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

[onehandle]

Source: Mediaite

Kate Snow of NBC News will be taking on a substantial role in MSNBC’s dayside programming. Ms. Snow formerly a weekend anchor for Good Morning America and a frequent face seen on the NBC Nightly News and Dateline will inherit the 3-5 p.m. ET time slot on weekdays on MSNBC.

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.


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[BigDemVoter]

1. WTF??? Moanin Ho for another hour? Good Christ. . . . . MSNBC has become worthless.

[BillH2]

22. Exactly my reaction.

[TeamPooka]

24. Welcome to DU! nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

38. They're in negative worth territory now. They have become worse than worthless.

[Chakab]

2. ...and the ratings will continue to plunge to new lows.

They were at their lowest point in a decade months ago before the purge.


Management may want to pivot towards "the center," but the channel is not going to shake perception as being "far left" among wingnuts. After alienating most of the remaining left-leaning viewers, I can't imagine who'll be watching that channel from now on.

[liberalmike27]

16. Yea, Doesn't Matter

Once Ed was lost, I stopped watching daytime anyway

[tabasco]

34. Ratings don't matter one iota

The mass media is simply the propaganda arm of the plutocracy.

It's purpose is propaganda, not profit.

[daleanime]

3. They seem determined....

to make sure I don't watch...

and they are succeeding.

[TexasTowelie]

13. I have not been watching it as much as I did just a month or so ago.

Tonight was the first night that I've watched in about two weeks and it is getting to the point that I'm even skipping Rachel and the other liberal hosts because it's all Trump all the time.

[Joe Bacon]

23. So when is BS-RNC going to bring back Michael Savage?

BS-RNC continues its' slide into irrelevance!

[rusty quoin]

4. Is Joe that popular as to deserve 4 hours? I thought his show was crapping out.

I guess I haven't paid that much attention.

[brooklynite]

6. MORNING JOE beats everything but FOX AND FRIENDS...

...not surprising since it blends Democratic and Republican points of view.

[rusty quoin]

10. Well thanks. I didn't know.

I will continue to avoid morning cable news.

[brooklynite]

12. You want a show that only reflects your own point of view?

Probably what makes FOX AND FRIENDS so popular...

[rusty quoin]

15. I know morning joe blows

[rurallib]

33. I would like programs based on reality

MSNBC used to have a few. NPR used to have some.
Now the move is to opinion without factual basis.

What has happened to news in this country is absolutely appalling - folks know Bieber's cup size but have no idea where Obama was born.

But we do have both sides of these controversies.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. MSNBC seems to be trying

to turn itself into Fox. If that's the case, they're off to a good start with MoJoe leading the way.

[YOHABLO]

7. I'd rather watch re-runs of "I Love Lucy" far more entertaining than that Frat Boy Joe Scarborough

[Judi Lynn]

9. Can't stand his rancid, hard right, hate-filled, poisonous personality and his tiny, dead eyes. n/t

[haikugal]

14. His eyes are extremely small aren't they?!

[csziggy]

8. At least Tamron Hall will get more air time

Though she has been very subdued since they fired David Schuster. Those two were a great team and I miss their synergy.

[onecaliberal]

11. More morning blow. I thought he had the lowest ratings of everyone on MSGOP.

[LovingA2andMI]

17. Already Posted....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027137861

[Judi Lynn]

36. This is LBN, not G.D. n/t

[LovingA2andMI]

40. And it still was already posted....

It also was not Latest Breaking News but, we don't moderate this forum.

[kelliekat44]

18. Tell me this is the Onion...please. Won't turn on MSNBC until Rachel nt

[PatrynXX]

19. MSNYawn?

another hour of boring? hey the other guy was better face palm

[global1]

20. After MSNBC Let Ed Go - I Stopped Watching MSNBC Altogether.....

While Ed was still on - I avoided the complete 3 hrs. of Morning Joe and if I was still watching MSNBC - I be avoiding that extra hour that MJ picked up for a total of 4 hrs.

Hey MSNBC - that's not how you increase your viewership and ratings. You're going the wrong way.

[No Vested Interest]

21. I rather liked Jose Diaz-Balart. - He seemed to be a professional

newsman.
He'll likely find another spot, - perhaps on Univision or Telemundo.

[Judi Lynn]

37. He's had a lot of experience in Miami, already. Here's his Wikipedia, note his famous uncle:

José Díaz-Balart (born November 7, 1960) is a Cuban-American journalist and television anchorman.[1] He is currently the anchor for Noticiero Telemundo, the Telemundo network's news program, as well as the network's public affairs Sunday morning program Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart. In August 1996 he made history by becoming the first Cuban-American to host a network news program when he became anchor for the CBS News program This Morning.[1] He co-hosted Telemundo Network's first morning news and entertainment show, "Esta Mañana," as well as its public affairs show "Cada Día."

Diaz-Balart is the recipient of a national Emmy for his work with Telemundo Network. Díaz-Balart received two Emmy awards while he was working at WTVJ-TV in Miami, an Associated Press Award and four Hispanic Excellence in Journalism Awards, all in the 1980s.[1] He also received a Du Pont and Peabody as well as the Orchid award for best news anchor in the U.S. in 2006. Media 100 has named him best anchor three times, and Hispanic Business Magazine named him one of the "100 most influential people in the U.S." He was given the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Sciences in 2010. As of June 2011, Diaz-Balart has filled in for MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer in the 12pm time slot, hosting the one-hour program MSNBC Live.

