MSNBC to Expand Morning Joe One More Hour; Kate Snow Gets Afternoon Role

[LovingA2andMI]

Also of major note, Morning Joe will be expanded to a four-hour program (it’s currently three). Starting soon, the political roundtable show can be seen from 6 a.m. ET until 10. Note: With the 2016 race heating up, and the great political theater that has come with it and only promises to continue, it only makes sense to expand the network’s editorial page in the morning.

One notable causality to emerge from these moves is current 9-11 a.m. anchor José Díaz-Balart. With Morning Joe going to 10 a.m., Tamron Hall will then take over the 10-12 noon slot, thereby leaving Mr. Díaz-Balart as the odd man out.

For the rest of the afternoon, Andrea Mitchell will stay in the 12-1 p.m. position. Likewise, Thomas Roberts will remain in the 1-3 p.m. slot that he took over a few months ago as the network began its pivot from opinion to (mostly) hard news programming.

Following the aforementioned Snow in the 3-5 p.m. block will be Chuck Todd at 5 p.m., a move that was also previously reported by Mediaite in late July.

What remains to be seen is who fills the small shoes of Al Sharpton at 6 p.m. as he moves to Sunday mornings. Changes may be coming to MSNBC primetime as well, as network executives still are mulling exactly what to do at 8 p.m. with the struggling Chris Hayes. Another source indicates that Willie Geist may get his own program at that time, replacing Hayes, but that is not confirmed at this time. The Wrap’s Jordan Charlton had reported the same possibility earlier this summer.

Time to turn off MSNBC if folks have not already.....

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-msnbc-to-expand-morning-joe-one-more-hour-kate-snow-gets-afternoon-role/

[randys1]

1. Very disturbing, of course I cant turn it off as long as Rachel and Lawrence are on.

IN fact, to not watch those shows would be very counterproductive.

They provide information and observations that exist nowhere else other than Democracy Now which most people dont get or see

Nope, if I even REMOTELY care about politics, I have to watch those two shows or I am just kidding myself

[spanone]

2. four hours of joe scarborough? adios m$nbc

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[PADemD]

3. Who is Kate Snow?

Never seen her before. Why should I watch her now?

[H2O Man]

4. She's from NBC

She is a reporter/ fill-in anchor on NBC News.

[csziggy]

9. She has a pretty decent resume - covered Hillary Clinton in 2008

So that might be why they've tapped her for a show right now.

Snow joined ABC in 2003 as Good Morning America‍ '​s White House reporter before she was tapped to co-host the morning show's weekend edition. She had worked previously at NPR and NBC Radio, and also worked as a reporter at KOAT-TV from 1995–1998 and at CNN from 1998–2003.

For the 2008 Presidential Race, Kate was ABC News' correspondent for the Democrats, primarily Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), following her at events.

Snow also serves as a member of the Department of Communication's Advisory Council at Cornell University and as a member of the national board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.

Snow joined NBC News in 2010, as correspondent for Dateline NBC. Snow is currently a national correspondent and a fill-in anchor on Today, Weekend Today and NBC Nightly News.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Snow#Career

But it bothers me a little that her appearance seems tailored to fit in at Fox News. If she's a good journalist, I can overlook her blondness.

[Uben]

5. I still watch MSNBC......

..but not in the morning. Scarborough is such a right-wing hack he's beginning to sound like Limpballs. I can't stand his flagrant narcissisim. Every other word was always me or I.

[GitRDun]

6. They can make it 10 hours

won't catch me watching it.

[LovingA2andMI]

7. Turned Off MSNBC for good....

When they gave Ed Schultz's the boot. This is After Cenk Uygur, Martin Bashir and of course Keith Olbermann. Nothing they can do to get back in good graces. Only show watchable now is Tamron Hall (and that's when she's on her own show).

Getting to know CNN, Al-Jazeera and Free Speech TV because of MSNBC pretty much dumping the Progressive line-up and liking what being seen, in return.

[doc03]

8. Another Fox News n/t

[Dawson Leery]

10. Should they dump their prime time line up,

I will be over at RT/Al-Jazeera/BBC/NDTV.

[rogue emissary]

11. Wow Morning Joe isn't even a strong #2 for it's time slot.

They've been beating CNN's morning show recently but just barely. They still only have half of fox's morning show viewers in the vaunted 25-54 demo.

I don't understand why MSNBC not only keeps Morning Joe but is expanding it. Rachel could easily use an extra hour for her broadcast. As she likes to present context and history for the segments they air.

[LovingA2andMI]

13. Actually....

CNN's Morning Show is pretty good. Been tuning in for the last year and really like the lineup of straight news with a bit of commentary in the morning before work. The hosts ask tough questions, regardless of who is answering the questions. It does sometimes get a bit repetitive but, when that happens, a quick flip to Discovery ID occurs.

Still Will not, better yet REFUSE to watch, Morning Puke -- at all.

[livetohike]

12. They're kidding right? I thought this was another Borowitz report.

Cannot stand watching 10 minutes of Morning Joe.