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MSNBC Disconnects "Connected" (Ron Reagan has no job)
MediaBistro ^ | 12/10/05

Posted on 12/15/2005 7:52:05 AM PST by LdSentinal

MSNBC Disconnects "Connected" MSNBC's "Connected: Coast to Coast" died a quiet death on Friday. Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan co-hosted their last show at noon.

"Thanks to all of you who have written to say kind things," senior producer Tony Maciulis blogged on MSNBC.com. "We've spent the last year bringing you quality programming -- the kind of political debate show that you don't really see anymore." Or, some would say, the kind of political debate show that we don't want to see anymore.

Cliff Kincaid: "...The hosts permitted guests enough time to complete their sentences. It provided a serious forum for the discussion of hard news."

When the show premiered in February, MSNBCers were excited. "We hope to bring some perspective on the news stories that you've been hearing during the day," Crowley said...

Update: 10:38pm: "Was I the only one who truly enjoyed Connected Coast to Coast?," an e-mailer asks. "I felt Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan both were low-key enough to allow the newsmakers to make their points without the egos of the hosts getting in the way. It made the show very watchable for those of us raised in an era of sane television journalism. It was probably the only TV talker that was without rancor between hosts of vastly differing viewpoints and truly which brought a thoughtful discussion of issues to MSNBC. I'll miss the show."

But another e-mailer writes: "What took MSNBC so long to realize how crappy Connected: Coast to Coast was? The show was terrible; they deserved a quiet death, certainly it shouldn't make news


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: ballet; crowley; liberal; monica; monicacrowley; msnbc; nonreagan; reagan; tinkerbell; twinkletoes
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1 posted on 12/15/2005 7:52:09 AM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

I'm surprised that Monica Crowley signed up for what was obviously going to be a loser program.


2 posted on 12/15/2005 7:53:27 AM PST by dropzone
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To: LdSentinal

Back to the dog show, Pastyboy.


3 posted on 12/15/2005 7:53:49 AM PST by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: LdSentinal
"We've spent the last year bringing you quality programming..."

If that were so you wouldn't be cancelling it.

4 posted on 12/15/2005 7:53:54 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell.)
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To: LdSentinal
"We've spent the last year bringing you quality programming -- the kind of political debate show that you don't really see anymore."

LOL!

That should read:

"We've spent the last year bringing you quality programming -- the kind of political debate show that you don't really WANT TO see anymore."

5 posted on 12/15/2005 7:54:29 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with enemies who are mentally unstable.)
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To: LdSentinal

Ron could always try to get his old job back at the Joffrey Ballet. And Monica is too good to go slumming on PMSNBC.


6 posted on 12/15/2005 7:55:08 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: LdSentinal

Poor Ron...now he'll be able to devote *all* his waking hours to the local bathhouses.


7 posted on 12/15/2005 7:55:40 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: LdSentinal
This headline (No Job) is misleading. You know damn well he will go back to being a prominent ballet dancer
8 posted on 12/15/2005 7:56:48 AM PST by slowhand520
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To: LdSentinal

NonRon Reagan had a show? Has he officially come out of the bath house yet?


9 posted on 12/15/2005 7:57:49 AM PST by Forest Keeper
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To: LdSentinal

Didn't he get the gig as a result of his ... commentary on his father's legacy, anyway? I'm surprised it lasted this long.


10 posted on 12/15/2005 7:57:57 AM PST by detsaoT (run bsd)
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To: LdSentinal

I'm sure Ron could find a paying gig on 10th Ave, NYC, right near the Lincoln Tunnel.


11 posted on 12/15/2005 7:58:07 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: LdSentinal

What is this deal with MSNBC advertising on DU and leftist blogs?

Very bizarre


12 posted on 12/15/2005 7:58:36 AM PST by woofie
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To: LdSentinal

The first thing they need to do is fire Chris Matthews and then Keither Olberman. There is no way news junkies will watch those shows with those 2 on.


13 posted on 12/15/2005 7:58:39 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: LdSentinal

Oh WELL, there goes Twinkle toes...bawahhahha!


14 posted on 12/15/2005 7:59:29 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: atomicpossum
Back to the dog show, Pastyboy.

He's the Boy from Eukanuba.

I figured something was wrong. He looked so sad. I was going to ask him, "Why the long face?"; but I realixed he can't help it.

