Strange.....No Scarborough or Tucker on MSNBC tonight...

[RagAss]

anybody know why???

[SPKrazy]

1. They are too far to the left for the new MSRNC? n/t

[Pirate Smile]

2. They did that last week too, I think.

[buff2]

3. The 3 stooges was on Chrissy Matthews

The two geeks and horse throat Rita. :evilgrin:

[countmyvote4real]

4. They want to be like Jon Stewart. n/t

[Cleita]

5. It's the weekend.

They get it off. They must have noticed that Jon Stewart does.

[AX10]

6. Are they too "liberal" for MSGOP?

:shrug:

:silly:

[DemInDistress]

7. its a regular thing here in NYC on Fridays

MSNBC runs prison stories,or murder stories.Happens every friday so there is no mystery. Hope that helps...

[RagAss]

8. Florida too.......

[pstans]

9. Ahh, man

I was hoping that it was because Tucker and Scarborough said that Osama sounded like Howard Dean yesterday and MSNBC was taking disciplinary action.

[upi402]

20. LOL, they probably got bonuses.

traitorous betrayers of democracy that they are...

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. they thought no one would notice.

[Mabus]

11. Here's your answer:

from insidecable.blogsome.com

January 11, 2006
MSNBC to run tape on Friday nights…

TVNewser scoops with news that MSNBC is planning running tape Friday nights for the next five weeks instead of Live and Direct, Scarborough Country, and The Situation. According to Rick Kaplan’s internal memo this is all supposed to be a good thing….

As we go into this important period leading up to the Olympics, we’re going to air some of the great taped programming we run on weekend nights. Scott Hooker and his team have done great work with these programs and we want to give our weeknight viewers the opportunity to see them. For these five weeks, Rita, Joe and Tucker will contribute to our other primetime shows on Fridays and will be on stand-by in case of breaking news. This opportunity will also give their terrific teams a chance to get a jump on the week ahead.

Does anyone really buy this? As a programming move it makes no sense at all. MSNBC Investigates may deliver higher numbers on the weekends and that may be the thinking behind this Friday tryout but from a PR standpoint it’s another black mark on MSNBC’s reputation as a “must see” news network that competes with CNN and FNC. And it makes even less sense if this is just a temporary thing as Kaplan says it is. You can’t build traction in four to five weeks.

And are the staffs of these shows so burdened that they need a four day show week to be able to do a better job? Kaplan makes it sound like they are. And I don’t buy the wanting to give weeknight viewers a chance to see these shows. They probably already have seen these shows since they’ve been repeated so many times before on the weekends. rest at http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2006/01/11/msnbc-to-run-tape-on-friday-nights/

Or, if you prefer the word from mediabistro.com


Wednesday, Jan 11
For Four Weeks, MSNBC Is Piloting Taped Programming On Friday Nights
msnbcinvestigates.jpgFirst on TVNewser: In a memo to staffers this afternoon, Rick Kaplan outlined a temporary programming change that's coming to MSNBC on Friday:

"I want to tell all of you about some special programming we're going to be running on Friday nights from 9pm until midnight for the next five weeks. As we go into this important period leading up to the Olympics, we're going to air some of the great taped programming we run on weekend nights. Scott Hooker and his team have done great work with these programs and we want to give our weeknight viewers the opportunity to see them. For these five weeks, Rita, Joe and Tucker will contribute to our other primetime shows on Fridays and will be on stand-by in case of breaking news. This opportunity will also give their terrific teams a chance to get a jump on the week ahead. The three hour block will kick-off this Friday night with MSNBC Investigates: Lockup: Return to Riker's Island at 9pm, followed by MSNBC Investigates: Lockup: NC Women's Prison at 10 pm and City in Fear: Son of Sam at 11pm."

The taped programs have helped MSNBC deliver relatively impressive 25-54 demo ratings on the weekends, and the network is hoping to extend that to Fridays with this pilot... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/for_four_weeks_msnbc_is_piloting_taped_programming_on_friday_nights_30737.asp

[KoKo]

12. These are their taped shows to build up audience for the Olympics??

MSNBC Investigates: Lockup: Return to Riker's Island at 9pm, followed by MSNBC Investigates: Lockup: NC Women's Prison at 10 pm and City in Fear: Son of Sam at 11pm."


