Ed Show moving from 8pm weekdays to 5-7pm weekends

[Ruby the Liberal]

Last Ed Show is tomorrow, radio continues M-F

He made a compelling case as to why he approves this change, basically that he is here for the workers and weekends are when he can speak to them.

Mixed emotions, but I give him credit - he said this will allow him to work in his wheelhouse of workers issues.

No link - he just announced it at the end of his show tonight.

[avebury]

1. I wonder who they will give his Mon-Fri

slot to. I would love to see Soledad O'Brien.

[noel711]

4. My money's on Ezra Klein

they've been grooming him for months...

But Ed is a rating giant. This might hurt the evening lineup.

On the other hand,
we have blasted MSNBC for their weekend wasteland
(LOck UP...)

Putting Ed on Sat. and Sun. evenings is good: something to look forward to
when you aren't turned on to the various sports/Lawrence Welk show...

[avebury]

10. I know that Ezra Klein does The Last Word

a lot of times on Friday but he just doesn't grab my attention as a host.

I love the work that Soledad O'Brien has done on CNN. Martin Bashir would be another great choice. I hate not being able to watch his show during the day (maybe MSNBC could put his show out as a podcast?). I also love the energy of Chris Hayes.

SE Cupp would be total barf city.

[Jamaal510]

35. I doubt very seriously

we'll have to worry about Sarah Elizabeth hosting any shows on MSNBC; she is just there basically as a token Republican punching bag for the liberal hosts.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Hells yea!

My guess is O'Donnell moving from 10 to 8 and Bashir to 10 - but we shall see!

Watch the corporate fucks at GE-MSNBComcast put SE Cupp at 8.

[Cleita]

11. I love West Wing Lawrence, but find his show tres boring.

What are they thinking.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Forgive me

but HE is boring. Admission: I used to hate when he sat in for Keith. His lame attempts at Special Comments were DOA. I've since warmed up to him, but nothing i would lose sleep over.

Now, if they mess with Rachel...

[Cleita]

18. Yep, I'm with you about Rachel. Also, Lawrence, to be fair, is the last guy on the evening

line up and by the time he gets to the day's relevant news, it's already been hashed and rehashed in the previous four hours.

[Cleita]

2. Was this voluntary, or is he too progressive for MSNBC?

I wonder who is going to replace him during the week. Do you know?

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. He didn't say.

He made the announcement on the move at the end - by saying "I want this because this is too time intensive on a daily basis given my radio show (my first love)" - paraphrased. He didn't say anything about his replacement or the lineup effective Monday night.

[cilla4progress]

3. I LOVE ED!!!!

Fabulous "get" tonight...none better.

Scott Prouty is anAmerican hero!

[Peregrine Took]

6. Don't know about that weekend time slot - MSNBC on the weekend??

A vast wasteland.

[Cleita]

9. The news is a vast wasteland on the weekend. No one is actually working

to report stuff. I think it will be a mistake.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. Maybe someone woke up and decided that 24 for 72 prison pron

wasn't a winning formula for ad revenue? See: Up with Chris and Melissa Harris-Perry in the mornings.

[Raine]

8. Ed & Al are my favorites I will sure miss him at that time. I hope

they put on someone really good in that spot.

[MinneapolisMatt]

14. Soledad?

One can hope.

[Tx4obama]

15. Ed's wife had health issues not long ago. I bet he wants to spend more time at home with her now. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. She had Cancer

It probably gave Ed some clarity about his life and he decided to live it better.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. Ed announced several weeks ago that his wife is now cancer free

And thanked everyone for their messages of support during their ordeal.

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/15/its-official-wendy-schultz-is-cancer-free/

[Xenti]

16. Good riddance.

Fantastic news. I can't stand his anti-intellectual style or his brand of populism and never understood why they thought he was a good lead-in to the genius that is TRMS and Lawrence.