15 posted on 12/15/2005 8:00:11 AM PST by edpc
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To: LdSentinal
OK, my guess is MSNBC will expand Hardball to fill this time slot. CNX has expanded The Situation Room to overlap their failed shows.

Soon, MSNBC will be the Chris Matthews Channel and CNX will be the Wolf Blitzer Channel.

Too bad they have no other talent or ideas to fill the gaps....Bwhahahaha!

Perhaps MSNBC would like to hire Aaron Brown, the X-face of CNX?

16 posted on 12/15/2005 8:00:22 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: edpc

realixed = realized....*%$#!!


17 posted on 12/15/2005 8:01:26 AM PST by edpc
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To: LdSentinal

Sweet.


18 posted on 12/15/2005 8:02:32 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: detsaoT
"Connected: Coast to Coast was MSNBC's gift to Junior for trashing Bush in his father's eulogy.
19 posted on 12/15/2005 8:03:33 AM PST by CaptainK
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To: edpc

Anyone want to bet me that he'll be doing informercials for a cheap imitation to "Bowflex?"


20 posted on 12/15/2005 8:03:47 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: LdSentinal
This wouldn't be the first time he is unemployed.

Didn't the MSM make a big deal out of him being in the unemployment line as a dancer in the 80's while his father was in office?
21 posted on 12/15/2005 8:04:01 AM PST by april15Bendovr
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To: LdSentinal
Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan co-hosted their last show at noon.

I hope Monica ends up somewhere good, as for Ron ....

22 posted on 12/15/2005 8:04:21 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: LdSentinal

The name of the show from the beginning should have been,

"Disconnected."


23 posted on 12/15/2005 8:04:29 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: dead
LOL!

Did you ever watch Upright Citizens Brigade?

Some very funny fake commercials:

"For your gift of only twelve dollars a week to the Little Donny Foundation, less than the price of a Holland Tunnel handj**, you can truly make a difference . . . "

24 posted on 12/15/2005 8:07:50 AM PST by wideawake
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To: LdSentinal

Prescott, Prescott, we hardly knew thee..............now get the ---- out of here!


25 posted on 12/15/2005 8:08:14 AM PST by macamadamia (The great dangerous non-sequitur du jour: oil-independence will stop terrorism.)
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To: LdSentinal

Sounds like ole Ron has to pack his saddlebag and mosey on back to Brokeback Mountain.


26 posted on 12/15/2005 8:08:23 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: nikos1121
Anyone want to bet me that he'll be doing informercials for a cheap imitation to "Bowflex?"

I'd be more inclined to belive he'd pitch Bare Essentials makeup.

27 posted on 12/15/2005 8:08:26 AM PST by edpc
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To: LdSentinal

I hear there are openings for towel boys in San Francisco. Good luck, Ron.


28 posted on 12/15/2005 8:08:26 AM PST by Faraday
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To: LdSentinal

Hey Ron, can you say "Would you like to biggie size that order?"

I knew you could.
29 posted on 12/15/2005 8:08:54 AM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: LdSentinal

Are we absolutely sure Skipper wasn't the adopted son?


30 posted on 12/15/2005 8:09:04 AM PST by RichInOC ("There is no way...no way...that you came from my loins."--Ronald Reagan to Skipper.)
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To: edpc; atomicpossum

Back to the dog show, Pastyboy.
He's the Boy from Eukanuba.
I figured something was wrong. He looked so sad. I was going to ask him, "Why the long face?"; but I realixed he can't help it.

WOOF!! I was channel surfing and came across Canine Ron. Boy, that is one ugly mugg! He sure didn't get his father's good looks!


31 posted on 12/15/2005 8:10:21 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: LdSentinal

good riddance to skippy!


32 posted on 12/15/2005 8:10:29 AM PST by Archytekt
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To: LdSentinal

Just about all MSNBC shows are complete bombs. MSNBC started out as a network that would incorporate the Internet in its programming. At first they did and it was somewhat interesting to see Omar the Weird Looking Dude talking about that folks on the Web are talking about. They would actually LOOK at various websites. Soon, however, the old stale ways of thinking sank in and MSNBC became just another standard boring news talk channel. Ironically, its most popular program is a broadcast of a radio show.


