MSNBC - Part 37

I'm intrigued my Nicolle's necklace. Is there a term for the shape of those medallions?

She routinely wore the single turquoise one. I'm assuming it was a gift. Now it's the multiple white ones.

If she comes with a green one, I'm thinking she might be confused with a weed dispensary rep.

I want to see Ari’s scantily clad lithe Mediterranean body. I would savagely tear his clothes off like a shrieking Beatles fan if I had seen him broadcasting on the national mall the last couple of days, which would be embarrassing as I am a 57 year old 🐻.

Ari is hot.

[quote] Ari’s scantily clad lithe Mediterranean body

He's from the Pacific Northwest.

Saw him outside once without his suit jacket, not exactly lithe, but certainly doable. Forearms hairier than you might expect.

Leigh Ann Caldwell's hair always bothers me.

R5 I was convinced it was a wig for awhile, then she started growing out her roots.

She struck me as a passable but not great reporter. Thing is her MSNBC colleagues all just seem to really love her. Maybe she's fun off-air.

Leigh Ann Caldwell doesn't work for NBC/MSNBC any longer she is now with WaPo.

Last night I counted at least 56 "like"s and 45 "right?"s on Chris Hayes show. He should get electroshock every time he does it.

"All, Like, In, With, Like, Chris Hayes, Right?"

Chris Jansing is a very well-preserved 65 year old!

Is Chuck Todd losing his 1:00 slot because he’s taking over for Rachel Maddow?

R10 God forbid. Her production team still runs the show, including the Prime nights, hopefully they'd refuse to work for Todd,

Maybe Chuck Todd will take his talents to Fox News & succeed Chris Wallace.

They are keeping Todd on, at least for now, at the flagship MTP program. His daily shift to streaming isn't even a move to the premium service. You would think he could take a really big hint.

I missed the Correspondents Dinner, apparently Trevor Noah made a crack about Todd's inability to ask follow-up questions. And got booed.

I've never watch the Katie Phang show on MSNBC before until this morning, she had The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson as a guest in a talk show type set with a couch and a chair which Katie sat in, where she described herself as a former registered Republican.

Chris Hayes is going to need to bump up a suit size. He is getting big and muscular from his work out routine.

Symone premiere!

love her

Jill Biden seems like such a nice and approachable first lady

Sending him to streaming for the week is the road to banishment.

Has his title changed?

For R13

I confess to not tuning in for all of the Tu-F episodes of MSNBC Prime. Did Velshi host all 4 nights?

He's a fine reporter and anchor. I just don't enjoy watching him. I've tried. Do they intend to rotate hosts?

Chris Hayes has covid (he announced it on Twitter).

Ari is sexier in real life. He put his hands on my shoulders for a pic. Swoon!

Why was Nicolle Wallace spending so much time today on getting to 50 Senate votes to codify abortion rights?! She knows that 60 votes would be needed.

and we're not sure what Manchin will do. It's doubtful he'd break filibuster for abortion

Rachel is so glossy this evening. I guess Monday's are now a special occasion, and all that implies.

lmao the fact that MSNBC had Rachel ask her viewers to make sure to record MSNBC Prime because the name in the tv guide has officially changed is hilarious. No one's watching when she's not there I guess

[quote] and we're not sure what Manchin will do. It's doubtful he'd break filibuster for abortion

No need to doubt. Not only is he pro-filibuster, but Manchin, like Bob Casey, is "pro-life."

At the correspondents dinner Trevor Noah remarked what a privilege it was being in the same room with the most powerful man in the country... Joe Manchin. Biden genuinely seemed to think it was funny.

If Chuck Todd is chuck roasted, is Rachel going to host Meet The Press? Ultimate prestige if she gets it. Of course, she'll have to let other people talk...

Where’s John Heilemann?

I'm supposed to organize my life around the days Rachel happens to choose to come into work?

Fuck her.

Fire her is more like it.

R31, what's so hard about Mondays?

[quote] Where’s John Heilemann?

Hiding from crazy stalkers.

R34

Daddy John Heilemann is fucking HOT!

Hi Nicolle ^^^^

R36

Dude looks like a BEAST in the bedroom.

Would definitely love a night with Daddy Warbucks John Heilemann.

R36

Nicolle Wallace Schmidt & John Heilemann are always announcing how they are best friends on podcasts. That’s cute when you are 5, but they are 50.

Something always seems a little TOO CLOSE about their friendship…

^Wasn’t Nicolle a key source for Game Change (about the ‘08 presidential campaign)?

Mark Esper is on Nicolle's show, he is 58 years old and doesn't have a gray hair on his head.

[quote] Daddy John Heilemann is fucking HOT!

Please go back to Part 36. and wank off there.

R40 He strikes me as something of a dummy. Who behaved himself into a position of power.

R41

Shut the FUCK up.

This is MSNBC thread and John Heilemann is an analyst!

Go wank off with the Chris Haynes lovers, you pussy.

R43 Oh baby. You're in trouble.

R44

Over John Heilemann or Chris Hayes 😛

[quote] Symone premiere! -- love her

Well Symone's mother heard from

The ex-Biden administration official who was most recently a top spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris tanked in her debut this past weekend on MSNBC, according to newly released Nielsen ratings.

Sanders drew just 361,000 total viewers for her 4 p.m. show, titled “Symone,” on Saturday. She also managed to attract just 29,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic.

