LA Times: Is Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks Getting An MSNBC Show?

[CherylK]

On the media: For Young Turk Cenk Uygur, TV is the next frontier
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia-20100908,0,435910.column

"Cable executives hope fill-in hosts can at best hold on to the audiences they inherit. But MSNBC insiders said they believe Uygur did so well because many of those who watch his three-hour weekday Web program, (3 to 6 p.m. PDT) or clips on his YouTube channel jumped to MSNBC when Ratigan was out....

MSNBC President Phil Griffin called Uygur "part of our family" and expects him to get "more and more" air time, though he declined to specify in what time slots.....

He scoffs at the suggestion that MSNBC can't catch up with cable-leader Fox News. "They don't mind throwing bombs and picking fights," Uygur said. "But if anyone on the other side has the temerity, they will have a great success or even greater success than Fox, because there are more progressives out there."'

[stopbush]

1. Maybe they'll finally dump Tweety. Isn't his contract up for renewal this year?

[mwb970]

3. Or at least replace the rerun of his show with Cenk. /nt

[PatSeg]

11. Yeah, that rerun is so annoying

Cenk is a perfect fit for MSNBC. I'm sure he'll have his own show before too long.

[CherylK]

19. + 1

:toast:

[davidwparker]

47. +2

Still don't watch Tweety as he was a cheerleader for those who were cheerleading the war.

But, he says he was always against the war in Iraq. I remember his * years coverage. I don't watch Tweety.

[Towlie]

44. I hope so. I can't stand how he constantly interrupts everyone.

Most of the time I can't even guess what the guests were trying to say when he succeeds in stopping them in mid-sentence, and when two people are talking at once, it's just unintelligible irritating noise. Tweety's heart is generally in the right place and he has his good moments, but I know I could never tolerate those interruptions if I was his guest.

Of course Keith Olbermann's interviews aren't much better. His fault is that every guest is solidly on his side and the interviews all seem transparently scripted and unrealistic. After listening to one of his overly complex questions in a real live interview, most guests would probably answer "Huh?"

[valerief]

45. Tweety is so CNNish. Without the polish.

Being CNNish is not a compliment.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Along with Keith, and Rachel, this would be great! n/t

[MedfordTim]

4. About damn time!

For those of us who recognized the TYT potential years ago, I ask:

What took you "mainstream media" types so long to catch on?

Go, Cenk, go! If they dunno, they better ast somebody!(sic)

[EFerrari]

5. Wouldn't that be something.

:)

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Oh cool!

I agree. Dump the tweety-repeat.

[pattmarty]

8. Shit, dump Tweety completely and put Cenk on and ANOTHER..........

.......liberal in the "rerun" slot. I won't name names, but we all know there are a lot of good liberal talkers out there. And, get rid of douchebag Joe in the morning. MSNBC could turn their franchise into a "young", liberal network that could attract a lot of younger people and older liberals like myself. I can always dream.

[Kajsa]

7. I certainly hope he gets

his own show!

Having Cenk would be a major asset for MSNBC!
Not only is he outstanding on TYTs,
he has very large, loyal fanbase.

K&R

[DeSwiss]

9. One hopes the execs at MSNBC.....

...realize that Cenk is their future. He's young and brings his own following. What's not to like?

"The dirty little secret of conservative talk radio is that the average age of listeners is 67 and rising — the Fox News audience, likewise, is in its mid-60s: “What sort of continuing power do you have as your audience strokes out?” ~ http://www.pensitoreview.com/2009/05/05/average-age-of-fox-news-viewer-is-65/">Jon Ponder

- Go kick some ass Cenk!!!

[pleah]

10. K&R Love Cenk!

[JamesA1102]

12. Hopefully He'll replace RATigan nt

[Capitalocracy]

51. Give Ratigan some credit for putting Cenk on the air

Apart from that, I don't know much about him, to be honest, but giving Cenk some airtime is something he deserves credit for (assuming it wasn't imposed upon him from above)

[JamesA1102]

53. He's gets credit for putting Cenk on the air but

he loses it for talking over Cenk, most of the time parroting GOP talking points.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Good for Cenk and I hope he maintains his edge.

Thanks for the thread, CherylK.

[bobburgster]

14. That would be awesome!

If he got his own show on MSNBC, it might be the beginning of a rivalry that could take down Fox.

[Ramulux]

15. Hell yeah

Love seeing Cenk getting some positive press. I hope Cenk gets his own show, but I also want him to be able to do TYT. He is a powerhouse and the strongest progressive voice we have. If he gets his own show, he will be bigger than Rachel Maddow I guarantee it. I cant wait to see the right-wings reaction to Cenk as he gets more and more famous.

[JDPriestly]

16. Yes; This is great. I would like to see Cenk take the breakfast slot from

Morning Joe.

[TheKentuckian]

21. The morning is a waste of the talent. I say 7-8 or dump Joe for mornin with Tweety

move Ed to 5 and then do the Young Turks from for a two hour program from 6-8.