33 posted on 12/15/2005 8:12:48 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: RoseofTexas
Pathetic son of the great president. One would think that he would have enough smarts and respect for what his father has done for the mankind. Sorry, shallow "TV star", not enough RATs to support your drivel, Eh?
34 posted on 12/15/2005 8:12:48 AM PST by Leo Carpathian (FReeeePeee!)
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To: Mike Darancette

Whta's worse for them, Monica and Ron are being replaced by Maury Povich and Connie Chung..


35 posted on 12/15/2005 8:12:56 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: ken5050
Whta's worse for them, Monica and Ron are being replaced by Maury Povich and Connie Chung..

They got that "yellow" journalism thing going on.

36 posted on 12/15/2005 8:17:52 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: LdSentinal
Reagan has always conveyed a glib, adolescent component to whatever debating subject matter at hand....

His "credentials" were zero and nada while his contributions were forced, awkward, as he had obvious problems staying in context.

It was all Crowley could do from cringing constantly from being paired with this no-talent ballerina.

37 posted on 12/15/2005 8:18:24 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: LdSentinal
LOL...Ron Disgrace Jr show is NO longer. Contract non-renewed...useless idiot. All the plans of mice and men came to knot...W won his second term. Ron Disgrace Jr was a worthless expense.

Disgrace Jr lied when he said W was very nervous when meeting Nancy in DC for President Reagan's funeral. Why would W ever be nervous over meeting anyone, especially Nancy who he's meet many times. What a liar.

38 posted on 12/15/2005 8:18:29 AM PST by shield (The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions.Pr 1:7)
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To: LdSentinal

This was a program with a brain and one half. How President Ronald Reagan could have spawned an idiot is amazing. Monica provided the only sane thoughts on this MSNBC loser.


39 posted on 12/15/2005 8:18:57 AM PST by hgro (A)
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To: LdSentinal
I hope the star of the show, Monica Crowley, finds work soon.
40 posted on 12/15/2005 8:18:59 AM PST by mrsmith
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To: edpc
Back to the dog show, Pastyboy.

NOOOOO!

41 posted on 12/15/2005 8:19:24 AM PST by oyez (Appeasement is death!)
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To: LdSentinal

The ballerina's funeral ride is finally over.


42 posted on 12/15/2005 8:20:34 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: Archytekt

Amazing!c PMSNBC tossed Non Reagan the pass-around bootie poodle *out*?....Will wonders never cease?

Next thing you know, they'll be tossiing Carlson
and his Fart America fascist Lesbian dominatrix
out as well!...

Did all the pervs running NBC programming get
"persuaded" to "turn in their resignations" recently?


43 posted on 12/15/2005 8:20:56 AM PST by Baby Driver
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To: oyez
His father dies of Alzheimer's..he will die of......
44 posted on 12/15/2005 8:21:34 AM PST by Youngman442002
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To: LdSentinal

I can't believe that Monica would go to the Titanic. Aren't they supposed tp scrap MSNBC pretty soon?


45 posted on 12/15/2005 8:22:06 AM PST by desherwood7
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To: LdSentinal

"MSNBC Disconnects "Connected" MSNBC's "Connected: Coast to Coast" died a quiet death on Friday. Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan co-hosted their last show at noon."


Who knew?

pmsnbc should contact me for new programming. I guarantee that I could increase their ratings at least 200%.

Replace spitting chrissy with Ann Coulter.

Replace olderman with Laura Ingraham.

Replace plain old joe with Rush Limbaugh.

With these three moves {provided that editorial content was left to the hosts} will move msnbc up 2-400%.

It will never happen, but I know that they could change their ratings position.


46 posted on 12/15/2005 8:23:50 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: LdSentinal
Sickening the way NBC gave their boy a job after he dissed the religion of the President of the United States, during a funeral of another President, to a world-wide audience.
47 posted on 12/15/2005 8:24:14 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: oyez

The teeth look the same. His teeth always creeped me out....The guy has fangs. Monica did some very good interviews, Though.


48 posted on 12/15/2005 8:26:43 AM PST by Nothometoday
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To: Baby Driver
Ever notice how much girly-man Tucker says, "I agree with you", to his dyke friend?

He is whipped.

Its very unseemly.
49 posted on 12/15/2005 8:28:23 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: LdSentinal

Dance Ballerina, Dance!


50 posted on 12/15/2005 8:30:30 AM PST by EnquiringMind
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