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Report: ‘Me-Again’ Kelly’s Disastrous Ratings On NBC Taking Matt Lauer Off The Hot Seat
Breitbart ^ | 28 Jun 2017 | by Tony Le

Posted on 06/28/2017 12:47:53 PM PDT by drewh

NBC News reportedly hired Megyn Kelly to take Matt Lauer’s spot on the Today show, but after Kelly’s disastrous first month at the network, Lauer is no longer on the hot seat, according to a report.

The puffy profile overlooks Kelly’s numerous professional and personality flaws and shortcomings, makes a litany of excuses for Kelly’s failures. In it, Vanity Fair’s Sarah Ellison notes that the “silver lining” in Kelly’s disastrously wretched ratings may be that there are no longer rumors about Lauer’s job security.

“Upon Kelly’s arrival, one TV industry insider told me that her hire ‘was all about replacing Matt Lauer in a couple of years. They want to protect the Today show and they will build the Today show around her.’ One month into her tenure at NBC, though, those rumors have quieted,” Ellison writes.

Vanity Fair has noted that “during her time at Fox News, Kelly acquired the nickname ‘Me-Again’ on account of a perceived ability to put herself in the center of affairs.” Though NBC executives reportedly believed Kelly had “great potential in a number of formats,” a television executive told CNN recently that, after Kelly’s first few shows, NBC’s “fundamental mistake” was thinking that Kelly was a “superstar.”

Given the fact that, according to Ellison’s previous reporting, Kelly’s salary ($17 million annually) is probably “more than everyone on CBS News’s 60 Minutes combined,” Kelly’s ratings are even more disastrous.

Kelly’s ratings have gotten so bad that New York radio host Mark Simone said NBC was looking to already unload Kelly and may even try to convince Fox News to take her back.

But a high-ranking Fox News official told Breitbart News that there would be “no way” Kelly could crawl back because, simply, she “would not be welcomed back.”

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1 posted on 06/28/2017 12:47:53 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Perhaps Kelly should get some career tips from Olbermann.


2 posted on 06/28/2017 12:51:31 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: NewHampshireDuo

I doubt Jeff Zucker is interested in what MeAgain has to offer... :)


3 posted on 06/28/2017 12:53:44 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

She is particularly unattractive these days.

4 posted on 06/28/2017 12:54:05 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: drewh

Maybe she can join the Dixie Chicks in obscurity.


5 posted on 06/28/2017 12:57:32 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Sun Tzu Trumps Saul Alinsky)
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To: drewh

Dumb broad thought she could take down Trump? What a fool. That’s gonna’ cost her everything.


6 posted on 06/28/2017 12:59:25 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: drewh

She pissed off conservatives when she took a hard left, and libs already don’t like her. She’s stuck between a rock and a hard place. Too bad, so sad...


7 posted on 06/28/2017 1:02:59 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: drewh

MSNBC deserves Kelly.


8 posted on 06/28/2017 1:03:53 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: drewh

Waking to Megyn on the Today show.. OOOOoooo... what a fitting ending to her career.. nuking networks as she goes. maybe she can get Katie’s Yahoo slot when Katie retires.. someday..


9 posted on 06/28/2017 1:05:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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10 posted on 06/28/2017 1:05:56 PM PDT by drewh
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To: chris37
She is particularly unattractive these days.

Maintainiing normalcy at NnnnnnnnBC!

11 posted on 06/28/2017 1:06:00 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: drewh

Matt must be flipping cartwheels and earnestly believing in Jesus for the gift of Megan Kelly.


12 posted on 06/28/2017 1:06:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: drewh

She was Fox colored - the mainly liberal NBC viewers disdain for Fox was not going to go away merely because she changed networks. She had no or few loyal Fox viewers who would follow her to NBC. She became a minor in both networks and a master of none . And for 17 million per that’s a career ender. Maybe she can join Alex Jones when she gets the buyout. Lol.


14 posted on 06/28/2017 1:11:57 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Sans-Culotte
She pissed off conservatives when she took a hard left, and libs already don’t like her.

Playing to the left is always a sucker's play. No loyalty.

15 posted on 06/28/2017 1:12:30 PM PDT by Fido969 (IN!)
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To: drewh

Who is this Bottle Nlond of whom they speak


16 posted on 06/28/2017 1:33:34 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: chris37

Yes, she is! It’s so apparent, I wondered if it’s purposeful? A different audience or something.


17 posted on 06/28/2017 1:35:35 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: drewh

I see a pole in her future.


18 posted on 06/28/2017 1:39:11 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

angry women’s demeanor is a dead give a way


19 posted on 06/28/2017 2:17:38 PM PDT by aces (Islam is satans lies, ask Jesus)
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To: drewh

I apologise for being crass, but that second picture looks like she’s trying to pass a sneaker (gas).


20 posted on 06/28/2017 2:32:30 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn. I hate autocorrect.)
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