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Tucker Canceled; Other (MSNBC) Programming Changes Ahead (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
TV Newser ^
| March 9, 2008
| Staff
Posted on 03/09/2008 4:01:34 PM PDT by abb
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.
After the jump, the Tucker Carlson time warp...
Carlson first came to MSNBC in June, 2005 as host of The Situation With Tucker Carlson at 9pmET. That show originated from MSNBC's New Jersey headquarters. In August 2005, the show was moved to 11pmET. In July 2006, the show was renamed "Tucker" and moved to 4pmET (with a repeat airing at 6pmET). In July 2007 the 4pmET hour was scrapped and it aired live at 6pmET only.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dbm; mediawatch; msnbc; nbc; nbcnews; news; television; tuckercarlson
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To: newfreep
BTR THN U
Surely you can figure that one out.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:24:19 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: abb
Sources say the network is going to beef up its schedule with more NBC News talent. Have they been hiding that 'talent' because I haven't seen ANY talent on NBC 'News'.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:25:35 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: abb
Upon hearing the news Tucker decided to hang himself with his bow tie, but alas it was not a real bowtie..but a clip on model....so he put the tie and a stick...made a windmill and got a job as a wind generation turbine off the coast of Ted Kennedy’s beloved cape...bwahahahaha
To: Enchante
I kind of liked Tucker, but Scarboro is sort of a punk, although I’m not sure why.
24
posted on
03/09/2008 4:28:22 PM PDT
by
nygoose
To: Enchante; Maelstorm; jdm
GRRRRREAT comments! GRRRRREAT pictorial, jdm! BTTT!
25
posted on
03/09/2008 4:28:59 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Dog Gone
Oooops, I meant the bumper stickr on lower left.
And don't call me Shirley!
26
posted on
03/09/2008 4:32:04 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: nygoose
My objection to both of them is that (at least in my admittedly limited exposures) they are both soft-headed sappy go-along guys with few definite ideas and a complete inability to understand or explain great national security issues.
I admit that my impressions of each are severely limited by the fact that I did not find them worth watching and so did not do so for very long.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:33:40 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Obama: I'll eagerly kiss Castro's cold dead ass, that's my foreign policy!!)
To: abb
part of the MSM plan I predicted was for msnbc to push obama up to a certain point in order to hurt both hillary and obama and then help mccain.
It’s almost so perfect. Hillary had to win ohio and texas in order to keep the race going. if the MSM was really going for obama to help him win (as they clearly were before), then they would have let him win ohio and texas and the race would be over for hillary.
let’s see if I’m right...the only way this could work is if msnbc made changes and that’s what they are doing now.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:40:00 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(McCain must pick a conservative VP if he wants conservative support)
To: Enchante
I admit that my impressions of each are severely limited by the fact that I did not find them worth watching and so did not do so for very long.When joe was in the house, he had real balls and was way right.
He got the tv gig and little by little the chemical castration began to work.
Joe is only six months away from having a real vagina and his add on boobies are being fabricated as I type.
He's gonna end up being a janet reno type lesbian, big and ugly.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:41:33 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: abb
Do people actually watch an evening news show anymore? How quaint!!
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:43:11 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: Maelstorm
Sounds like Republican Senators you are talking about.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:44:59 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
To: newfreep
It’s suppose to say “Coexist” with muzzies and jews and Christians or something.....
To: abb
Even if I HAD cable, I still wouldn’t watch PMSNBC.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:46:45 PM PDT
by
GEC
(We're not drilling in ANWR because....)
To: Capt_Hank
How I long for the day, when I hear the same news about Geraldo The Fake over at FNC.
We always have something to look forward to...
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:48:23 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
To: abb
I am supposed to care about what happens to Tucker Carlson.
They gin this up every few months about Carlson’s show being cancelled, so lets hope it actually happens for once instead of being a ginned up rumor.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:50:29 PM PDT
by
Nextrush
(MCCAIN, OBAMA, CLINTON......WHAT A CHOICE?)
To: abb
I caught his show last week for the first time only to hear his incredulity that voters would want to know whether or not Obabma is a Muslim. “What difference does his religion make?” he asked, “Since when do we ask a person’s religion in this country?”. That was enough for me and switched channels.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:51:00 PM PDT
by
balls
To: PGalt
Tucker Carlson: Arrogant Big Media Tool (UPDATE: Who Has Lost His Show)
Heres Tucker Carlson, in a stunning display of Big Media arrogance: Its a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a reporter from The Scotsman. Watch the video here.
I personally dont like to play gotcha with people I interview. But the fact of the matter is that you cant just say something stupid in an on-the-record interview and then immediately try to take it back by claiming it was off the record.
I think its a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by Tucker Carlson.
UPDATE: Tucker has lost his show. (H/t steve.)
Its a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a guy with no show.
ROTFL!!!!
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:51:33 PM PDT
by
jdm
(Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
To: abb
Tucker gets a new deck chair and is still wondering what that sloshing sound is...
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:51:36 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Iron Munro
and even geraldo is better than greta’s show about useless news. that’s when i switch to MSNBC and CNN!
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:52:23 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(McCain must pick a conservative VP if he wants conservative support)
To: Doctor Raoul
Thomas Andrews: The pumps will buy you time, but minutes only. From this moment on, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder.
Ismay: But this ship can’t sink!
Thomas Andrews: She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she *will*. It is a mathematical certainty.
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posted on
03/09/2008 4:53:51 PM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
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