[jimbo123]

[JPG]

Lunch?

[Bernard]

So now "What The Chuck" Todd is going to redeem this show and the entire genre with improved ratings and ad revenue, or is this just NBC refusing to get out of the Sunday morning chitchat show?

If they wanted real discussion, NBC could have brought in the group from "The Independents". Or one of the clown shows from its farm system, MSNBC.

[Alberta's Child]

I’m wondering what the REAL story is behind David Gregory’s termination. I find it hard to believe that a cable network with Al Sharpton on the payroll has any standards at all.

[Rummyfan]

Gee, makes you wonder (1)how he won the job in the first place and (2)how he lasted so long. And now they have to pay him $4M to leave quietly.

[Rummyfan]

All the Sunday shows have seen their influence wane in recent years...

David Gregory, Bob Schieffer, George Stephenapoulos.... Why is viewership declining?.

[InvisibleChurch]

NBC News executives have been trying to come up with a solution to what sources there referred to as “the David Gregory problem.”

how dumb is this? when did networks not fire someone when ratings tank? well, i hope they keep him on the show so they lose more revenue

[jiggyboy]

The first couple of sentences made me dare to daydream for just a moment that I’d see the phrases “barricaded himself” and “extensive arsenal” a few paragraphs in.

[stratboy]

He was widely disliked within the organization United Stated and his ambition and vanity rubbed important colleagues at NBC most americans the wrong way.

[RobinOfKingston]

He was widely disliked within the organization and ...

The frizzy-headed, insufferable little body part is "widely disliked" outside the organization, also.

[GreenHornet]

Gregory was chartered back to Washington for Sunday’s program, having concluded, one NBC source said, that being off was “a dumb move”

That never stops Obama.

[dennisw]

Oh the drama...the intrigue...all over this nasty slanted biased liberal David Gregory. Tim Russert was closer to the middle so got the much higher ratings. What else is there to know?

[rwoodward]

They need to hire someone like Greg Gutfeld. He is like the goldfinger of talk shows.

[Red in Blue PA]

He should be in jail for possession of a magazine. In my mind he will always be a felon.

[skinkinthegrass]

to the hair stylist: "Just a little more off the top."

[SoFloFreeper]

A $4,000,000 parachute? To quit?

Nice gig there, David Gregory. Must put you in the 1%.

[okie01]

Gregory was chartered back to Washington for Sunday’s program, having concluded, one NBC source said, that being off was “a dumb move”

So, Gregory had spent the week on Nantucket vacationing. And he had hosted an affair on Saturday nite. Then, he was chartered back to Washington to host Sunday's "Meet the Press".

May I ask just how prepared was he to host the show? Had he acquainted himself with the guests? Had he mapped out how he planned to direct the interviews? Had he created a list of questions that needed asking?

Did he have any friggin' idea what direction he should take the show?

No wonder Gregory and the show are failing. He and the network are taking a rankly unprofessional approach to the job.