David Gregory Is Toast as Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough Fight For Meet The Press Gig

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David Gregory Is Toast as Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough Fight For Meet The Press Gig
By: Jason Easley
Thursday, July, 24th, 2014, 5:57 pm


A new report says that David Gregory is toast as host of Meet The Press and that Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough are battling to replace him.

Lloyd Grove at The Daily Beast followed up on yesterday’s report on Gregory’s expected dumping from Meet The Press:

In multiple conversations that I had with people inside and outside NBC after the item appeared, it was taken as a given that Gregory is toast.

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The principal pretenders to the MTP throne are NBC News’ chief White House correspondent and political director, Chuck Todd—who anchors The Daily Rundown, MSNBC’s weekday 9 a.m. show—and the cohosts of the three-hour-long Morning Joe program that precedes it, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

According to my sources, Scarborough, 51, a Washington-savvy former Republican congressman from Florida, and Brzezinski, 47, the supremely well-connected daughter of former White House national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, have been aggressively angling for the job in the event of Gregory’s all-but-certain demise.

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Joe Scarborough would be a disaster for Meet The Press. MTP likes at least to create the illusion of playing it down the middle. There is no mistaking where the former Republican congressman comes from. If a report from last year is to be believed, NBC is seriously considering changing Meet The Press so that it would be more like Morning Joe.

Chuck Todd wouldn’t be much of departure from what David Gregory is doing now. Todd is a frequent panelist on Meet The Press, and he is loaded with the same Beltway groupthink that plagues Gregory’s version of the show. NBC would be wise to go out of house to bring in a fresh voice for the program, but they seem hellbent on taking one of their least popular talents on MSNBC and elevating them to Meet The Press.

Gregory’s stint on the show has been bad, but replacing him with a Chuck Todd or Joe Scarborough could be even worse.

[hrmjustin]

1. All bad choices!

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. If those are the only choices, then why not just dump the whole show?

[bravenak]

3. +1

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. I mean, really? I think they're secretly trying to dump the show if this is who they're talking to.

[bravenak]

15. I rarely watch it now.

If I had to see Sir Crooked Goatee or Morning joke, it would turn into never ever.

[randys1]

6. Exactly, reminds me of why did BOTH late night NBC shows have to go to milk-toast white guys?

Why couldnt one of those jobs have gone to ANYBODY else?


I like Jimmy and Seth well enough, but sheesh...

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. Do you think rotating hosts would work on a weekly show like that? Different faces. Different....

perspectives. And ferchrissakes, different GUESTS. It's like Republican Palooza on these Sunday talk shows.

[randys1]

12. I cant watch the Sunday shows, I would have bought ten tv's by now

ready

aim

LAPTOP THRU THE TV

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. I can't watch MTP. Just looking at Gregory upsets my stomach. And I've heard enuf here about his..

regular stable of guests, and I'm not impressed, or the least bit interested.

[Snotcicles]

21. That could get costly. nt

[sheshe2]

25. You would probably also need a few more laptops, randys1.

I haven't watched TV much for the last few years, and thankfully I work Sundays.

[WinkyDink]

30. Because Arsenio is a total failure? Because of late-night demographics?

[brooklynite]

53. Okay...plenty of criticism here; who's a moderator you would find acceptable?

...which doesn't necessarily mean "someone who says things -I- agree with"

[Hippo_Tron]

56. If you could get him out of his contract with CNN, I'd give it to Anderson Cooper

If not, probably Andrea Mitchell. I get that you can't make Rachel Maddow the host of Meet The Press (for the same reason they can't seriously be considering Joe Scarborough). But Chuck Todd is a poor choice, IMO.

[customerserviceguy]

57. Perhaps so

But I can clearly see that Chuckie's been paying his dues, and it would not surprise me if he got the MTP lead chair.

I do miss Tim Russert, he never bored me.