:eyes: This is so bizarre? There must be some other reason..but I can't imagine what. Is it the salaries they are paying these folks? Need to cut back the contracts because Ad revenue isn't coming in for them?

[Mabus]

16. Spent too much money sending Reeter and the wrestlers to Iraq?

:shrug:


I just like it that they have to be on call while the taped shows MSNBC are going with get higher ratings. :rofl:

[Catrina]

17. Lockup!! Women's prisons?? Who on earth wants to see this on

Friday night, although it's better than Tucker, Joe or Rita, I admit.

I think it's their ratings. People have been canceling their cable subscriptions, or failing to pay the bills as oil prices rise, I heard. We have cancelled ours, because we no longer want to pay for propaganda. There's a whole audience now with nothing to watch. What is there, other than Keith Olbermann, on either CNN, MSNBC or FOX that anyone in their right (oops, bad pun there) would want to watch?

For me, the end finally came when Wolf Blitzer told the Abramoff lies one more time and Dean had to slap him down ~ that was it! I realized how stupid it was to pay for propaganda. I want my propaganda to be free of charge.

Also one from our house is the NYT and The WaPo. I can rent better fiction at the video store ~ at least it's more entertaining. The Osama fairy tale, (didn't someone say he was dead last week) and the 'wonderful work we're doing in Iraq', the 'we don't do torture' routine, while it's all mildly comedic in a dark sort of way, it's become boring and predictable now. I mean we KNOW when Osama will surface. As soon as he does, everyone I know always says 'What trouble is Bush in now?'

The radio is free, and the Internet is the best source for news. We are no longer screaming at the liars on television. And prison programs will NOT tempt us to come back, although a slight improvement over rightwing talking heads.

[Mabus]

21. LOL

Actually I'm watching them. I've had clients in lock-up from juvenile hall to Leavenworth. In a weird way this stuff is interesting to me because of stories I've had inmates relate to me. It is also interesting to see the differences between the different facilities. BTW, there is nothing that stops your heart like the first time the sally doors slam behind you and you realize that you are now locked in with these guys. The first time I went into Leavenworth I got a tour, most people only get into the visiting room. I got taken through the yard and saw the workshop where JFK's desk was made. They also they make postal bags there. I also got a tour through several cell blocks. I used to go in a fairly regular basis to work with prisoners and got to get around the facility quite a bit. I spent most of my time in the theater, the enclosed gym and the classrooms. I worked with Indian prisoners on legal issues and participated in some pow-wows inside Leavenworth. I met Leonard Peltier several times while he was incarcerated there.

When I'm home on Friday evenings I watch KO then flip through the classic movie channels or check out the line-ups on the premium movie channels. For once, I actually kept it on MSNBC after Keith.

[Maraya1969]

19. No TV station is going to pull a show with high ratings. That is why

Count Down is still on. Keith is #1 and the rest are floundering in stupid town.

What they are saying would be like pulling CSI so NBC(or CBS, ABC, LMNOP........... I have no idea what station it/they are on) can get everyone geared up for American Idol. Bullshit.


Sorry if this post is confusing. The Crime Scene Investigation(CSI) Shows are real big hits and it seems as if every channel has one now.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. Party at Gannon's place?

[LaPera]

14. Lucky viewers!

:bounce:

[Rageneau]

15. Better insecticide?

[Maraya1969]

18. I sent MSNBC the scathing thread from last night about how incredibly

STUPID THEY ARE. Maybe they listened. Or maybe they are just on vacation. :eyes:

Seriously though, don't you think MSNBC would have gotten a lot of complaints after last night's clown show by those two? Maybe they have been sent home to study.

[Golden Raisin]

22. Be grateful for small miracles.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. Every Friday: Lockup

Just getting everyone ready for when the new debtor's prisons open up and all the Lefty Commie Pinkos are locked away for Googling for Titties instead of sculpting busts of boosh* out of mashed potatoes (like every red-white-and-blue-blooded Murcan should be doing).