How Chris Hayes' Show Differs From Other Shows In One Chart

[kpete]

How Chris Hayes' Show Differs From Other Sunday Shows In One Chart
New MSNBC Evening Host's Show Has Provided Much-Needed Diversity

MSNBC is giving Chris Hayes the network's 8 p.m. primetime weekday slot beginning in April. Hayes' current program, Up with Chris Hayes, has provided a beacon of diversity compared to the Sunday morning political talk shows on other major broadcast and cable networks, which overwhelmingly feature white men.



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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/14/how-chris-hayes-show-differs-from-other-sunday/193054

[sufrommich]

1. So they did announce that it's Chris Hayes

who got the spot?

[Whisp]

2. what white male privilege?

just the ones with the blasted megaphone, those! for one.



nah, it's all imaginative. no such thing.

[dkf]

3. They replaced a white man with a white man.

It's funny how the diversity within the program is supposed to trump that.

[yodermon]

7. It's not funny because it does, in fact, trump that. n/t

[dkf]

8. The host still has control and power.

[CTyankee]

22. yep, but this white man, Chris, chooses to use it to diversify, not solidify...

the result is a heady mix of race, color and gender diversity. I have learned SO MUCH from his show it's head spinning! Esp. on Middle East and African issues, where I am woefully lacking in information.

[bigdarryl]

4. I don't think he is going to get Ed's ratings

Chris talks like he's on speed or something nice kid but DAMN!!!

[oldandhappy]

5. tis a beginning

yep. White males -- over and over and over. And anchors talking to anchors. Diversity is not just gender and ethnicity. It can mean new faces!!

[Skidmore]

6. I love the seminar that Chris has on Saturday and Sunday.

UP is so unlike any other show. It is an intense round table not put together with pundits and pols looking for a camera. He has serious discussions with those who actually do the work of governing and community organizing. What he does will not fit neatly into a one hour block of time.

[Scuba]

11. +1

[bonnieS]

15. That's the end of that

Plus now he has to obey the rules that Cenk would not and not criticize Obama. Probably Ed's newfound disillusionment with Obama is the reason he has been put in Purgatory.

[Cha]

18. Ed had Scott Prouty on his show last night and Scott is a Big Supporter

of President Obama. Scott said he wanted to thank the President for the job he is doing and is proud to call him his President.

He also said he came out now because mitt romney was going around telling lies about the President and that romney had to respect the will of the people.

[1-Old-Man]

9. Are you presuming Mr. Hays will bring is morning format to an evening program?

as much as I like Mr. Hayes, nearly as much as I used to like Rachel Maddow, I do not think the format of his sunday morning program is suitable to daily evening programming - but then that is also my complaint about what TRMS has become (3 topics stretched to the very limits of boredom and then repeated for days on end), which is to say hard to stick with for the full hour anymore.

[randome]

12. I'm guessing you're right that the format will change.

[southernyankeebelle]

10. The Up show has a variety of people and many you have never seen on other shows as

much. But what I love it is a panel of grown ups with people respecting each other. Kind of like the beginning of MTP years ago. We need more shows like this where the issues are more important then who they have on a panel. I don't watch Sunday programming any more. It usually has the same people on them. I honestly think they are geared to the republican side or I think MTP is.

[broiles]

13. Chris has a rule that no more than 2 white males on at anytime.

My husband and I had dinner with Chris on the last Nation's cruise. He told us that was his only firm rule about the guest list.

[CTyankee]

23. How was that cruise? I saw it advertised and was tempted to take it...

[broiles]

24. Great! We take it every year.

This year it's in October and leaves from Boston, goes up the coast, enters the St. Lawrence and ends in Quebec City. You meet lots of liberals and get to smooze with all the speakers. It's liberal heaven.

[Make7]

14. What are the other 2%?

Extra-terrestrial?

[AgingAmerican]

16. MSNBC in general has a lot of diversity

Throughout the day

Weekend nights are a different story though. Prison.

[KoKo]

19. They are moving Ed Shultz to weekend nights...

So that will be a break from those Dock Block or whatever crap they were showing.

Might be a nice slot for Ed.

[jeaps]

17. Such mixed feelings...

I love UP on the weekends. The format lends itself to exploring several sides of an issue. While I am happy Chris Hayes will be on nightly, I will truly miss UP. Nightly shows just do not cover stories the way two hour weekend format can. I taped UP each week so I could watch it at my leisure and really follow the discussions. The show will be sorely missed.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Agree. nt

[apples and oranges]

21. I like Hayes, but I don't think Rachel & Chris should be back to back

Rachel and Chris (and MHP) have the most informative shows on MSNBC. No doubt, viewers will learn a lot... but the downside is that the extra knowledge comes with a side of depression as we're forced to see how fucked up this society is. 8pm is a huge timeslot and most casual viewers settling in after a long day of work will want to be entertained with light left-leaning commentary, humor, and GOP mockery. Those viewers will not want to be overwhelmed with details. Rachel's personality is naturally funny which takes the edge off, but it still can be a downer at times.