Joy Reid led MSNBC Wednesday in prime time, as a substitute!

[House of Roberts]

Lately, Chris Matthews has sometimes had slightly better ratings than Rachel Maddow. I noticed that Wednesday night, his show led MSNBC in the 25-54 demo 245,000 to 229,000 for TRMS, and also won overall for that evening 922,000 to 910,000 over TRMS. I’ve been watching tonight and was pleasantly surprised that Joy Reid was subbing, and I thought to myself, was she subbing Wednesday also? Yep, she was! Joy led the night as a sub!

Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-wednesday-april-16-3_b221967

[LLD]

1. Tonight was good

Who wouldn't like to see Joy play Hardball?

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Huge Joy-Ann Reid fan here! And proudly so.

She's incredibly talented and fascinating. She knows how to put on a show that doesn't make my eyes roll fifteen minutes into it. LOVE the woman - one of the underrated hosts on MSNBC. Hopefully, with those numbers, she'll get the credit she deserves. That woman works hard, knows her stuff, and doesn't allow RWers to get away with their "half-truths".

[RoverSuswade]

4. Wouldn't she be fabulous as moderator of MEET THE PRESS?

She'd pin the republicans back on their ears.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. She'd be perfect for MTP.

Unfortunately, that's not going to happen exactly for the reasons you've just cited.

[c588415]

8. Agreed, Joy Ann is way more intelligent and informative than

David" the joke" Gregory

[Snotcicles]

10. Meet The Press was made for the JOY REID type. nt

[HipChick]

12. OMG...she'd be perfect..

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Agree with you on all counts!

And she's got to be the hardest working host, as well, turns up as a substitute host or a guest on half the shows on MSNBC...

[flamingdem]

9. She's tireless!

Go Joy!

[oldandhappy]

3. I saw her.

She is good. I confess I had not known of her. Will keep an eye out for her. I really appreciated her.

[Cha]

6. KICKS! thanks for the news House of Roberts!

[Bluenorthwest]

11. She's my favorite MSNBC host, actually. She has the anchor chops.

She's network primetime anchor material. She makes much of MSNBC look like cable access. I don't always agree with her, but she's always flawless in her role as host or guest commentator.