MSNBC to give Tucker Carlson his own show

[Shopaholic]

to follow Olbermann.

from www.tvnewser.com:

Only on TVNewser: 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.


I can see this building an audience for Scarborough at 10pm but there's no way that Olbermann's audience will stick around for Tucker Carlson.

[Deja Q]

1. You mean, PBS wasn't enough for Tucks 'Medicated' Carson?

:shrug:

Edit: Grammaer in subject line

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Gee, it's the librul media again!

:puke:

[rlev1223]

35. This should make "Phyllis Schlafly"' very happy.....

http://www.modernmirth.com/04nov/blat1104.html

(Celebrity voices impersonated)

[Sparkly]

3. Will he have to talk to people who disagree with him on this show?

Because he really seems to have a problem with that.

[slor]

4. COOL!!!...

One more reason NOT to watch that dumbassed channel.

[Shopaholic]

6. I can see this

building an audience for Joe "I killed my intern" Scarborough but it's not going to do a damn thing for Keith Olbermann's audience. And let's count out the current line-up for MS-GOP, shall we? Chris Matthews--GOP ass-kissing sycophant; Scarborough-GOP toadie; and now Tucker Carlson! 3 vs. 1 and you can see that KO really operates more as a centrist instead of as a liberal (you know-what news people are supposed to be). So basically, MSNBC has NO liberals on the network. Liberal media my ass!

[Armstead]

5. This is why MSNBC will remain in the basement

With Countdown, they at least started to establish themselves as an alternatuve to Faux News.

But then they undermine that by following him with not one but two conservative talk shows.

If the nitwits had at least tried to provde balance in their schedule, they might have a chance to build an audience. But this just makes them a Fox Wannabe.

[Royal Observer]

8. MS NBC doesn't know

what it wants to stand for so it stands for nothing and not many people want to watch a network that stands for nothing.

[crispini]

13. Yep, they're idiots.

Nobody understands yet that there IS a market for real journalism and left-leaning talk. (Except Air America). I thought that MSNBC might be heading that way-- got a foot in the door with KO-- but apparantly not.

Someone's missing a business opportunity, that's all I can say.

[Clark2008]

44. I told them just that...

Dear MSNBC,
I just read on TV Newser that your organization is in the process of inking a deal with CNN's Tucker Carlson.
Why?
I had hoped that with Keith Olbermann's 128 percent ratings increase from October to November, the folks over at MSNBC would have realized that there is a market out there for unbiased (if pithy) news reporting.
There are so very many shows on the air with a right-wing slant, including your own, "Scarborough Country," that the market is saturated; however, there are those of us who really want a bit less opinion and a bit more news. Olbermann's "Countdown" is nearly the only show on the major cable news networks that fits that bill.
Fox News, for example, is 99.9 percent conservative (the .01 percent being what little Alan Colmes gets to wedge in between Sean Hannity's diatribes) and CNN has turned into nothing but a Republican-agenda-oriented cable news station in an attempt, presumably, to keep up with Fox's ratings.
Even though I tend to be a moderate who leans left, I would rather see true "fair and balanced" reporting and issue-oriented punditry than to see a bunch of shows that cater to either the right or left. Your "After Hours" during the election season was a nice alternative to the yelling "Democrat vs. Republican" shows that dominate television today.
I tend to agree with Jon Stewart in regards to Tucker Carlson and his ilk when he called down the "Crossfire" host for participating in the screamfests: "I felt that wasn't fair, and I should come here and tell you that it's not so much that it's bad, as it's hurting America," Stewart told Carlson and Begala. "So I wanted to come here today and say . . . stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America. You're helping the politicians and the corporations."
Amen.
How 'bout keeping it real over there at MSNBC and watch your ratings go up. If Carlson becomes part of the line up, I will be tuning out after Olbermann goes off.

[devilgrrl]

7. How is it that he got to where he is?

And what the fuck has he ever done for anybody?

[Lucky Luciano]

If he has Jon Stewart on every day I will watch!

Here is the Crossfire with Stewart...enjoy...

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831

[mattclearing]

9. Perhaps he wants to dump CNN after they spun the vote fraud thing away.

Tucker Carlson looked soooo demoralized on election day, as the exit polls had confirmed the Bush loss that he had himself predicted.

He totally knows.

[Pithy Cherub]

10. Egads, Bowtie Carlson pollutes another channel!

Keith O should have Jon Stewart on the same day that synchophant con Carlson starts :evilgrin:

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. For pundits, getting own MSNBC is sort of like...

how marginal sitcom stars used to show up on episodes of the "The Love Boat". It's almost over.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

12. Deleted

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

14. I like the show's title --

"MSNBC Shows Its Dick"

[imax2268]

15. Well...

I am somewhat glad that Deborah Norville is gone...I can't stand that woman...

but putting Fucker Carlson in her slot is not my idea of a good choice...

I still will watch Countdown though...I do like that show...

[CatholicEdHead]

16. PBS, CNN, MSNBC

What to programmers see in Tucker???????

He comes off as a dolt in every appearance.

[trof]

17. Working title: "Bow Ties and Bombast".

[liveoaktx]

18. Blech! I don't watch him now and I'll be changing the channel

immediately to mimic what I do when Norville comes on. Too much to hope for someone decent.

[rzemanfl]

19. What's it going to be called?

"Just as Big a Dick in Person?"

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Not at all surprising, but very sad

I had hoped that when Norville left, MSNBC might well see the profit potential in ahving a left leaning show to balance Scarborogh.

I was wrong to hope. Ideology over everything.

Sad ..... very sad.

I'm not even angry .........

[eleny]

21. So, he'll be going up against Hannity

That should put his ratings in the "terlit".