[Laurian]

17. Anti-intellectual? I like his straight forward manner and like having

a variety if progressive voices in media.

[Xenti]

23. If you're going to rail against something...

.... Learn what it is. The man doesn't know the difference between clips and magazines and makes the Left look like idiots on the gun issue. Rachel and Lawrence get it right.

[VanillaRhapsody]

27. Uh actually...ED owns a lodge and guns...and wants stricter gun control

I'd say he gets it!

Apparently, it is you that doesn't. Just because Ed doesn't speak to YOU doesn't mean he doesn't speak to Average Joe Sixpack...whom you might understand is a demographic that we need to cultivate on the Left. Ed speaks about labor....do you think there is anyone who understands the guy on the assembly line better than Ed? Oh and that guy....IS watching TV at 8pm!

[Xenti]

31. Just because

someone owns a lodge and guns doesn't mean that they know the difference between a clip and a magazine, and doesn't mean that they don't look like an idiot when they use the words interchangeably on the air. They look like one of "them librul haters of 'Merican freedom" that the right gets so worked up about.

I'm all for making guns harder to get, but when the messenger looks like he doesn't understand the issue, it weakens the argument.

Also, the graphics on his show are so full of typos and grammatical mistakes that it's disheartening. I know that's not his fault, but it looks bad. And the twitter feed that scrolls along the bottom? Most of those people seem only semi-literate.

Finally, he bumbles up reading the script so frequently that I question why they've kept him on the air as long as they have.

[VanillaRhapsody]

32. oh Baloney thats silly

you are basing your judgement on THAT???? GMAFB

[In_The_Wind]

30. Hello ~ Xenti

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[Cleita]

19. He's the best voice for labor in a wasteland that doesn't care much about

the workers of America. I guess you don't have to work for a living.

[Xenti]

22. I do.

70 Hours a week, but not with my hands.

[House of Roberts]

20. Mike Papantonio has subbed for Ed on the radio

at least one day a week for a while. The long days were running him down.
I think the weekend show may be pre-taped during the week, unless something big happens over a weekend.

[Cleita]

21. Actually, Pap's Ring of Fire radio show has landed on Free Speech TV. the same station

that airs Thom Hartmann and Amy Goodman's Democracy Now!.

[tabbycat31]

24. If it takes prison shows off MSNBC that's a good thing

[bbgrunt]

25. this is a bit worrisome. I think Ed has done a

magnificent job of covering gritty topics and becoming an on-screen personality.

If he requested a cut-backo, why would he keep the radio show rather than the daily tv show where he is bound to have a bigger impact.

If he wanted more time for family life, a seven day commitment is not an improvement from a 5 day one.

No, as someone else mentioned, I think this has to do with him going after O on his weaseling on the "grand bargain"--and other things that are not approved.

It is a way to cut off progressive voices that won't kowtow to the corporate ptb.

[Jamaal510]

36. "It is a way to cut off progressive voices that won't kowtow to the corporate ptb."

He'll still be on weekends and on his radio show. It's not like he got fired or something. There will be somebody to replace him in his old time slot.

[Tx4obama]

29. An UPDATE on the link below

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022504815

Not sure if it is true or not but it is being reported.

[Daniel537]

34. Sounds about right.

Giving Hayes a prime time slot and Kornacki the weekend morning show backs it up. They should be focusing more on substance rather than on youth. But oh well.

[Daniel537]

33. Not good.

Cable News on the weekend is a graveyard. What they should do is get rid of the Hardball repeat at 7pm. Why do they even do that? And for that matter get rid of The Cycle and Martin Bashir. Both those shows stink and offer nothing of substance. Ed is a working class guy. He didn't just mindlessly drone on about "the middle class" like so many of these blowhards on TV like to do. He actually talked about issues that affected the vast majority of us working stiffs. I wish him success, but i think this is a precursor to the end. MSNBC has gone down quite a bit since they got rid of Olbermann and Shuster. Things just haven't been the same.