The program’s viewership fell well short of Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Live,” which drew 842,000 total viewers, including 163,000 in the 25-54 demographic.

Symone is a Bernie bro. Glad to see her fail big time.

[quote] Symone is a Bernie bro

No harder core Bernie bra than the righteous Nina Turner. Now that she's lost her primary, maybe they'll give her a show.

I liked her tag line, "HELLO Somebody!"

Ayman is too radical. I understand now why he was banished to Peacock & Weekends where many people don’t watch tv. He needs to be careful with his Social Media posts. Walking a slippery slope.

[quote] Ayman is too radical.

He did quite a bit of editorializing while filling in for Chris tonight. It sounded like a personal peeve with Israeli policies and practices. Something you might expect from a guest, rather than a guest host.

Even Mehdi Hasan seems to know better the line he needs to hew to.

John Heilemann was asking about the Plan B Pill today on Morning Joe. Swear that dude is probably cheating on his old hag wife with a younger lady.

Through pics on instagram, something don’t look right about that 15 yr marriage…

Joe Scarborough Rips Senate Democrats, Accuses Them of ‘𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈’ With Symbolic Abortion Rights Vote

“The story of the democratic congress, thus far, is wildly overshooting the mark,” Scarborough noted. “And getting nothing from it.”

Mika Brzezinski quickly chimed in to correctly note, “well, they want to know where people stand.”

“You know, the time for virtue-signaling is over,” Scarborough added. “They don’t have many legislative days left.”

The Morning Joe host proceeded to hammer Democratic Congressional leadership for ostensibly letting perfect be the enemy of the good and as a result, consistently coming out on the losing end, if even just on symbolic votes.

In other words, the time for symbolism has long passed for Schumer says Scarborough, as well as a number of Democratic voters frustrated with him and his fellow Democratic leaders in Congress.

Oh look Mr. & Mrs. Nicolle Wallace are on a panel together.

r52, Joe needs to see what Zero Sum Democrats look like.

R52 The Democrats need 60 votes in the Senate to codify Roe or any aspect of Roe, they don't have it and will never get it in this congress. They need 50 Democratic votes to change the rules to kill the filibuster so that they wouldn't need 60 votes, they don't have 50 votes because both Manchin and Sinema have said they won't vote to kill the filibuster for any reason. Joe Scarborough knows this, you should also know this, Joe is bloviating for ratings, what are you doing?

Symbolic votes on this matter is all the Democrats have, if you don't like it then help elect more Democrats not spreading division.

Chris Hayes is back, Not *quite* Covid-free but back in the anchor chair from a quarantine location tonight at 8pm.

[quote] 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

Where have we heard that one before

From the SCOTUS meeting and the fly on the wall.

EK: Esteemed justices, let me be clear, I released The Alito Manifesto masquerading as a court opinion. This documentation of the politicization and enshrinement of radical Christianity had to be exposed for the horrific document it is. Seeing as how this body is only subject to removal by Congressional impeachment and conviction, I beg the crypto fascist majority of this court to kindly go fuck themselves.

Interesting how the click-bait contributors—Annie Karni, Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Eli Stokals, etc. are barely seen on the shows anymore. They were addicted to Trump.

Did MSNBC just phase them out?

Ashley Parker was on The 11th Hour last night, Stephanie congratulated her on winning her second Pulitzer.

R60

Stephanie Rhule & Andrea are the only ones who has them on now once in awhile. They used to be on all the time, now barely a mention.

Philip Rucker never has bylines in the Post anymore either, so presumably he's working on another book or something.

R62 His colleague and writing partner Carol Leonnig is on Deadline Whitehouse pretty routinely. I love Annie, I wish they'd get her back into rotation. Eli reporting from his bedroom as well.

Jen Psaki bids farewell. It seems a couple weeks ago she started wearing these bushy eyelashes, not a particularly good look for her, imho. Is this in preparation for the glamorous position at MSNBC?

I like her replacement Jean-Pierre, but I wonder if she will be able to handle the Fox trolls as adeptly.

I seriously doubt the new lady can bullshit for the admiinstration as well as Psaki

Fortunately allowing Douchey to reveal his inner doofus requires very little effort.

She has such a command of the room it's somewhat startling to see how tiny she is (although a Google search does indicate Doocy is 6'5").

Wow, that's such a big body for such a small brain.

Tiffany Cross’s makeup is blinding my eyes.

Tiffany Cross’s helium voice is deafening my ears.

Who’s worse Tiffany or Symone?

Discuss.

Tiffany is worse. At least Symone has some real-world political experience.

Symone's spinning green background is nauseating my stomach.

Neither, R71. You are.

R74

Don’t be an asshole, sweetheart 😛

Senator Chris Murphy on The Sunday Show.

He is yummy 😋

Hallie Jackson is such a shrill, pushy, arrogant woman. She thinks she is all that but I have news for her, she is not.

Well that certainly isn't BREAKING NEWS R77.

R77 I don't know, I think she probably is all that. To the extent that anyone can be.

Pushy, arrogant, and female, yes. Maybe loud at times, but certainly not shrill.

Likeable? Not so much. But why should she have to be?

John Heilemann is soo FUCKING SEXY on Deadline Whitehouse today!!!!

It's Monday Maddow time!

Bullshit. It's Better Call Saul time.

I think I'll start working on a manifesto. Just for fun.

What kind of security do you think Tucker Carlson has? I've never watched the show, but from clips it seems his guests are all remote. Maybe he hosts from his compound in Florida.