[abakan]

62. Keith Olbermann...nt

[randys1]

63. sigh

[avebury]

29. Agreed! nt

[monmouth3]

38. Phil Griffin is the decider here and until NBC rids themselves of him, their ratings will tank.

Griffin under estimates the public, we want unbiased programming, not Meet The Republicans.. I remember as a kid MTP had Eric Severeid (pretty sure he was the moderator for MTP) and I swear I did not know what his party affiliation was, he was that good.

[hlthe2b]

4. Uggh... Either one would be just as bad.

I think Lawrence O'Donnell could do a good job, but the conservatives would hate it. He wouldn't soft-ball the questions. Rachel, likewise.

But they'll go with some RW meme spewing dudd, who won't do any homework and will just let it stay the worthless time sink that it is.

[Fawke Em]

5. ...and that wouldn't change the show, so why make that change?

The problem is necessarily Gregory, the man, but that type: white, conservative and left in 1864.

[Archae]

8. Meet The Press is running on momentum.

They've been on the air since 194(7?) and maybe this will simply kill it, heck, the televangelists on Sunday morning get better ratings.

But John McCain will always find a place to go to spout.

[myrna minx]

9. If these are the alternatives, why not cancel the show entirely?

What a joke.

[lpbk2713]

11. Three losers if you ask me.

But then it doesn't really matter to me. I gave up on MTP a long time ago.

[Blaukraut]

13. That's like trying to cure a common cold with the plague or pestilence n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

22. Ah, you missed the real candidate:

Ebola.

[JHB]

16. Twice nothing is still nothing

[gwheezie]

17. I doubt anyone is considering moaning joe

Joe does this all the time when he insists people also are mentioning he should run for president. He's a lot like palin a narcissistic attention whore who quit after being elected. Joe is too stupid and easily ridiculed to host mtp.
As unlikeable as chuck is he isn't stupid. Joe is stupid. It's about time for a female host.

[Snotcicles]

18. The only way they could save that program would be a to do a 180 and hire a John Fugelsang type. nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. A Fugelsang type won't save the show either. You'd never get Republicans to go on. n/t

[Snotcicles]

23. Yeah they would, he can refrain and be subtle, he showed that already. Plus the right aren't going

to give up that face time.

[catbyte]

19. Come on, NBC. Doing the same thing over & over and expecting different results is

the definition of insanity. Neither Todd or Scar are fit to host. Although, at least they have quit trying to be unbiased. Appointing a Republican operative kinda outs you.

[Politicalboi]

24. I think it would be good ONLY if.......

Murdering Joe would have to give up his morning gig. I so dread when I'm up too late and turn on MSNBC only to find Murdering Joe and his parrot Mika on.

To have to avoid Murdering Joe only one day a week would be awesome.

[bravenak]

31. I never thought about it like that.

I vote Joe and Chuck to co host. Then i could miss both of the during the week.

[Politicalboi]

41. I'm here on the west coast

So being awake at 3 am isn't unusual for me. And I don't like that I can't watch MSNBC at that time. I also hate their prison shows and caught on camera. What a waste of time.

[sheshe2]

26. Oh please, spare us the Toad and the Scareboro!

please tell me this ain't gonna happen!

[WinkyDink]

27. Either choice would be the fire to Gregory's frying pan.

[Spazito]

28. If ever there was a question whether MTP has been and continues to be a vehicle for...

promoting republicans and republican propaganda since Russert first took the seat, NBC considering Todd and Scarborough as Gregory's replacement answers it.

[itsrobert]

32. Rachel Maddow gets my vote

n/t

[LonePirate]

45. Mine, too. That show needs a good liberal host to return it to relevance.

[lordsummerisle]

33. I heard Thom Hartmann

Call this show Meet the Republicans lol

[Ilsa]

36. Thom also commented on DGregory's

Coworkers throwing him under the bus.

MTP has been dead to me for several years. I'm surprised that NBC hasn't handed it over the John McCain or Lindsey Graham.

[Ed Suspicious]

34. Moronic choices for replacement. Damnit, get somebody like Ray Suarez or somebody who will attempt

at objectivity.

