Her show may not always focus on substance, but when it does, she is right on point.

Or maybe there is a whole different format. I mean, the way it is now, you have Tweety, Al, Ed, Rachael, and Lawrence all covering 95% the same stories, each giving it their own particular treatment. And half the time they have exactly the same set of guests.

I'd like to see them do something a lot more adventurous. I'm not sure what that would be, but adding another personality to rant for an hour isn't any kind of improvement.

I love Soledad and think she might be able to bring a whole different kind of program.

I don't watch CNN, and don't watch daytime tv until 1 with Andrea, and then 4 w Martin. Any room @ msnbc for Soledad during the day?

I think it is completely pointless for Bashir, Matthews, Sharpton, Maddow, Shultz, and then O'Donnell to each spend an entire hour regurgitating the same three stories of left-wing outrage for that day.

Boehner farted? Yeah, that's a good 20 minute segment -- ON SIX DAMN SHOWS plus two hours of repeats !!!!!

There is important news that affects the lives of Americans, and therefore has political implications, but isn't all about what one K-street lobbyist said to some bought Congressman. Wouldn't it be nice if somebody ran a show that was like the PBS News Hour except without all the right-wing old white men supplied by the huge corporations that essentially present that show?

Not everything in this world has to be examined, first and foremost, through the prism of whether Obama won or lost that day.

Think of all the stories worth telling about new energy, health care breakthroughs, the arts, how Washington policies affect real people, etc etc. It really is endless, I think she could do a great job with something like that.

It is the "reality teevee" problem. It is really, really cheap to prop Tweety in front of a camera for an hour and just let him dump out an incoherent stream of consciousness. The manufactured outrage of Sharpton and O'Donnell takes no research at all. The only real planning is deciding which of their 10 regular "experts" will be on camera to help share the outrage.

Jon Stewart's staff does far more work going after stories than any of the MSNBC 6. At least Maddow's staff is good with numbers and charts -- because she will never get any real guests.

Move Al back to 7 pm and have her go up against the 6 PM and 6:30 PM News. Hard straight news stories.

I doubt people who regularly tune into MSNBC are watching both of those hours, so one of them is pretty much just wasted. MSNBC has some good evening shows, but the order of their lineup just doesn't seem to be optimal. But I agree, a true news show in the evening would be great, and Tweety's spare hour shows there is room for one.

it is really cheap to have 6 big hosts and a another dozen bit players, and just have them rant for an hour each night.

You don't need any research staff. No field crew. Barely any preparation.

You just need a bunch of sheep (on the left or the right) that will sit there an hour listening to the same tired old rants. And it seems there are several million from each end of he spectrum willing to do exactly that.

Wake me up if anybody ever has anything that is actually informative on MSNBC.

A dream that could come true.

Let's get a journalist in there

Those two make me want to blow chunks.

...but my first thought would be to get rid of that waste of time "The Cycle" and give her her own show.

It was entertaining.

She's excellent, bring her back!

The show just isn't growing on me and I still think it sucks.

Steve, Krystal, and Toure are pretty good though. Nevertheless, I don't really like the format of the show, I'm not sure why but it also hasn't grown on me.

what a surprise.

I like her. Don't like Erin, Cuomo does not appear to have a personality. Only watched once, though.

of the boat.

this guy is involved in some ugly corrupt stuff and a real reporter would have discussed that. but instead she decided to beg him for a tour of the fucking boat.

her show is so fucking stupid. it's not even that she is right wing. it's just light weight stupid lazy shit.

I agree fully with your last sentence, I swear to god every time I tune into her worthless show I say to myself "her show is so fucking stupid. it's not even that she is right wing. it's just light weight stupid lazy shit. "

dump Mourning Joe and Mika. PLEASE

Why does he get that anyways. If anyone should get a rerun it's Martin Bashir.

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I can only take about 4 minutes of Tweety, regardless of which hour it is.

If only I could be half as smart as he is, then I would probably enjoy it more.

I definitely agree that the Bashir show makes far more sense to rerun, as it is generally a better program and many people cannot watch live during his time slot.

He has a twisted sense of humor. I don't always agree with him as he is much more conservative than I am, but I can appreciate his point of view.

Granted, all these commentary show hosts are in love with their own voice. That said, it never fails that Matthews starts talking over his guests as soon as they attempt to answer a question.

It would be pretty funny to watch. He would trash them publicly, just like he did with Donahue. The man has an ego.

Bashir should be on before the Ed show. To repeat Tweety after one hour is nonsense. I can't bare him the first hour.