Chris Murphy on Morning Joe looks HOT this am 🔥

[quote] John Heilemann is hot 🔥

[quote]That John Heilemann is soo SEXY.

[quote] John Heilemann looks HOT 🔥

[quote] Oh Heilemann looked cute with hair, but that bald head makes him HOT 🔥!!

[quote] I want John Heilemann inside me soo bad.

[quote] John Heilemann is a SEXY BEAST!

[quote] Oh Are You Jealous of John Heilemann?

[quote] John Heilemann looked soo HOT on Morning Joe this morning.

[quote] Bet JOHN HEILEMANN has a huge dick.

[quote] Where’s Nicolle’s bestie John Heilemann?

[quote] John Heilemann definitely has a big cock.

[quote] Where are the John Heilemann dick pics?

[quote] Chris Murphy on Morning Joe looks HOT this am 🔥

Oh no..

R85

OMG you are obsessed with me, bless your heart!!!

I'm heartless, bitch.

Donny Deutsch appears to have his hand tremors well controlled; I hope he is doing well.

R88 He twice used a term that sounded like "raison d'ent". Is that even a phrase, or is his French just bad? Raison d'etre is what I think he meant to say.

R87

Oh sweetie, you are a fucking psycho for copying all my posts.

CUNT, You definitely must not have a life if you had the time to do that!!!!

It's easier to just block you for being tedious.

R91

oh honey, that’s a big word for you TRUMPER types.

Honestly to everyone else you both seem psycho.

I stopped feeding the troll, R90, weeks ago. I recommend it.

One less gay at NBC. Pete Williams is retiring in July.

Pete did good honest work. It's amazing he lasted this long at NBC

Pete is 70 and still looks great he deserves a retirement, but I wonder who will replace him as the Supreme Court reporter. Ari Melber?

mika's wig collection......discuss. ya think joe sees broads on the side? the last word is only consistently gr8 show on that network i feel.

Mika's dig at GWB today over his gaffe about Iraq, was ludicrous. Why is she trying to create drama? W mentioned being 75, maybe it was Freudian, but still.....

[quote] I wonder who will replace him as the Supreme Court reporter.

Nina Tot's.

but she's got a good gig, and must easily be over 70.

I agree R99. She is out of control when Joe isn't there to shut her down. She gets near hysterical. She reminds me of another obnoxious daughter of a famous man who thinks she is entitled.......Meghan McCain. GW doesn't make any more bloopers than Biden but she acted as if he had committed a Cardinal sin.

We need to talk about Andrea.

Tucker and his wife both sent email to Hunter Biden asking him for help getting their son Buckley into Georgetown. Who knew the notorious Hunter laptop would yield such shockers.

Vaughn Hillyard was doing a report on NBC Nightly News about the primary in Georgia and the camera was behind filming over Vaughn's shoulder while he questioned David Perdue and you could detect a few gray hairs in Vaughn's temples.

We won't be able to call him a twink much longer he is 31 now.

My dude John Heilemann was on Morning Joe this am.

His apartment looks like a bachelor pad, definitely doesn’t look like he lives with a lady 👀

[quote] We won't be able to call him a twink much longer he is 31 now.

Vaughn was on WTE this morning, on video call. Yes, he looked quite mature. No bouncing, no blinking.

It may have been exaggerated by the lighting, but he looked two-toned. Ears, neck and chest were very pink. Face, a yellowish tan. I think he had applied his own make-up.

[quote]I think he had applied his own make-up.

MSNBC’s make-up budget got cut to pay for Joy Reid’s wig collection.

Steve on the big board today, all through the day. Looking fit on Morning Joe. I thought he may have switched to pleated chinos (gasp). But no, they were just a bit cinched.

Steve is such husband material. Why's he still single? Do you think he might be gay?

I think he’s on the spectrum. I believe he is publicly gay.

[quote]Do you think he might be gay?

No, Rose.

I can't believe any one on DL didn't already know.

The coming out story I never thought I'd write By Steve Kornacki

We read it at the source when published, R112 and, frankly, I didn't give a damn. Still don't. His is only one of eight million stories in the Naked City.

[quote]MSNBC’s make-up budget got cut to pay for Joy Reid’s wig collection.

R7, have you SEEN her wig and makeup lately?

^^R107

MSNBC has the same footage playing on a loop, officers standing around, officers jogging towards the school while other officers are calmly walking away, officers manning roadblocks, officers getting into vehicles, officers getting out of vehicles, crying parents and then the loop starts again.

Fox News swept the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic yet again on Monday, with the network’s lowest-rated show still topping the highest-rated program on CNN or MSNBC.

Fox’s America Reports at 2 p.m. and Your World With Neil Cavuto at 4 p.m. were the lowest-rated shows on the network in the demo, bringing in 191,000 viewers.

However, CNN’s highest-rated program in the demo, Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m., only brought in 163,000 viewers. Meanwhile, MSNBC’s top-rated program in the demo was The Rachel Maddow Show, which brought in 160,000 viewers at 9 p.m.

Nobody's talking about Rachel anymore. Are people still watching her on mondays ?

I do. But she just does a regular show. I was hoping for more effort for a weekly show.

[quote] I can't believe any one on DL didn't already know.

Yet you assumed I was serious?

I keep forgetting attempts at humor may not always translate. We could use a convention to indicate that. Smiley face is too broad. Curly brackets?

Anyway, I think Steve will make some guy a great husband.