[SoCalDem]

29. Um...what's Santa doing with his hand ?

:evilgrin:.. He looks a bit startled :)

[joanski01]

22. This sure stumps me. Why should

Carlson have his own show. He is just plain silly. Why not Bill Press?

[high density]

23. Two right-wingers on MSNBC's prime time lineup?

That's so balanced.

[bagimin]

24. Why in gods name don't they give a progressive a shot?

fucker is such a twit.

[MADem]

42. THEY DID--and they RATFUCKED HIM

Phil Donohue pulled a bigger share than TWEETY BIRD, but they canned his show. I happened to like it, too. They're fools, that's the only answer.

[in_cog_ni_to]

25. When will MSNBC and CNN figure out that if they want their ratings

out of the toilet they need to cater to the MAJORITY Party...the DEMOCRATS????? What a bunch of damn fools. They have spent the last 5 years trying to compete with FAUX News and have gone NOWHERE but down in the ratings. I don't watch MSNBC anymore anyway so Mr. Bow tie boy won't matter.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

26. lib'rul media, my ass!

i heard ed schultz was in the running to get this slot (being vacated by deborah norville)

but msrnc thinks they have a chance at chipping the bush worshippers away from hannity. yet another reason why they remain the last place news network

[Shopaholic]

27. Get this--I just had an idiot on the MSN

MSNBC newsgroup try to tell me that the liberals in the media outnumber the conservatives! And then someone else on the group claimed that more conservatives watched cable than liberals!!! These people have their heads so far up their ass it's unbelievable.

And don't even get me started on the cable news programmers---the jerks at CNN seemed to believe that the way to go was to become Faux Lite and they've purged their programming of any liberal presence at all and now MSNBC is going to do the same.

Oh, and the latest, in case you haven't heard is that CNN Headline News is being re-tooled in January so that instead of their current format, will have content programming from 8-11, a legal affairs show, a financial show, etc. No more getting headlines every 30 minutes.

[CatholicEdHead]

38. I also heard that

That would have been good for MSNBC. Ed is *gasp* ENTERTAINING!

Tucker will be a snoozefest which will eventually fail.

[Cat Atomic]

28. Amazing how much access you can get, if you just have the right

opinions.

[Lori Price CLG]

30. Looks like I'll still be turning off MSNBC after Olbermann, until 10PM...

...when 'Scarborough Country' airs. As, at least Joe Scarborough allows some great guests on his show, <g> (CLG Founder/Chair Mike Rectenwald, Ph.D., has been on his show several times!!)

Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/

[Shopaholic]

31. Buchanan has been hosting Scarborough now for weeks

and at least he'll every now and then let the Bushies have it too. But as a general rule, I avoid Joe "I've got a Dead intern too" Scarborough like the plague.

[Placebo]

32. I don't think he could handle hosting his own show...

He just doesn't have that "anchor" ability.

[City Lights]

33. Well I just gave them a piece of my mind.

Not that it'll do any good, but as least I feel better.

[Clark2008]

34. Why?

And can we write letters and e-mails in protest.

Tell them there's too many right wing bunk shows on today as it is.

[AmerDem]

36. conservative dominated media

With the exception Keith Olberman there isn't one other show across all of these corrupt corporate news channels that have anyone expressing a more liberal point of view. If Kaplan does in fact hire Fucker Carlson we should blast this guy with endless e-mail and phone calls to voice disgust!

They will have, Lester Holt, Tweety, Carlson, Scarborough, that's about %90 of their line up. :wtf:

[Nikepallas]

37. HOLY SHIT, BATMAN!!!!! That guys head is full of hot air as is

He gets his own show and his head will pop.

[Sara Beverley]

39. Why? Doesn't matter to me. I don't watch cable anymore.

Scrapping the barrel.

[Walt Starr]

40. Well, that's it. No more Olberman for me

I coudl take a 60 second bleedover into Debra Norville without the gag reflex kicking in, but I could never take an accidental shot of Carlson.

I've watched my last episode of Countdown.

[JerseygirlCT]

41. And there's such a need for more conservative voices...

[IHeart1993]

43. All Canadian just shuddered.

Insult our neighnbor and you get you're own show. :puke:

[reprehensor]

45. "...while Democratic Underground posters shuddered at the thought..."

Carlson: MSNBC's 1st Truly Balanced Primetime

Upon reading TVNewser's exclusive report that MSNBC is courting CNN's Tucker Carlson to replace Deborah Norville, both extremes of the political spectrum sounded angry. Free Republic posters called him the "liberal's idea of what a conservative should be," while Democratic Underground posters shuddered at the thought of "two right-wingers on MSNBC's prime time lineup."

But that's the point. Carlson would be the final cog in a truly balanced primetime -- and for the first time, MSNBC's lineup would seamlessly flow from one show to the next.

...

tvnewser, rhymes with--- (insert pejorative here)

No, we puked, newser. We puked. No shuddering allowed.

[underpants]

47. So Olbermann then Tucker then Banjo Boy

2 out of 3 suck.

[ibegurpard]

48. Yeah, it's the old "both sides hate him so he must be okay" argument

What a crock of shit.

[high density]

50. I love these people who think Fox News is too liberal that email

TVNewser and say that Carlson, Scarborough, and all of MSNBC's (and CNN's) line ups are for liberal viewers. It's certainly a sad state of affairs for liberals on TV when another right-winger sends an email saying that Chris Matthews is one of the most liberal commentators on TV right now.

[mmonk]

46. Just exactly what America is lacking

Another conservative media host.

[davidinalameda]

49. who's going to take over for him on Crossfire

can they find anyone more inept?