I know it's not popular around here, but his is the one show I make a point of catching.
Hiring Soledad O'Brien would be great.

nuff said!

Besides, Fox only takes talentless partisan hacks and Soledad doesn't fit the mold.

She would look terrible with a bleach job.

That's rhetorical.

--imm

and she would still be thunderously beautiful

Although beautiful.

--imm

for Wall Street. You couldn't pay me to watch her on TV.

"Not unattractive." But Soledad is what any man would call beautiful.

Erin perhaps worries that her "hot" level is not high enough.

But with Soledad, it's not heat, it's warmth.

Erin is a poseur who knows a couple of things and thinks that that makes her smart enough to climb the ladder.

Soledad knows what questions need to be asked and calls out those who spew lies for the gullible.

I'd sooner watch Sponge Bob than Erin.

And I think CNN is giving Soledad the boot because of her aggressive interviews calling out lying fools and foolish liars

That is all.

Soledad is everything that Erin is not. Soledad is light and truth, Erin couldn't find the truth if she tried.

I doubt it will happen though.

Joe creates buzz. Just look at all the posts here bitching about him on a daily basis. That's gold to a network.

THAT is why CNN had to get rid of her.

To slightly reword Jack Nicolson's immortal line in A FEW GOOD MEN "The truth? CNN can't HANDLE the truth!"

Hire her NOW, MSNBC.

She's not the bubbleheaded bleach blonde that seems to be all the rage on "news" programs. Maybe she can get a deal with someone like Current, who could bring in a huge number of viewers by signing her to a prime-time spot.

She is so terrible. When she was in Sandy Hook she showed no sympathy, stood next to Anderson Cooper looking bored to tears. A disgrace to CNN. I thought at that time she wasn't going to last very long. Soledad deserves a better place than in the morning. She was always great and deserves prime time.

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Somewhere on the Net is a list of her demands for any prospective boyfriend.

...because Ms. Burnett is married to an executive at CitiCorp.

Says it all, in my book.

What a vapid human being.

the morning for me anymore. I guess that I can just watch one of my nighttime shows on demand instead.

Great morning one-two combo, unless Al Jazeera decides otgherwise.

on HN. Darn it.

Not to Insult the 3 stooges who were smarter than the tea baggers.

Ick.

Fuck cnn.

The network that tried to legitimize grifter Glenn Beck.

She had her niche at CNBC, but CNN foisting her on the general public is just too much.

I hope O'Brien finds herself in a much better situation, one that she justly deserves.

the media giants are owned by those who don't like the truth!

I would hire her and give Matthews only one time slot. What is it, ther seven O'Clock spot?

I also remember Soledad's tech show on MSNBC -- when Keith was hosting "The Big Show".

I have CNN International so we don't get many of the US shows. They do a mix of shows about different places in the world and then most of the news is out of either England or Hong Kong. CNN International doesn't seem to catch quite as much of the conservative slant that they have in the US (Wolf Blitzer being one of the exceptions). There is a great anchor out of Hong Kong who's name is Kristie Lou Stout and she is Asian-American and from California.

CNN is circling the drain. There business model is to attract the rats jumping off Fox News. They aspire to be a junior partner in the propaganda machine, like Izvestia was to Pravda.

I would love it if she replaced Morning Joe but I don't see that happening. And they should give her a news program on the weekends. Too much Lockup.

... I just have to jump in here and put my vote in for Soledad to be given Alex Witt's time slot.

Alex Witt annoys me so much.

I stopped watching her "show".

Not only does she annoy me but all that hair does not in my opinion enhance her appearance.

S.E. Cupp can leave at anytime ... I press the mute key on my remote control whenever she speaks.

Why can't CNN give O'Brien one of those slots?

Corporate suits love conservative, ice princess, unapologetic bluebloods like Beijing Burnett. There's no evidence that she's going to tone her highly partisan Wall Street song and dance act any year soon.

First it's mornings on CNN. Then the big Kahuna - NBC.

Surprised they didn't lap up Maria Bartiromo in her prime. Maybe they found her delivery too annoying for the morning . . . or found her too important a voice to be taken off of "Crap, Nothing But Conservatives".

great for reality based news in America. Like that saying.. "When one door closes A Window of Opportunity Opens Up"!



Thanks brooklynite

I can't stand her on one, much less two. CNN wants to be fox-lite.

They let Spitzer go. Once Cafferty started speaking out against the status quo, they diminished his voice to a few minutes under the watchful eye of Blitzer & now he's gone, too. Now O'Brien.