Posted on 12/19/2004 12:58:49 PM PST by cablenewsr
"MSNBC is close to signing a deal with CNN's Tucker Carlson, paving the way for the conservative Crossfire co-host to fill the 9:00pm primetime position soon to be vacated by Deborah Norville.
MSNBC staffers have been buzzing about the possibility in recent days, three sources told TVNewser. One insider speculated that Carlson's program would attract new viewers to the network, but more importantly, "it shows that MSNBC is a priority and folks are trying their darndest to make it work."
Carlson feels that CNN hasn't treated him well, a source said. MSNBC executives, on the other hand, are thrilled by the guy in the bow tie.
...
The courting of Carlson is MSNBC president Rick Kaplan's first opportunity to create a new primetime show on MSNBC. "It's going to surprise a lot of Kaplan's critics," a source said recently, because conservatives have criticized Kaplan for being liberal (due in part to his relationship with former President Bill Clinton)."
(Excerpt) Read more at mediabistro.com ...
Wait... which one is the conservative co-host?
Calling Tucker conservative is like saying Sonny Bono was a good singer.
Didn't they have Keyes as a host before? It didn't work well...
Carlson should lose the goofy bow tie.
I'm just wetting my pants in excitement.
In other words, still no reason to watch MSNBC.
Besides, what's he gonna do? Olbermann has a news show, Scarborough has a news show...is Carlson gonna cover the same stuff those two cover?
conservative?
It won't help PMSNBC's numbers. :)
"Calling Tucker conservative is like saying Sonny Bono was a good singer."
Sonny wasn't a good singer but he became a (at least in name) conservative representative. So, does that mean that Tucker may end up becoming a singer?
But I guess this frees up a spot on CNN for John McCain to take over the "Republican" chair on Crossfire.
Yes. Perhaps CNN will replace Carlson with someone who dresses like a grownup.
I saw that clip. Stewart looked like an idiot and a jerk. He was woefully uninformed, incoherent and argumentative. And not funny at all.
Deckchairs..Titanic - Man, you got that right. I've noticed that MSNBC seems to be running Chris Matthews 3 times a night at this point. Is there some loophole in the ratings standards that lets them count the same 12 people three times to get his ratings up?
Wow, you just put the "pithy" in remark.
LOL!!
boy I admit that Tucker is quite the milqtoast (sp?) but he is alot more conservative than Bill O'Rielly. Sometimes I think some people here bitch at anyone that has the temerity to disagree with the Adm from time to time. Tucker is probably one of the brightest guys doing this crap and his arguements are more conservative than most. Again, I"m not a great fan of his but he is a hell of alot more intellectual than let's say Sean Hannity who is the conservative Chris Matthews. Please, no troll messages, I've been a Repub for 31 years but sometimes it strikes me that some folk here can be just as bad as the DUmmies.....
All these guys have good and bad points, hell I don't really like any of them except for the gang on Brit's show.
All you need to know about PMSNBC is that they would hire Reagn's son who is a ballet dancer to be a political commentator rather than the Reagan son who IS a political commentator.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.