.

Also March 17, "Live with Dan Abrams" re-launches as "Verdict with Dan Abrams," an hour-long look at the day's news from a legal perspective, and expands to five nights a week. Each day "Verdict" will assess right from wrong and determine the winners and losers in politics, law and pop culture. In this political season, Abrams will continue to use his legal eye to stay "On Their Trail" separating fact from fiction, identifying and exposing the candidate's biggest misstatements, cheap shots and blunders, while continuing viewer-favorite segments "Beat the Press" and "Winners and Losers." "Verdict" will telecast weekdays, 9-10 p.m. ET.

"Race for the White House with David Gregory" will feature reports from MSNBC and NBC News correspondents around the country with the latest breaking political news and in-depth analysis of the campaigns. Tucker Carlson will remain with the network as MSNBC Senior Campaign Correspondent and will appear regularly throughout MSNBC's program lineup.


http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/double_duty_for_david_gregory_79390.asp#more

[Neecy]

87. damn

I guess Schuster is still in the doghouse and MSNBC is going to keep the boys' club together. Gregory - ick.