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demmiblue

(37,849 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:52 PM Oct 29

NBC's Andrea Mitchell Will End Her Namesake MSNBC Show

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: The Daily Beast

NBC and MSNBC legend Andrea Mitchell will be leaving her namesake show sometime after the inauguration next year, she said on Tuesday. She’ll pivot to a reporting-focused role—without a daily show.

The anchor announced her decision on Tuesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, a day shy of her 78th birthday. The move marks an end to the 16-year-old MSNBC show, the longest-running daytime program on MSNBC and one that helped make Mitchell a star throughout her nearly 50-year career with the Peacock networks.

“After 16 years of being in the anchorage chair every day, I want time to do more of what I love the most: for connecting, listening and reporting in the field, especially whoever is elected next week is going to undertake the fundamental task of handling two foreign wars and the political divisions here at home,” Mitchell said on Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbcs-andrea-mitchell-will-leave-her-namesake-msnbc-show/




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NBC's Andrea Mitchell Will End Her Namesake MSNBC Show (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 29 OP
Good riddance Zorro Oct 29 #1
Give Katie Phang the time slot!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 29 #2
Yes!👍 Polly Hennessey Oct 29 #13
+1 demmiblue Oct 29 #16
Yep, Phang, not Katie Tur. dem4decades Oct 29 #18
Trump's stenographer? That Katie Tur? I notice there was never any fallout from that revelation. Comfortably_Numb Oct 29 #33
If Trump wins, she'll probably get the slot, she knows how to make pro Trump news. dem4decades Oct 29 #35
Yeah! Bitbit Oct 29 #3
Excellent news Funtatlaguy Oct 29 #4
I didn't realize she broadcasts dweller Oct 29 #5
They keep her up there. Omnipresent Oct 29 #8
I always assumed New Jersey BaronChocula Oct 29 #22
Not until January. Didn't she say that last year? Srkdqltr Oct 29 #6
So glad. Squaredeal Oct 29 #7
"After 16 years of being in the anchorage chair every day" LiberalFighter Oct 29 #9
Good Escurumbele Oct 29 #10
Please leave now. rubbersole Oct 29 #11
She's the same age as Trump and she's hanging it up. surfered Oct 29 #12
GTFO now, she's a mrs greenspan Shellback Squid Oct 29 #14
She's 7 effin 8, seems she'd want to spend time with her husband. Must be trouble in paradise. brush Oct 29 #34
Thanks for all your great work, Andrea. Best of luck to you in the future. ificandream Oct 29 #15
Oh no. Stop. Don't leave. Come back. Ray Bruns Oct 29 #17
She won't be missed... 2naSalit Oct 29 #19
"NBC and MSNBC legend..." Really? Grins Oct 29 #20
Sounds like they were trying to make a Leslie Stahl out of her BumRushDaShow Oct 29 #26
At first this made my day BaronChocula Oct 29 #21
Opportunity for MSNBC to really commit to liberalism rurallib Oct 29 #23
THANK GOODNESS BumRushDaShow Oct 29 #24
GREAT NEWS!!!! NT ravjav Oct 29 #25
Don't let the door Loryn Oct 29 #27
I hear there's some vacancies at the Washington Post. Mr.Bill Oct 29 #28
I will continue to never watch her in the meantime. Basso8vb Oct 29 #29
YES!!!!! Doc Sportello Oct 29 #30
At long last. I've set speed records grabbing the remote when she appears. Vinca Oct 29 #31
buh bye now ZonkerHarris Oct 29 #32
Why put off till tomorrow RussBLib Oct 29 #36
Good news - someone else has been needed in this slot for a longtime now - fingers crossed for Katie Phang. n/t iluvtennis Oct 29 #37
Don't despair, Andrea. LudwigPastorius Oct 29 #38
Love it RealityCheque Oct 29 #40
....all the way off underpants Oct 29 #39
Womp, womp ToxMarz Oct 29 #41
Our shared grief of age. She seems to have aphasia at times. I should talk. mjvpi Oct 29 #42
It is about damn time! Bird Lady Oct 29 #43
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Oct 29 #44

Zorro

(16,296 posts)
1. Good riddance
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:53 PM
Oct 29

She's been insufferable for decades.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,887 posts)
2. Give Katie Phang the time slot!!!
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:55 PM
Oct 29

Polly Hennessey

(7,458 posts)
13. Yes!👍
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:11 PM
Oct 29

demmiblue

(37,849 posts)
16. +1
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:16 PM
Oct 29

dem4decades

(11,914 posts)
18. Yep, Phang, not Katie Tur.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:19 PM
Oct 29

Comfortably_Numb

(4,110 posts)
33. Trump's stenographer? That Katie Tur? I notice there was never any fallout from that revelation.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:58 PM
Oct 29

Katie Turd and Magat Haberman just keep up the lickspittle job.

dem4decades

(11,914 posts)
35. If Trump wins, she'll probably get the slot, she knows how to make pro Trump news.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:02 PM
Oct 29

MSNBC will be hedging their bets if the Shit stain wins.

