[Wphile]

They cancelled Alan Keyes in a lot faster time than they have Donohue. Why they have let Donohue hang on this long is beyond me. I have noticed, while channel surfing as I never actually watch MSNBC, that he seems to be back to his old daytime format. He's walking around with a mike, lots of women in the audience and talking about really stupid stuff. Donohue is NOT ready for prime time.

Good riddance, Phil!

[goldstategop]

They seem to think liberal + big name = strong ratings + $$$$. Too bad MSNBC execs haven't heard of the past election. Liberalism is quite simply an unsaleable product, no matter WHO's selling it. They should pull the plug and put Phil Donahue out of his misery rather than watch millions more be flushed down the toilet. A money-maker for MSNBC he ain't.

[Snuffington]

They cancelled Alan Keyes in a lot faster time than they have Donohue. Why they have let Donohue hang on this long is beyond me.

Being a Keyes fan myself I hate to say this, but there is a perfectly good reason they gave Donahue a longer shot.

Keyes was basically plunked into a losing timeslot as a fill in for them. They had no great expecations for the show. They just wanted more of that "right wing talk" stuff that was doing so well for Fox.

Donahue was the basis of an entire new strategy meant to make them competitive in primetime with CNN and Fox. They shuffled all their existing shows around and created new ones around their Donahue centerpiece. They poured huge marketing dollars into promoting the show. No doubt there are many careers at MSNBC other than Donhue's on the line if (and when) his show fails.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

He's walking around with a mike, lots of women in the audience and talking about really stupid stuff. God, you should have seen tonights anti-war show. They had Aranna "I drove my ex-hubby to homosexuality" Huffington. A lot of women, pacifist-men &arabs in the audience and they were so trying to pump up Phil's anti-war rants with hoots and applauses. It was quite sad