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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNBC Insider: Total Panic Over Megyn Kelly's Morning Show
NBC Insider: Total Panic Over Megyn Kellys Morning ShowMegyn Kelly begins her 9 a.m. NBC show in four weeks time. NBC colleagues are nervous that the poor showing of her Sunday night current-affairs show will follow her to Today.
Lloyd Grove 08.30.17 1:00 AM ET
Four weeks before the Sept. 25 debut of Megyn Kelly Todaythe 9 a.m. replacement for the venerable morning shows third hour, Todays Takesome NBC insiders are expressing doubts, and even worries, about the network news divisions plan to scrap a reliable long-running program in order to morph the former Fox News anchor and Donald Trump nemesis into an accessible, female-friendly personality for an ethnically diverse daytime viewership.
Yet, according to network insiders, her new role is prompting questions internally about who her audience is exactly as well as a sense of total panic concerning the intense media scrutiny that will unavoidably attend the launch of Megyn Kelly Today, to say nothing of the need to publicly vindicate NBC News Chairman Andy Lacks $17 million gamble (reportedly her eye-popping annual compensation) when he wooed her away from Fox.
It was not a good omen for Kellys daytime prospects when Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly posted disappointing numbers, was reportedly pulled from its limited summer run July 30 two episodes short of the expected 10, and attracted unwelcome controversy with the Alex Jones segment, notably protests from the relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims (including 20 young children killed in a mass shooting that Jones had called a hoax).
http://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-insiders-total-panic-over-megyn-kellys-morning-show
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NBC Insider: Total Panic Over Megyn Kelly's Morning Show (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Aug 2017
OP
I've said it before, I'll say it again. You can take the reporter out of Fox news, BUT
shraby
Aug 2017
#2
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,347 posts)1. Serves 'em right.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. I think Andy Lack
is an idiot.
shraby
(21,946 posts)2. I've said it before, I'll say it again. You can take the reporter out of Fox news, BUT
you can't take Fox news out of the reporter.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)4. True
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. I agree
Her first big interview was that evil POS Jones!?
Her attempt to normalize that hater like the media did with Trump. Screw that shit.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)6. All she had to do on Fox News is make old guys' dicks hard.
Apparently, the NBC audience requires somewhat more than that.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)8. I see you have Fox 'news' figured out
Iggo
(47,577 posts)7. They woke up with fleas?
Wow!
Who saw that coming?
Johonny
(20,912 posts)9. I don't know, she failed at late night serious news but she might work for morning fluff hour.
It seems to be more her thing. The problem is...her long track record that will turn most viewers off. But who knows.
ADX
(1,622 posts)10. That harpy is going to bomb on the Today show, big-time...