I can't imagine she's wanting to do this. This is a service to the country.

I don't think it'll work.

I don't dislike Rachel, used to listen to her daily back in the Air America days, but I stopped watching her on TV years ago.

I'm sure it will be riveting and at the same time completely useless.

This will bring back viewers to msnbc prime time at least for 100 days.

or this move would not be made. She's not a fav or mine and not on Rachel's, Nicole Wallace's or Lawrence O's level.

I don't get why she smiles so much when dicussing serious issues.

Can watch a rerun instead of Joe in the mornings.

"The post-election exodus saw Maddow plunge to her lowest ratings in nearly 10 years, netting just 86,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic two weeks after Trump’s win. While post-election ratings dips are fairly standard, and Maddow’s ratings have slowly trickled upward since the holidays, her Jan. 6 total of 1.61 million viewers (117,000 viewers in the demo) is still down from her January 2024 average of 2.2 million viewers.

The shift follows a November report that Maddow’s $30 million salary was cut by $5 million last fall as part of a five-year contract renewal."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rachel-maddow-returns-to-five-days-a-week-after-ratings-crisis/

Maddow is incapable of getting to a point in a reasonable time, and the tangents to things done 50 years ago, makes her very skip able. She's also prone to hyperbole, that's a tv thing as Wagner is also prone to it. It got to the point where I would fast forward the podcast through the first 20+ minutes because I didn't need to hear yet more about Spiro Agnew. She desperately needs to be tightly edited, but that's not going to happen unfortunately.

tie-ins and background information that help history-challenged Americans (which is most of us, I fear) understand the context and the importance of related historical events. She reminds me of Paul Harvey, if you're old enough to remember him: "And now, you know the REST of the story."

I don't really think that the connections she draws provide any real use. If it was a quick thing it would be easier to ignore, but when I got to the point I was finishing a 45 minute podcast in 15 minutes and being frustrated, it wasn't worth it.

Now if you want a 1-2 punch MSNBC, move Chris Hayes to Katy Tur's slot, Katy to replace Andrea Mitchell and hire Keith Olberman for Hayes former spot.
Just a thought. Oh yeah, replace that couple you have on in the morning with elevator music or infomercials or a camera pointed at a wall with paint drying.

I listen to his podcasts, but they're only on twice per week.

He may have to stop doing "things I promised not to tell"segment if hired. It might make for awkward moments. He's such a good story teller.

Comcast owns them, so no problem with rights. All Sky News editorial team would need to do is make the output more "American" with more stories focused on North America and then the rest of the world than UK news.... Would also be good to compete with BBC News by being more global.

But yeah, that morning coffee has gone bad and been put in the microwave a little too often for reheating and no amount of coffee creamer and sugar can resuscitate that coffee.

He has set an ambitious schedule for himself that he won't be able to keep. This is an administration doomed to failure.

Replace those morning clowns, Squinty and the Meat Puppet, with Micheal Steel and Maybe Alex.
But damn glad Racheal will do Five during the historically biggest hell period we can imagine.

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She'll poke that bloated nazi with a sharp stick nightly. The rw nutosphere will have their hair on fire about what comes out on her show.

We might emotionally survive the next 4 years.

"Cletus Safari": When a journalist makes an expedition from some enclave of sophistication (e.g. New York City) to go talk to the exotic folk out in flyover country to get their take on the issues.

in diners across America.

... good move. I know most people would not agree with me, but Rachel (and Jen) on Monday does not work. She should do weekly shows - for what she's making. Either that, or give her half of Meet the Press with a counterpoint co-host. I would change their prime time line-up - but keep Lawrence. They need to get something done with the morning and afternoon weak spots, too...

where I do not. I'm on glide path for awhile. Don't know what to do. So observing.

I like Alex all right, but I 💙 Rachel, and the idea of her covering the first 100 days of Trump 2.0 sounds great to me!

I took a break from watching the nightly MSNBC shows back in December, because I was just overwhelmed by all the bad news. Tbh, I was overwhelmed back in November but kept on watching for a while out of habit. Then I was sick with a flu bug in the early part of December and hardly wwtched TV at all for a couple of weeks... and found I didn't really miss it that much!

I have been trying to watch more since the start of 2025, because I want to stay informed, but it's been hella depressing. A 2 hour block of Rachel and Lawrence 5 nights a week sounds like just what I need right now, and temporarily or not, I have this to say to Rachel:

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Not cooperate, partisan theatrics where billionaires tell regular folk what they believe is important.

US media is ranked at the bottom of the list for global press freedom, yet po people can’t kick their fix of their favorite personalities.

Rachael and Lawrence are the two I try to never miss.

watching.

There is a realtor who lives next door to me who watches FOX 24/7. I asked him to just watch one night of MSNBC from 6-11. He never said which time slots he watched, if any, but he sure goes out of his way to avoid me. Saw him after the pseudo sentencing. He kept his head down and walked right past me.

and fascists are now in control I just don't see any reason to watch corporate networks. Though pipedreams and wishful thinking does make me feel good at the time.

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