You know what I just realized about Air America's new Sept. 1 schedule?

[clbuck]

With a 3-hour Randi, it's going to cause some major headaches for the affiliates who carry Randi on a 3-hour delay after Ed Schultz. Why?

Here's the schedule for the Schultz affiliates as it is now:

3 PM–6 PM ET: Ed Schultz (live)
6 PM–10 PM ET: Randi Rhodes (delayed)
10 PM-1 AM ET: Mike Malloy (live), Majority Report (delayed), or Lionel (live)

But after September 1, here's what it may be like:

3 PM-6 PM ET: Ed Schultz (live)
6 PM–9 PM ET: Randi Rhodes (delayed)
9 PM–10 PM ET: ?
10 PM–1 AM ET: ?

The question is, what are those affiliates going to put on at 9 PM? An hour of Maddow on delay? Two hours of Maddow on delay from 9-11 PM ET, and Malloy delayed 1 hour from 11-2? An hour of whatever show that will air live at 9 PM ET?

This is going to get interesting...

[thereismore]

1. just drop Ed and you've got no problem. nt

[damntexdem]

2. The simple solution:

Randi live 3-6. Something else 6-10. No Ed.