Bitbit

(138 posts)
3. Yeah!
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:55 PM
Oct 29

Funtatlaguy

(11,793 posts)
4. Excellent news
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:55 PM
Oct 29

dweller

(25,056 posts)
5. I didn't realize she broadcasts
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:55 PM
Oct 29

from Alaska …
🤔



✌🏻

Omnipresent

(6,342 posts)
8. They keep her up there.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:01 PM
Oct 29

She’s a cold person, so she keeps some of the ice in that region from melting.

BaronChocula

(2,517 posts)
22. I always assumed New Jersey
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:27 PM
Oct 29

HACK-ensack

Srkdqltr

(7,667 posts)
6. Not until January. Didn't she say that last year?
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 12:55 PM
Oct 29

Squaredeal

(536 posts)
7. So glad.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:00 PM
Oct 29

Never watch the show. She comes across as insincere to me.

LiberalFighter

(53,473 posts)
9. "After 16 years of being in the anchorage chair every day"
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:03 PM
Oct 29

Every day?

I've seen plenty of times she wasn't on.

Escurumbele

(3,615 posts)
10. Good
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:04 PM
Oct 29

rubbersole

(8,518 posts)
11. Please leave now.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:08 PM
Oct 29

And I'd never say "Go make Alan a sammich" because that wouldn't be nice.

surfered

(3,139 posts)
12. She's the same age as Trump and she's hanging it up.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:09 PM
Oct 29

Trump is the oldest Presidential candidate in US history

Shellback Squid

(9,082 posts)
14. GTFO now, she's a mrs greenspan
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:12 PM
Oct 29

brush

(57,554 posts)
34. She's 7 effin 8, seems she'd want to spend time with her husband. Must be trouble in paradise.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:01 PM
Oct 29

Go already, Mrs. Greenspan.

ificandream

(10,527 posts)
15. Thanks for all your great work, Andrea. Best of luck to you in the future.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:15 PM
Oct 29

Ray Bruns

(4,604 posts)
17. Oh no. Stop. Don't leave. Come back.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:17 PM
Oct 29

2naSalit

(92,728 posts)
19. She won't be missed...
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:21 PM
Oct 29

Surely not in my home.

Grins

(7,889 posts)
20. "NBC and MSNBC legend..." Really?
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:21 PM
Oct 29

"Legend?" As in myth?

Shouldn't she be at home feeding soup through a straw to her 98-year old Pope of All Capitalism husband, Alan "Surpluses are bad!" Greenspan?

BumRushDaShow

(142,395 posts)
26. Sounds like they were trying to make a Leslie Stahl out of her
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:31 PM
Oct 29

(or Barbara Walters).

BaronChocula

(2,517 posts)
21. At first this made my day
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:24 PM
Oct 29

Until I realized that MSNBC will probably replace her with Ryan Girdusky.

rurallib

(63,201 posts)
23. Opportunity for MSNBC to really commit to liberalism
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:27 PM
Oct 29

So I assume they will screw it up and put Chuck Todd at the desk.

My pick would be Ali Velshi for a slot. As others noted above, Katie Phang is certainly deserving.

BumRushDaShow

(142,395 posts)
24. THANK GOODNESS
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:27 PM
Oct 29

She should have left when Tweety left.

ravjav

(47 posts)
25. GREAT NEWS!!!! NT
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:28 PM
Oct 29

Loryn

(992 posts)
27. Don't let the door
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:36 PM
Oct 29

Yada, yada, yada

Mr.Bill

(24,791 posts)
28. I hear there's some vacancies at the Washington Post.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:36 PM
Oct 29

She would fit right in.

Basso8vb

(302 posts)
29. I will continue to never watch her in the meantime.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:39 PM
Oct 29

Doc Sportello

(7,962 posts)
30. YES!!!!!
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:40 PM
Oct 29

Velshi hopefully replaces her. He's earned it.

Vinca

(51,049 posts)
31. At long last. I've set speed records grabbing the remote when she appears.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:45 PM
Oct 29

ZonkerHarris

(25,276 posts)
32. buh bye now
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:49 PM
Oct 29

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
36. Why put off till tomorrow
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:02 PM
Oct 29

...what you can do today? Or, better late than never.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

iluvtennis

(20,864 posts)
37. Good news - someone else has been needed in this slot for a longtime now - fingers crossed for Katie Phang. n/t
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:18 PM
Oct 29

LudwigPastorius

(10,811 posts)
38. Don't despair, Andrea.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:19 PM
Oct 29

With Tommy John surgery, you can be back to throwing softballs to fascists in no time.

RealityCheque

(511 posts)
40. Love it
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:57 PM
Oct 29

underpants

(186,672 posts)
39. ....all the way off
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 02:37 PM
Oct 29

ToxMarz

(2,246 posts)
41. Womp, womp
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 03:29 PM
Oct 29

mjvpi

(1,568 posts)
42. Our shared grief of age. She seems to have aphasia at times. I should talk.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 04:06 PM
Oct 29

I’ve watched her and just willed for her to get a thought all the way to completion. Have definite views on her as a journalist, but I think this may be a very human development.

Bird Lady

(1,918 posts)
43. It is about damn time!
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 04:11 PM
Oct 29

Now if she could take Dana Bash with her. I know she is not on the same network but that does not mean she is not as odious Andrea. Andrea has exceeded her sell by date and she should go.

Omaha Steve

(103,469 posts)
44. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 05:01 PM
Oct 29

NOT important news of national interest only. Can be posted in GD.

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