Ayman hates Jews. He is too radical that’s why they put him on the 1am breaking news.

Out of Sight.

Vaughn is definitely no longer a NewsTwink.

The hints of gray make him not even a NewsTwunk. He aged really fast in the last few years.

STEVE KORNACKI GAY???!!!

(Here's one way to convey faux-disbelief, R109)

Steve Kornacki is the Ultimate Normcore Homosexual. He's not exactly what you could call "gay" gay.

Even his kakis are straight boy brown.

[quote] STEVE KORNACKI GAY???!!!

Thanks. In the future I'll remember to use that approach.

R125 And on his Instagram page, only 1 in 30 posts include a picture of himself!

I spy- Ali Velshi beard.

After the Uvalde shooting, did Steve ever make it to air yesterday? I watched MSNBC all evening and don't think I saw him once.

R129 No, all the election outcome reporting seemed to be pre-empted. Continuing through today.

But replace by some really fine Morgan Chesky in-person reporting.

Morgan as a native Texan made a special effort to pronounce the names of all the tragically young victims' names correctly. I'm sure it was appreciated. Working on a story of this nature must take an emotional toll.

Plus, he's just luscious.

Sam Brock needs to be in me deeply.

Morgan Chesty. I just want to rip the shirt off of him. I do think he's family.

I checked my TV listings, it says that the Rachel Maddow show will be on Monday. So is Rachel actually going to work Memorial Day. I figured she chose to have her only show on Mondays since so many holidays are on Monday. Maybe it will be one of her prerecorded shows.

Brittany Cunningham was just on The Last Word, screaming about Emmett Till and racial injustice just because. Talking about open caskets is so two days ago, Stephanie.

Did Joy gain weight?

Across day time, Fox News tripled CNN and doubled MSNBC in terms of total viewers. During prime time, Fox News also tripled CNN and almost doubled MSNBC in total viewers.

The Five was the highest rated show in cable news with 3.137 million total viewers, while Tucker Carlson landed in number one in the demo with 470,000 viewers.

[quote] Did Joy gain weight?

I just want to take her on a sea cruise.

ooo-ee ooo-ee baby, won't you let me take you on a sea cruise!

John Heileman gets tatted up.

When are they replacing Joy Reid? Why is she still on???

What’s the deal with John Heliemann?

Dull Alicia Menendez. Extra Bland.

^ For those who may still not know, she’s the daughter of Sen. Bob Menendez.

She’s a nepotism hire.

R142

Love John Heilemann.

Hot & Smart as fuck.

His marriage looks stale, past it’s expiration date.

[quote] John Heileman gets tatted up.

Last time he was on MJ the camera panned around behind him, I noticed a tatt on the back of his left hand that I had never seen before. I thought it might be the Wu Tang symbol, but it looks more like the outline of a winged dove. It shows up briefly in this video interview of Adam Scott.

Old man getting tattoos. Delayed midlife crisis

I've never been a fan, but I'm human and do feel some sympathy for whatever the fuck happened to Yasmin Vossoughian's nose.

R148

John H. comes off intelligent and cool, but suspect a little man-child syndrome there.

Something mysterious beneath the surface 👀

John Highlemann is a pothead.

Tiffany Cross has GOT TO GO!!! The sooner the better -

Symone too! GO!!

How come every staffing and scheduling change on MSNBC for the past year or so has sucked? Mission statement : How can we make this even worse.

It's like Jen Psaki is cursed walking in the door.

"Hey R152 and R153, wait up! Don't you guys leave me!"

Kudos to Yasmin Vossoughian, Morgan Chesty and Tom Winter for their solid coverage of the slaughter in Texas. They took a hard news sensibility to the small town of Uvalde, but related to the townspeople and their disaster with unmistakably genuine concern. Unpretentious, just the right tone of professionalism and unabashed empathy.

John Heilemann filling in for Nicolle this week…That sexy beast!

So funny when John had Smirky Lemire on and congratulated him for hosting Way Too Early and then said he doesn't watch it. The smirk was negligible.

Breaking News

Morgan Chesky was reporting from Texas with only the top button on his shirt open, I sure hope someone didn't complain. The next button was straining under the pressure from Morgan's pecs.

I suspect that because of the subject matter, Chesky wanted to exhibit a certain amount of decorum by covering up more.

Perhaps when he's covering the next issue - say, a hurricane sweeping through Florida - he'll be more unbuttoned and those chest hairs will re-emerge and breathe the way nature intended them to.

R158

Wu Wednesday w/ John Heilemann.

Morgan Chesky

R162 Trompe l'oeil challenge. Can you find the penis in this picture?

May Ratings: Fox News Beats CNN & MSNBC Combined For 10th Straight Month, MSNBC Sees Demo Crash

Fox News dominated CNN and MSNBC in the month of May, beating their combined viewers in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in terms of total viewers –for the 10th straight month.

MSNBC came in second place among the three networks in terms of total viewers, while CNN landed in second in the demo.

MSNBC has seen its demo viewership drop sharply in recent weeks and ended May with its lowest day time demo average since November 1999 and its lowest prime time average since May 2004.

R164 As America sinks into the quagmire.

R164 just loves to post the Fox ratings on the MSNBC thread, probably because if she started a Fox News, and I use that term news loosely, thread it would die a quick death here and get FF'd to hell. However if you combine the CNN and MSNBC numbers historically they aren't that far behind Fox.