[JDPriestly]

35. Sounds fine to me.

[ChiciB1]

49. I Really, Really Like Ratigan & Think His Relationship With Cenk Has

shown a LIGHT on how GREAT Cenk is!! Why does MSNBC have to have TWEETY on TWO TIMES each evening??? It would seem more sensible to either drop Tweety at 5:00 PM or the 7:00 PM slot! Ratigan was on at 9:00 AM at first before they gave him a better time slot at 4:00 PM, and then Dylan started having Cenk fill in and/or making regular comments!!

It would be GREAT if they dumped Joe Scarboob in the morning and put Cenk in for at least an hour, but that would make it very, very early for the West Coast! I think an early evening or something around then would be better! No matter, giving him his own show would be a BIG plus IMO!! My opinions coincide with his so much more than Joe's show and he has THREE hours!! I rarely watch him anyway!

BUT WE NEED MORE reporters or commentators like him rather than less!! I think he's more of a Democrat than many Democrats in Congress myself!!

JMHO!!

[freebrew]

46. Morning Cenk,

Sounds good to me!

[Enthusiast]

17. K&R-Excellent!

Great news!

[felinetta]

18. I say dump an hour from Mika and Joe.

[MattBaggins]

43. Dump Mika and Joe completely

[AsahinaKimi]

20. Go Cenk! GO!

Ganbariyo!

[slay]

22. Let's hope so!

Cenk has been great filling in - would LOVE to see him have his own show. :woohoo:

[Lugnut]

23. Dump Tweety! n/t

[ihavenobias]

24. Kick n/t

[libodem]

25. Woo Hoo

Baby that's cool!!!:woohoo:

[jillan]

26. Msnbc will never be able to catch up with faux because faux has news(?) on the weekends...not

Lock Up Raw.

Here's to hoping Cenk gets his own show!

[Tx4obama]

30. I used to gripe about those prison shows all the time, but....

I catch myself watching them quite often lately and find that they are actually better than anything else that is on late at night.

[Tx4obama]

27. Cenk needs to be in the evening, NOT in the morning.

Texas time:

3pm Dylan Ratigan
4pm Chris Matthews
5pm Ed Schultz
6pm CENK UYGUR (Hardball repeat time-slot)
7pm Keith Olbermann
8pm Rachel Maddow
9pm Lawrence O'Donnell

would be perfect :)

[Ramulux]

28. Except for Matthews

that would be a powerhouse of programming

[CLANG]

41. One slight change

Texas time:

3pm Dylan Ratigan
4pm Thom Hartmann
5pm Ed Schultz
6pm CENK UYGUR (Hardball repeat time-slot)
7pm Keith Olbermann
8pm Rachel Maddow
9pm Lawrence O'Donnell

would be perfect :)

[ChiciB1]

50. Just Made The SAME Comment!! Tweety Doesn't Need To Be On Twice! n/t

[Oilwellian]

29. This is fantastic news

I love Cenk.

K&R

[20score]

31. Cool!

[Turborama]

32. K&R Excellent! I've been thinking this was on the cards for a while

The signs were getting more and more obvious.

Thanks for posting, CherylK!

[theFrankFactor]

33. High Five!

[laughingliberal]

34. K & R nt

[LatteLibertine]

36. Gawd dump Morning Joe

and give that slot to Cenk. Ever seen Joe off his show? He's even more of ass. I can't stand the guy.

I like Lawrence O'Donnell as a person and I don't expect his show to do that well. I could see Cenk there or Tamron Hall as well.

I'd agree with some others that MSNBC should expand their weekend night news coverage and lose the prison shows. I often find myself stuck with CNN because of that.

[Major Hogwash]

37. Well, if Snookie can have a show, then why not Cenk?

If he'd show more "skin", he'd probably already have his own reality show by now.

LOL!!

[druidity33]

38. MSNBC needs to work on

getting their channel on the lowest cable/satellite tier. I would have to spend $15 more a month to get MSNBC. There is genuinely not a single other channel on the 2nd tier that i would consider watching. I'm convinced that is one of the only reason Fux news has been dominant for so long...

:shrug:


Oh and hiring Cenk would be good too!

K&R

[xchrom]

39. That would be awesome! Nt

[Gator_Matt]

40. Cenk would be fantastic

He's intelligent and tells it like it is. No tiptoeing around issues. It'd be great to see the hard work of him and his staff pay off in the form of an MSNBC show.

[NorthCarolina]

42. Ed, Cenk, Keith, Rachel, Lawrence

Now that's an evening lineup I can believe in. Now if they would cut back on their incessant Lockup reruns on the weekends, and replace it with viable news programming, that would be icing on the cake.

[WillyT]

48. Damn... Too Late To Rec... So...

:kick::kick::kick:

:hi:

[Stellar]

52. yeah, me too.

But Cenk would be ideal! :yourock: