I'm sorry, but Cenk sucks. (MSNBC @ 6pm E)

[Blaq Dem]

Cenk Urgur (sp?) taking over Ed Schultz time slot. I prefer Ed.

[KittyWampus]

They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I prefer Lawrence.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

23. Love him, too! I wish he had a podcast. Sometimes I don't get to watch even when I DVR. n/t

[truedelphi]

1. Occasionally, Ed needs time off.

And Cenk is okay by me.

[madinmaryland]

6. Cenk is "permanent", as Big Ed is moving to 10pm

[peace frog]

26. Good decision! I heart Cenk.

[CherylK]

28. Cenk is the only host that cared enough to interview Skinner about DU.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x545591

:toast:

[truedelphi]

36. Thanks for the information. Hadn't heard that.

Haven't been watching that much TV lately, and barely know the earth is still spinning.

[oasis]

38. Ed never challenged Amy Holmes in her slander of Hillary Clinton.

Holmes said Hillary accused G.W.Bush of prior knowledege of 9/11 attack.

[high density]

2. A verdict after 3 minutes seems a bit rough

Tough crowd.

[WCGreen]

He's dead to me, I tell you, dead to me....

[madinmaryland]

3. I think he filled in for either KO or Rachel, and he was annoying at best.

:shrug:

[RKP5637]

4. Cenk kind of runs hot and cold with me. n/t

[AllieB]

5. Me too. Ed on at 10 PM means I'm in bed already most nights.

:-(

I wonder if it's a demotion...

[RKP5637]

9. 10PM to me is not a prime time slot. I agree, it's getting kind of late ... n/t

[hfojvt]

7. apology not accepted

given the title I was expecting some kind of analysis. Naked opinion is not worth my time.

[Tx4obama]

8. Cenk is better online than he is on TV.

He is relaxed and witty online.
On TV he's uptight and he stumbles over his tongue all the time.

[RKP5637]

13. That's a very good point. I find him different too, online vs. TV. n/t

[dkf]

10. He rarely gives me an "aha" moment and doesn't grab my attention much.

I feel bad for him though. He has huge shoes to fill.

[my2sense]

11. Maybe he's nervous

He's pretty stiff.

[underpants]

12. I have watched about 2 minutes of Ed

that was all I could take

[Sonoman]

27. Same here.

He'll be on at 7 here, and by then I am usually too toasted to give a damn.

Sonoman

[elocs]

14. Makes no difference to me because I don't watch any of them. n/t

[Raine]

15. I LOVE Cenk but I'm having a hard time getting into

him today. I want Ed back at this time!

[Blaq Dem]

16. This guy is lifeless.

He doesn't have the spark as Keith and Rachel.

[HereSince1628]

17. Honestly, they both tend toward yelling

although Cenk does it with a somewhat more of an emotional edge. Unfortunately, that combination tends to really trigger my anxieties.

I prefer calmer, detailed, reasoned and nuanced presentations that include things I didn't already know. I guess what I am saying is that I have a personal preference for news more than commentary.

[bagimin]

18. tough room.

[Apollo11]

19. They should keep Ed Schultz at 6 plus a re-run at 10

That way folks who don't get home until later will get a chance to see his show.

I think 4 hours of primetime programming is enough for most people.

The Ed Show, Hardball, O'Donnell, Maddow ...

Cenk should be a regular contributor to one of these shows.

But I don't think he appeals to a blue collar audience like Ed Schultz does.

[iamthebandfanman]

32. if theres one thing MSNBC is good at, its reruns. n/t

[delightfulstar]

42. Like the all-weekend marathons of Lockup...

And how they rerun Tweety several times a night. They don't have a west coast feed, so I was S.O.L. on Friday nights if I ever got off work late and didn't DVR KO. They start the prison fest at 8 p.m. MT.

[jaxx]

20. Cenk is a pot stirrer.

Just now stirring it with Robert Reich. I think Rachel and Lawrence will have the whole prime time on their shoulders. The bit players are not going to cut it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

21. I don't like him, either. At all... n/t

[iamthebandfanman]

22. i remember when most people on DU disliked ED actually...

back b4 the 2004 election ..

[Skidmore]

24. Still not fond of Ed and Cenk stinks even more.

I think these two have done a great deal to tear down the left.

[tishaLA]

25. That's right where I am. Don't like Ed. Cenk is worse.

and my feelings about O'Donnell fluctuate.

[iamthebandfanman]

29. i really dont follow cenk much

so not really up to snuff on him to make a judgement ..

Ed tho... shewie... he was all sorts of trying to be a moderate back before the 2004 election... trying to stay neutral on a lot of subjects...

im not sure when exactly he decided to proclaim himself a bleeding heart liberal tho ... id imagine the ability, all of a sudden, to make money off of being a leftie may have something to do with it ;)

[monmouth]

30. NCIS is on....n/t

[TuxedoKat]

31. Well, I'll give him a chance

he's still relatively new to tv. I'd like to see Thom Hartmann start filling in and hosting now that he lives in DC.

[Little Star]

33. This is Cenk's first time at bat. Give him a break!

He will grow into this TV host crap, he's not stupid.

Some people a brutal.

[golddigger]

35. Yep, they are. Especially if he is ragging on

the dreamy one.

[TheKentuckian]

37. Most of em probably just don't like the lack of beltway bullshit and/or "bipartisanship"

[anAustralianobserver]

34. Disagree - I thought it was a good show with good guests; kept my attention.

Main thing I don't like about Cenk is when he talks about which women he thinks are objectively hot on TYT.

Also I think he's too cynical about Obama sometimes.

[Youth Uprising]

39. Cenk

was really good when he was filling in for Ed and Dylan Rattigan. His show had a bit of a rough start though.

[progenitor]

40. I agree.

I completely agree. Ed was able to "fire up" his viewers and having him @ 10pm instead is not really jiving with me right now. Cenk seems like a temporary host...he seems like he is still trying to shape an identity for himself which is painful to watch.

[RagAss]

43. Welcome to DU

[aaaaaa5a]

41. Agreed. He's awful. How is it possible that this was the best person they could find? nt