Fact is that Fox had 2.27 million viewers in a nation of 332 million people, by comparison 60 minutes had 7 million viewers, Every one of the network News cast on ABC, NBC, and ABC all get higher viewership that Fox News on cable. Hardly anyone watches any of the cable news programs in comparison with network TV.

If you take out the really old people and only look at the 25-54 age demographic Fox only got 229,000 viewers. Which means 2 million of their 2.27 million viewers are over 54.

So R164, it totally amuses me that you think you are posting anything of importance there. It does give me a chuckle.

Gadi Schwartz needs his own show. And he needs to not wear a shirt on said show.

MSNBC under Rashida Jones: go woke, go broke.

Let's add up the collective IQ points of the Fox viewers versus the MSNBC/CNN viewers and see who comes out ahead then, even with the big head start in viewership numbers for Faux.

[quote] Gadi Schwartz needs his own show. And he needs to not wear a shirt on said show.

Gadi is the co-host of "Stay Tuned," NBC News' daily "show" on Snapchat, and he hosts (hosted?) a show called "The Overview" on Peacock. Sadly, I believe he wears a shirt on both shows.

[quote]Gadi Schwartz needs his own show. And he needs to not wear pants on said show.

Fixed it for you, R167.

Ashley Parker on DLWH-JFC girl, those eye bags are rough!

R172 Not assisted by her general hang-dog expression. Love her anyway.

Okay r171. I'll compromise. Gadi will have to appear naked on his new show!

Ugh Ashley Parker has been on alot in the last 2 days.

She misses Dump…

Ali Arouzi is back in Ukraine—I spy some chest hair.

Ari is going to milk his role in the Peter Navarro saga to death lol

I would think that Ari would be in line for the Pete Williams vacancy as the Supreme Court reporter for NBC news.

I'll tell you who I cannot stand - Yasmin Vossoughian. I can't turn the channel fast enough when she appears.

Ari is sexy but oh so boring.

John Heilemann is getting saucy 🥃.

Probably a fun time when he is drunk, probably a hot fuck too!

Notice Nicolle frequently introduces a guest as, my friend..., my good friend..., my dear friend...

But never, my husband... or my dear husband...

I'm old enough to remember when MSNBC actually covered the news instead of panelist after panelist bloviating about anything and everything.

But John H. calls Nicolle DARLING….

R183 And yet I can't remember when Fox News covered news.

MSNBC is in serious trouble ratings wise. I stopped watching regularly when they couldn't give up Trump. One of many reasons I wanted Trump out of office is so I'd never have to hear about him. Instead it was (and still is to a large extent) Trump this and Trump that. I get more national headlines these days watching local news.

[quote] I'm old enough to remember when MSNBC actually covered the news instead of panelist after panelist bloviating about anything and everything.

Is that when Tucker Carlson or Martin Bashir was working at MSNBC?

Or was it when conservative Michael Savage worked at MSNBC and responded to a prank caller on his show by calling him a "pig" and a "sodomite", and telling him he "should get AIDS and die"?

R186 I had similar feelings, but they cover Trump-ism, because it never went away. It got worse. And is in really serious danger or returning - in the flesh. It's not something rational people can comfortably ignore. I'm grateful MSNBC covers it relentlessly.

R188 I agree to a point. But, whose mind is going to be changed with the relentless Trump coverage on MSNBC? MSNBC viewers are already anti-Trump. It's just an echo chamber.

They may be preaching to the choir. But a choir that is more likely to get out and vote.

r190 If ratings are to be believed, that choir is getting smaller and smaller all the time.

R166

I had a college professor who often said cable news is geared toward people who cannot think for themselves. I tend to agree more and more.

Similar to the audience for college professors.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to engage any further. I'll show myself out.

You're certainly old enough, Andrea, aka R183.

Symone should not wear white. It shows every roll…

BTW Symone’s show is awful. CANCEL it already.

Symone should fill in for Karine during the televised hearings.

Now listen up you traitors and seditionist reporters, and I am looking at you Mr. Ducey...

Karine is a horrible press secretary , Symone would actually be better at that job.

I haven't been watching. Have Karine and Douchey gotten into it yet?

Here's something from the other day, R201.

Alex Witt, Yasmin Vossoughian, Symone Sanders, and Alicia Menendez. What a winning weekend lineup!

R203, don’t forget Reverend Racebaiter Al.

r203 I can tolerate Alex Witt. The others, not so much.

What happened to Lindsay Reiser?

I’m sorry, but Symone’s puke green background on her show’s set is HIDEOUS.

There is room for only one weekday indignant Negress and Joy has it locked up.

Tiffany guards the weekends.

No room for Symone.

So Joy has her show on the weekend. Tiffany' s show is on the weekend, and even Sanders' show is on the weekend, And Al Sharpton's show was on the weekend when it was cancelled.

Separate but equal to the weekday shows.

[quote] ... Alicia Menendez

I know she got her job, and probably everything else in life, through family connections. But what's the other reasons for the adverse response, and sometimes animosity, that she gets served here?

She seems proficient enough, gets all the latin name pronunciations correct, and is not bad at interviews. I don't watch her weekend show, but definitely prefer her to a number of the other substitute hosts.

Alicia Menendez

For me it is the voice, it is like nails on a chalkboard.

Symone was so cute on the Cosby Show, but she has gained a lot of weight since then, sadly.

MSNBC has been advertising that Rachel, Joy and Nicolle will be jointly hosting the coverage for the Jan 6th Hearing this Thursday at 7PM.

