Rachel Maddow next to get a show?

[Cassandra]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/arts/television/17madd.html?ref=arts

"For clues about who might be next to get a show on MSNBC, viewers need not have looked further than “Countdown” earlier this month. For eight nights beginning just before the Fourth of July, Rachel Maddow, the host of a program on Air America, the liberal talk-radio network, served as a substitute for the vacationing Keith Olbermann.
“At some point, I don’t know when, she should have a show,” said Phil Griffin, hours before he was promoted on Wednesday to president of MSNBC. “She’s on the short list. It’s a very short list. She’s at the top.”"

Really nice biographical piece. I would love to see Rachel replace Matthews or Gregory. She is so much better than either of them and I'm glad she says she really wants the job.

[babylonsister]

1. EXCELLENT! She deserves her own show! nt

[Kierkegaard]

5. WE deserve for her to have her own show! n/t

[spinbaby]

2. I sure hope so

She's been great.

[dkf]

3. She looks increasingly comfortable doing TV.

The first show she didn't have the flow quite right, but lately she's been nailing it. I'm finding her questioning adds even more than KO.

[Bake]

29. I agree. She has really "grown into" being on the air (TV, that is).

She seems much more comfortable now. I like what KO said to her last night, "You just can't BUY a day off from this place, can you!"

Bake

[NightWatcher]

4. when she gets a show will AAR still simulcast it like they do her radio show now

nothing against Rachel, more power to her, but I am tired of listening to the radio to hear "road to the white house"

[wryter2000]

25. That show drives me nuts

I'm glad to hear Rachel, but the rest of them? Oy! Plus, that loud music is incredibly stoopid.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. Oh I really really hope so. I adore Rachel.

I enjoy Keith, but I have to admit I was a little sad when I turned on the TV expecting Rachel and he was back from his vacation.

[Oceansaway]

7. TOUCHE !!..n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

8. She's on the short list. It's a very short list. She's at the top.

Music to these ears.

I assume that she'd take that same ferocity I hear in her radio show, amp it up a bit and make Keith look like the centrist he is. (which would be all to the good, of course.)

[Cassandra]

10. Neither of them suffer fools gladly...

which is really a vital quality in a journalist or commentator.

[KaryninMiami]

9. Wonderful news-- congrats to MSNBC for paying attention!

She's brilliant, she's articulate, she's non-threatening (so opposing viewers won't turn away) and- she's wonderful! Congratulations to Rachel!!

[EV_Ares]

11. But, but have they checked with Scarborough about her having her own show, eom.

[Sparkly]

12. It's about time!!

What are they waiting for?

[drbtg1]

13. As of this moment, TVNewser does NOT have this article noted

Not much of a surprise, even though this should be their bread and butter, as TVNewser has become increasingly conservative after Brian Stelter left. (Is the inside story about how Brett Farve went on Fox News really that important?)

I guess this means thanks for posting this, as even the usual internet sources are failing us now.

[Cassandra]

22. You're welcome.

I was looking something up on the Arts page, or I wouldn't have noticed it.

[PDittie]

14. Gregory will eventually get MTP

And Rachel will probably get his time slot, but I wish we didn't have to wait four more months for it to happen.

[malaise]

16. David Gregory is a waste of time and space

The sooner he loses that spot the better.

[City Lights]

34. Couldn't agree more. nt

[Ganja Ninja]

23. I rather see her get the MTP gig.

No more softballs on Sunday morning for the GOP.

[Bake]

31. That won't happen.

MTP is not just about going after the Repubs. It's SUPPOSED to be about going after BOTH sides. I don't see Rachel in that role, although I'd love to see her get her own show.

Bake

[PDittie]

32. Agreed. They will give it to someone who

has paid his dues, so to speak. And I don't think that will be Tweety; it's MHO he's pissed off too many important DC people with his abrasive style on Hardball. I suppose Andrea Mitchell might still have a shot, but it seems to me she's going to be the victim of that unacknowledged sexism in coveted anchor jobs like this one.

My further guess is Matthews leaves MSNBC after he gets passed over. He doesn't like Olbermann either, and Phil Griffin, the new prez of NBC, came up through the ranks with Keith. He could likely wind up replacing Schieffer on FTN, for example.

[Pisces]

39. He needs to go back to being a White House reporter.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

15. HAPPY TO BE REC FIVE

[ginnyinWI]

17. Gregory should go

I could never watch his new show for long. His questions are so predictable. The show is so shallow. And the format stinks too.

[JaneQPublic]

19. Doesn't "Race to the White House" have to end in November?

The show is all about the presidential campaign, and that ends in 4 months. It appears MSNBC then has the perfect opening for a Maddow show.

[babylonsister]

20. He's such a hack, and his show does stink. His

motives are so obvious.

[otohara]

27. He's A Hack, Cuz He Cares

that's why he suggested yesterday that Obama maybe shouldn't go to Europe & ME because even though he's not yet the POTUS, there's so many problems here at home.

What a wanker!

[madokie]

18. I'm in love,

Not with Rachel so much as the thought of her getting her own msnbc show.

[CatWoman]

21. k&r

I'm so proud of Rachel :)

[wryter2000]

24. Awesome!

I'd love it if she got Tweety's show.

[otohara]

26. Better Yet.....Press Secretary for President Obama

a DU'er recommended that a while ago - great idea!

[ginnyinWI]

41. I like it!

What a marvelous idea. It would drive the right wing nuts, too. She is bright and quick and articulate.

[otohara]

42. And Gay

don't forget the thing that just ruffles their pointy little heads more than anything.

[soleft]

28. Is that Alterman standing in the background in make up?

[senseandsensibility]

35. LOL

He looks like he is half asleep standing up. It's funny to think of them together in make up like that before they go on the air.

[corkhead]

30. then the complete disintegration of Air America Radio will be complete

Winstead, Franken, Malloy, Rhodes, Elicott, Marin, Riley, Seder, Garofalo ...

Morning Sedition, Unfiltered, O'Franken Factor, Randi Rhodes Show, Majority Report, Mike Malloy.


What a lineup it was... and her departure will complete AAR's descent.

[mucifer]

45. This doesn't mean she'd leave AAR. Lots of right wingers have TV shows

and radio shows. Why wouldn't Rachel?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. Get rid of Abrams.

He's a talentless hack.

[intheflow]

36. I've thought she needed her own show

since the first time I saw her. Very natural, genuine personality and intelligence shines through the camera. It would also be great for them to have a woman host one of these talking heads shows in prime time for once--it's disgusting how CM only puts women in leadership roles on morning/daytime programs. Now if we could only get MSNBC to create some shows hosted by African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos, then I'd say we were really getting some place with this this Civil Rights business this country is supposed to be about.

[annabanana]

37. Give her Scabrough's spot.pleasepleaseplease!!n/t

[Pisces]

38. It's about damn time. She is the best MSNBC has.

[LostInAnomie]

40. She NEEDS to take Gregory's slot.

Not that he is RW hack or anything. His show just sucks big fat balls. It's totally vapid shit that only serves as a platform for partisans to get their talking points out and have them discussed as if they have merit. I actually preferred Tucker's show to Gregory's.

The need to put Rachel in that slot with a totally new show.

[Overseas]

43. YES I'd love to see Rachel on TV doing her own show.

She's a great writer. I'd like to see what she'd do with her own show on TV.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

44. Great news

She's whip-smart, a terrific questioner and a thoroughly likable on-air presence. Go Rachel! :yourock:

Just read the article - I had no idea that she holds a Ph.D., and from Oxford, no less!

[mucifer]

46. PHD in political science.

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

47. She deserves it. I have a secret crush on her brain....Shhh