[Cha]

35. Damn, one rw toasted and two rw vying for meet john mccain.. fucking US Mediawhore inc.

[tridim]

37. Maybe the whole show is dead? I don't think I'd miss it. nt

[RKP5637]

42. My thought too, it's really become an irrelevant show. I think similar of Morning Joe. n/t

[NuclearDem]

39. File under: Not understanding what the problem was in the first place.

[RKP5637]

40. I've not watched MTP for so long. And certainly one of those pricks would NOT interest me in MTP.n/t

[Jamaal510]

43. I was reading the comments,

and I keep seeing people suggest that Rachel Maddow should be the next host. While I agree that she would be a much better pick than either Joe Blow or the fake-straight news anchor Chuck Todd, I still doubt that would work. RM is widely known as a partisan host on her own show, and she frequently has trouble attracting Republican guests. Most of the RWers would probably be too scared to come on MTP anymore if she were to get the job there because they'd fear being asked some hardball questions.

[Mike Nelson]

44. If this is true, the SHOW is Toast!

lol...

[oldandhappy]

46. Both lean too far sideways for me i.e. towards the right.

[oldandhappy]

47. maybe Melissa Harris-Perry??

[kentuck]

48. The #1 criteria:

They cannot have shown themselves to be too partisan in the past. I think that alone would disqualify Joe Scarborough?

Chuck Todd has not shown himself to be "too partisan" for either side, at times speaking for issues on either side. That would be a point in his favor.

Rachel has shown herself to be an outspoken liberal. That would probably disqualify her for such a position.

Then again, they may hire someone away from ABC, like George Stephanopoulos?

Whomever, will need established credibility.

However, in the end, it is about numbers and audience.

[Motown_Johnny]

49. None of them are smart enough.

MTP is a joke now anyways.

Their only hope is to turn it back into a panel, like it was in the old days. They would still need someone to anchor, but that could be a talking head like Brian Williams.

With multiple persons asking questions there might actually be an intelligent question every now and then. It is called "Meet The Press". They should consider having a variety of reporters on to interview the politician of the week. Then let those "journalists" debate the interview afterwards.

I honestly think it is their only hope.

[spanone]

50. from shit to shite

[Arugula Latte]

51. People who are criticizing these choices and saying NBC "doesn't understand" seem to be

operating under the assumption that big media really cares about presenting a somewhat balanced picture of reality. What a joke!! Their agenda is to push rightwing corporate propaganda. Full stop.

[Chakab]

52. Joe Scarborough?

You have got to be shitting me.

[MohRokTah]

54. Chuck Toad? Joe (Dead Intern) Scarborough?

Still won't watch the piece of shit.

[BeyondGeography]

55. The gravitas of Toad, the boldness of ScarBro

Decisions, decisions.

[Lint Head]

58. Press the Meat needs to go to the great TV show graveyard in the sky. It no longer serves the public

interest as when it was concieved. It's nothing but a political ad show. The internet has rendered it useless. Don't know what the ratings are and that's actually irrelevant considering the propaganda and framing factor.

[Roy Serohz]

59. SCARBOROUGH?????

They'd have to change the name of the show to Meet The Joe, as that jackass would be the only one doing any talking!

[longship]

60. How about Howard Beale?

That would work for me.

[Raine1967]

61. If they want to save the show, I say bring in Gwen Ifill.

I'm not joking. I love Rachel Maddow, but she has been branded as a *Liberal*

Ifill does not have that tag of left or right imo. She's fair, smart and independent.

I would LOVE to see her hosting MTP.

I know that I would start watching the show again if that happened.

[Blue Owl]

64. Sounds like a lose-lose situation to me!

[NCarolinawoman]

65. Go back to the original concept of a panel, as in PLURAL.

Use to be a panel of about four established print journalists who actually had credentials!

[AngryOldDem]

66. Gawd...just pull the damn plug already!

MTP died a long, long time ago, perhaps as early as when Lawrence Spivak (Google him, kids) passed on.

How in the hell is either Scarborough or Todd a better replacement?

Please, please NBC -- put it out of its misery.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

67. NBC is scraping the bottom of the barrel!