With Ari, Chris and Lawrence being allowed to occasionally inject their opinions when allowed.

I didn't realize that Symone Sanders is 32 years old. I thought she was closer to 50. Regardless, why does she warrant a show?

[quote] MSNBC has been advertising that Rachel, Joy and Nicolle will be jointly hosting the coverage for the Jan 6th Hearing this Thursday at 7PM.

If Rachel is only going to host a show for one hour on Monday nights, then she should have to relinquish being the main anchor for special news events.

What a sad sack Chris Hayes is. He must realize he’s never invited to these events and never will be!

Surely that must come up in his head at some point

Whose idea was the trio of Rachel, Joy, and Nicolle? Gag me now.

[quote] If Rachel is only going to host a show for one hour on Monday nights, then she should have to relinquish being the main anchor for special news events.

While I don't disagree with you, as long as she is still a ratings draw, I would imagine they will continue with her but the minute she takes a hit in the rating they might drop her. Plus they have to be able to reason away giving her that contract for $30 million for part time work.

Interesting because Chris and Ari are the best men on the network.

I get the feeling this Rachel once a week thing is not working out.

[quote] What a sad sack Chris Hayes is. He must realize he’s never invited to these events and never will be!

He is reportedly being paid a million dollars a year, where else is going to make that type of money for normally the third place ratings between MSNBC, FOX and CNN.

I think Gadi Schwartz, Steve Kornacki, and Garrett Haake should be the new trio for special coverage.

[quote] I think Gadi Schwartz, Steve Kornacki, and Garrett Haake should be the new trio for special coverage.

No, it should be Gadi, Garrett, and Jacob Soboroff anchoring, with Morgan Chesky reporting in the field.

What about me?

Yes r224 . Vaughn, Garrett, and Gadi are the new MSNBC special events anchor team. Sexiness aside, they'd do so much better than the three screeching hens.

With Kornacki at the big board and Morgan Chesky in the field.

^^^Do they need fluffers?

Monday Maddow Time!

Well, she took off Memorial Day Monday, I wasn't holding my breath.

Fresh off her break, Maddow is rocking a fresh hair cut.

Tonight is a class in SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY.

MSNBC is getting ahead of Thursday's Televised Hearings.

It’s gross this lesbian gets $30 million a year for working 1x a week.

I think Rachel tapes down her bosom.

Lately there seems to be an ever increasing percentage of MSNBC ad time being given to promoting programming from other NBCU networks - Bravo, E, CNBC, Peacock.

There's still plenty of pharma ads, but I'm wondering if the other traditional advertisers are cutting back. Ratings, content, economic woes, combination of all three?

That Mile Taylor is a former Trump BS artist. Why does Nicolle keep booking him for her show?

Nicolle as a reformed republican herself has a soft spot for others of her kind -Tim Miller, Matthew Dowd, Michael Steele, all frequent guests. Besides Taylor was Anonymous, and started exposing Trump on his shit while still working in government - essentially a spy for the resistance. He's got valuable insight.

I read an article today that said MSNBC's ratings are down to its 2004-2005 numbers. That was before Olbermann started to take off, and MSNBC was rudderless. They're going to have to make some major changes.

2004 and 2005 is when Chris Matthews was the major face of the network. Wowzers! They really are in trouble.

^^^Not surprising. That's what happen when you lose Rachel (mostly) and Brian Williams, who were the two pillars of primetime, in such a short time. Giving Morning Joe another hour and making Joy the new "star" of primetime will only get you so far.

Every recent move MSNBC has made has been a downgrade. Going from Chris Matthews to Joy Reid was a downgrade. Going from Brian Williams to Stephanie Ruhle was a downgrade. Going from Kasie Hunt on Sunday evenings to Alicia Menendez was a downgrade. And whoever ends up replacing Rachel will be another downgrade.

Who thought that promoting Stephanie Ruhle was a good idea? That voice! Eeeeeeeek!

So true, R241; Ruhle's is not a voice (or face) for pre-bedtime.

I did like her tagline, though: "I'll see you at the end of tomorrow."

In my opinion, MSNBC needs to get back to covering the news. Right now, it's just nothing but the same pundits regurgitating the same bs. "Let's bring Jake Sherman into the conversation"... "Joining us now is Ashley Parker". Enough already!

I'm still here, bitches.

R243 Ashley Parker and Jake Sherman are reporters, not pundits. Giving analysis is also part of their job as journalists. Who is it you want to see?

r245. No. Reporters are people who report from the field (Morgan Chesky, Gadi Schwartz) or have a beat (Pete Williams at the Supreme Court). Jake Sherman and Ashley Parker are technically reporters, but with other news organizations. They are on MSNBC to analyze and punditize.

I'd like to see a newscast appear again on MSNBC primetime. Move Shep Smith's CNBC newscast into Joy's slot.

I could see Shepard Smith as a potential host for the 11th Hour too.

"The 11th Hour" should have gone to Chris Jansing. Do the right thing, MSNBC, and move her from 1pm to Rachel's 9pm timeslot; she's earned it.

r249 That's an interesting idea. I love Chris Jansing. She's a good no-nonsense journalist who's been at MSNBC forever.

However, I suspect the late shift might not appeal to her.