For the second time[clarification needed] Diaz-Balart made history when he substituted for Brewer on MSNBC Live for the week of June 20 through 24, 2011 in the show’s 12 PM time slot, making him the first U.S. journalist to broadcast both English and Spanish newscasts on two networks simultaneously.[2]

On May 20, 2014, MSNBC announced that Diaz-Balart would begin hosting the 10 AM news hour beginning in mid-June. He replaced Chris Jansing, the newly-named NBC News Senior White House Correspondent.[3] It was announced on November 10, 2014, that Diaz-Balart would be taking over hosting duties on The Daily Rundown on November 17, 2014, with the program expanding to two hours, essentially absorbing Diaz-Balart's eponymous show that had previously aired during the second hour.

Family[edit]

Díaz-Balart is the son of Rafael Diaz-Balart y Gutierrez (a former Cuban politician). He has three brothers, Rafael Diaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Diaz-Balart (a US representative) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (a former US representative). His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro's first wife and therefore Fidel Castro is his uncle and Fidel Castro Jr.(Fidelito) his first cousin. His uncle, Waldo Diaz-Balart, is a Cuban painter. He is married and has two daughters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Diaz-Balart

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His father was a little more than a "former Cuban politician." He was formerly at attorney for the United Fruit Company in Cuba, which has been renamed as Chiquita, before becoming the Speaker of the Cuban House of Representatives, before becoming bloody U.S.-supported, death-squad-employing, election-cancelling dictator, Fulgencio Batista.

There's no doubt his father's Cuban "exile" contacts and U.S. Government contacts worked to the advantage of Jose Diaz-Balart, and the advantages of his brothers, Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart, and Mario Diaz-Balart.

[Vinca]

25. Have they gone totally nuts at MSNBC? 4 hours of Morning Joe?

What a totally stupid decision.

[RKP5637]

26. What is a MSNBC? Some relic of the past?

[lordsummerisle]

27. Really?

Now they'll have four hours of vapid white guys sitting around the table??

[turbinetree]

28. I don't watch...........................it's not about ISSUES anymore..............

as I have gone to Free Speech TV, Democracy Now, Thom Hartman, Stephanie Miller, The Young Turks and others.
Democratic Underground, Crooks and Liars, AlterNet, Media Matters , Ring of Fire ect..........
I went and watched Chris Hayes last night and I thought with all of his right wing guests that it was really sad.
Rachel Maddow appears to be the hold out, but really a half hour or longer of right wing candidates is quite tiring
And Lawrence O'Donnell placed the ego of trump at second

And in conclusion the entire MSNBC has become a political arm of the right, Sanders and Clinton and O'Malley got in my opinion about 15 minutes total time on Hayes, Maddow and O'Donnell, out of three hours and it was not on ISSUES


Honk-------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

(Since he and others get Fair and Balanced coverage on the DU and other thread pages)

[azmom]

29. Horrible news

[fredamae]

30. I believe

we need to accept the fact scarborough IS calling the Shots at this Hollywood like "Celebrity Gossip Daily" Infomercial they Insist on calling "news".

"BREAKING NEWS"
The only News here (or anywhere) is that Credible, Traditional News (The Fourth Estate) No Longer Exists.

This network under the careful management of the new old guy...has really improved the quality of my compost pile AND I don't even need to tune in to get the steaming benefits.
We just need to break from old tradition ourselves-the Belief that what we choose to watch is even related to News as we once knew it to be!
I had to either stop watching or succumb to the mindless bs factory.
I accepted reality and stopped watching.
News was struck many blows under a couple POTUS....Reagan, Clinton....specifically.
My recollection....(may be off)
After Reagan deregulated media/airwaves we got ourselves some HATE Radio/Talk ...(think Limbaugh) and After Clinton did away with the Fairness Doctrine in 1995(?)...FOX was born in 1996.

[Stainless]

31. MSNBC is Toast

Burned to a crisp. I refuse to watch it. Rachel Maddow needs to find a new gig. Her credibility is suspect as long as she stays with them. Same for Lawrence O'Donnell and Chris Hayes. The rest are all Corporate Tools including Chris Matthews.

[NYCButterfinger]

32. Chris Matthews is the best! He has working class roots in that channel.

He knows Pennsylvania in and out. Ed Rendell should have a show there too. Rendell also brings working class roots to MSNBC, especially with election night coverage.

[samsingh]

35. most progressives are working in the morning. joe is aimed at the right wing unemployed

[Lil Missy]

39. Oh gag. I can't stand listening to his whiney voice. n/t

[lostnfound]

41. If they touch Chris Hayes show I'm cancellin comcast

I almost did last week when they had nothing but Trump on for so many nights...and they ditched Ed Schultz.
Chris Hayes, Rachel, Melissa Harris Parry..
I don't mind Morning Joe too much, over coffee, to get a small dose of the other side of politics, and sometimes they have interesting interviews.
But I don't like the rightward shift.