R246 So you just want to see them doing a live shot outside the Whitehouse, or Supreme Court. That's ridiculous. Ashely Parker, Carol Leonnig, Phil Rucker, Michael Schmidt are all reporters. Sorry they don't satisfy your Chesky thirst.

r252 I wouldn't kick Chesky out of my bed, but Gadi Schwartz is my pick.

r252 to the topic at hand. I need to clarify my remarks. Yes, Ashely Parker, Carol Leonnig, Phil Rucker, and Michael Schmidt are reporters. I just meant that when they appear on MSNBC, they would be considered analysts and I would imagine, be paid as such.

[quote] Ashely Parker, Carol Leonnig, Phil Rucker, Michael Schmidt are all reporters.

But they're Washington Post or New York Times reporters, not MSNBC reporters. MSNBC barely does any reporting at all. MSNBC's idea of "breaking news" is having Nicolle or Rachel read verbatim from a story on the website of the Washington Post or the New York Times (or sometimes Politico), then interview with the reporter who wrote the story. It's all commentators interviewing reporters (instead of reporters interviewing sources).

Yes R255. You explained that so much more succinctly than I did. I want news, dammit! News!

[quote] I want news, dammit! News!

And I want to service Luke Broadwater's greasy fat cock.

R257 is horny

Chris Jansing while she sure doesn't look it, is 65 years old, they are not going to give her a prime time show. Ageism yes but it isn't going to happen, they will want to invest in someone who will be around for a while.

What does Chris Hayes bring to primetime exactly? He's the very definition of extra.

Jen Psaki could liven things up.

R260 Chris Hayes is sexy. But, I can't remember the last time I watched his show.

WHET Luke Russert?

I find MSNBC to be the most timely and reliable source in breaking news stories, releasing new information well before "The New York Times" app, consistently.

Shut your pie hole, R259. David Bloom and Tim Russert all but died on the job, and Andrea Mitchell seems committed to stay until she decides otherwise..

Chris Jansing could well outlive all of us; longevity is guaranteed to no one.

R261 I'm sorry but Jen Psaki does not have the energy to carry her own show. MSNBC is not in need of yet another bland, liberal commentator.

One of the major concerns is a viewership that increasingly cannot tell the difference between news and opinion. Fox News viewers are victim to this. But increasingly so, are MSNBC viewers.

[quote] WHET Luke Russert?

He and Robbie Mook are making babies.

[quote] the difference between news and opinion

On Fox the danger is more the difference between news and deliberately false information.

And it's rampant.

It costs money to fund a news station that goes beyond sending people to a locale so they can stick mics in peoples' faces. Punditry is cheap and they are clearly given a string of topics and talking points for each day.

Rachel is sucking up an obscene amount of resources and I am over her. Also, I always thought her books and podcasts were boring and only had an audience because she hawked them on air to a legion of fans. Without wall to wall promotion, her extended history lessons are going to fall on their ass.

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Chris Hayes brings, like, a lot to the table, right? He talks very fast, right, and, like, at the top of his, like, vocal register, right?

Is Miles Taylor gay?

FYI-that dude is still a republican no matter how many times he goes on Nicolle’s show.

[quote] Chris Hayes brings, like, a lot to the table, right? He talks very fast, right, and, like, at the top of his, like, vocal register, right?

And ... he ... joins ... us ... now.

Another thought... Neither Chris Hayes nor Lawrence O'Donnell have ever had very much success ratings-wise on their own. Lawrence benefited from the Rachel lead-in, and Chris' show has always been a weak link. Don't even get me started on Joy. It may be time to rethink the entire primetime lineup.

Here's my fantasy MSNBC primetime lineup: All times Eastern.

7pm: The News with Shepard Smith. (Just take his current CNBC newscast and make it flashier). 8pm: Garrett Haake's Washington (kind of like Kasie in DC, only nightly) 9pm: The Wrap with Gadi Schwartz (a look at the day's top stories. Similar to the Countdown format, but less bombastic) 10pm: The Big Board with Steve Kornacki 11pm: The 11th Hour with Shepard Smith

What's with all the trolls here lately?

R275 Nobody's trolling that I can tell.

R268 I don't care if Fox News is worse. Cable news has capitalized on people unable to differentiate between news and opinion.

Nicolle had her husband on her show today with no disclosure she married him!

David Hogg looked hot as hell on Deadline:Whitehouse.

Chris Hayes show is a two hour show tonight with guest MO "takin' down names and kickin' ass" Brooks. Chris asked Mo, why are you on my show, I doubt we have many conservative voters watching.

R274: Arguably, prime time begins at 8:00 pm; only in Joy Ann Reid's overheated wig stand is a broadcast start time of 7 o'clock considered anything other than fringe time.

She should rethink referring to others' musings as "the great lie."

R289, It is so funny to listen to a Trumpublican avoid talking about his body armor while running his Trumpublican talking points after being repudiated by Trump himself.

R282 His attempt to explain the most inflammatory lines in his 01/06 speech were so tortured. His demeanor on the show seems much more rational if you ignore all the bullshit he was spewing.

[quote] I think Rachel tapes down her bosom.

Sounds painful. I hope there's a shapewear garment that'll do that for her.

The MSNBC lineup just feels stale anymore.

Just 𝑁𝑂𝑊 you realize MSNBC has gotten stale?

Is MSNBC stale? Let's bring Jake Sherman into the conversation for his thoughts.

Katty Kay, help us out. MSNBC stale?

I like Rachel but don't really feel the one-show-a-week thing really works. If she's supposed to be the "face" of the network, then they should've told her either you keep doing five shows a week like everybody else or we'll give your slot to someone else. The 9:00 hour is prime real estate and to waste it by having her there one lousy night of the week, then turn it over to a parade of (with all due respect) far less exciting names under the banner "MSNBC Prime" is just ludicrous in my opinion and I wouldn't have let her get away with it.

Yes. R289 And they should not let Rachel continue to anchor special event coverage with that inane Joy Reid.

I originally thought when they announced the Rachel once-a-week thing, that she would do a documentary or a magazine-type show once a week, maybe on Sunday nights. I never thought it was just going to be a regular old show on Monday nights.

Tell Chris Hayes to wear tighter shirts and suits to show off his massive muscles. That will bring in the viewers to his show.

Chris has a perfectly nice average toned dad bod. His suits are already quite snug. His IG provides a good resource for assessing his actual physique.

Still I get it, fantasizing can be fun.

[quote]The MSNBC lineup just feels stale anymore.

Maybe Nicolle could try to giggle more to keep things lively?

[quote] MSNBC lineup just feels stale anymore.

This is new syntax to me. Otherelse?

I’d rather see them interviewing journalists than politicians. Most politicians just use an interview to say whatever they want—often party talking points. BORING. There are a few exceptions who actually respond to the questions asked.

MSNBC always does better in opposition to the President.

Chris Hayes has the smartest show.

Before COVID, Chris was having a studio audience mini-town hall. It was brilliant. He needs to revisit the occasional format.

I agree. He seemed to do well in that format, R299.

Does anyone watch Mrs. Greenspan's Breathless Noontime Lunch Hour?

My problem is not that the hosts talk with reporters from other news organizations. But it's the same fucking people all the time, providing no new insights and just spouting the same talking points

[quote]Before COVID, Chris was having a studio audience mini-town hall. It was brilliant. He needs to revisit the occasional format.

Oh god, that was the worst fucking thing ever. Chris Hayes shouting at a live audience instead of just yelling at you through your TV. I hope that never comes back.

Their problem is there’s a huge issue (the attempted coup) and what’s being done is being done secretly and slowly. They don’t want to divert attention from the story, but there isn’t much to say. Yet.

Just think: on the verge of co-hosting MSNBC's live coverage of the historic January 6 Hearings, Joy Ann Reid stands in her closet trying to decide which gaudy ensemble will be most appropriate to wear.

"Wig, don't fail me now!"

Dang, is Jamie Raskin EXTREMELY short, or is Garrett Haake EXTREMELY tall? That interview was disconcerting.

Haake is pretty tall

I’m afraid the hearing will be BORING

Rachel is back in 30 Rock for the Jan 6 hearings.

Joy is wearing her special wig tonight.

Joy’s wig is boring. I was hoping she’d recycle this look:

Nicolle seems unusually subdued during the pre-show--hmmm. Ari and Claire have joined the panel.

Hopping over to the Hearings thread now.

John Heilemann looked HOT on Nicolle’s show today.

Jake Tapper & Nicolle Wallace get off from Liz Cheney.

[quote]And they should not let Rachel continue to anchor special event coverage with that inane Joy Reid.

Go home and get a good night's beauty sleep, Garrett; you look beat after tonight's Hearing.

This contributor Helene Cooper can’t talk on TV.

People need to be vetted for TV, not every reporter can be a thrown on national television.

R317: Helene Cooper is a longtime fixture on news programs who, until recently, has been missing from the circuit. Perhaps her absence was due to illness which might explain her reduced confidence on-screen.

R318

oh that’s cute but why can’t helene speak ?

Haven't been watching a lot of MSNBC recently so I'm wondering if lovely Mara Gay ever fully recovered from Covid and returned to appearing on the network.

Is Mara Gay gay? Get the gay tingles from her.

Symone has something to say!

[quote] Symone has something to say!

If Symone has something to say, but nobody is listening, does a tree fall in the forest?

Chris Murphy is soo HOT!!!!

Joy Reid-

What the fuck did you do to your hair?????

And her Rachel Green haircut was looking soo good!

Maddow's back.

I like Joy's cut but not crazy about the blonde. Rachel's hair looks like it's loaded with product.

I love that on the panel tonight Chris Hayes called Trump a malignant sociopath. It's true.

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MSNBC host calls Trump names

What new revelations will be uncovered?

What wig will Joy Reid be wearing?

How much gel/product will Rachel have in her hair?

What name will Chris Hayes call Trump this time?

Find out these and other question on Wednesday 8pm to 10pm on MSNBC

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Joy Ann Reid's got a brand new wig.

Live from New York, it's Rachel Maddow.

Rachel is brilliant. Tonight's theme, reporters are missing the point: the hearings ARE the referrals for prosecution.

Brilliant!

Looking forward to Rachel TONIGHT!

Maddow time.

Arti has put together the whole week in clips from the hearings, and the MSNBC Maddow panel discussions.

Brilliant.

I hope the Proud Boys protect Trump in Guanto...

Monday Maddow time.

Live watching Axios’ Eugene Scott on Way Too Early. That’s a fine looking man!

JONATHAN LEMIRE AND GARRET HAAKE are the only dam reasons i watch msnbc.....OH AND I LOVE MESSY JOY !!!

alex witt the old lady? she funny, but scarey too, the eyes, dear me.

omg alicia menendez's hair ....wtf ????? so fug

MIKA AND JOE HAVING TROUBLES??