NBC wanted Jon Stewart for MTP

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/10/08/nbc_wanted_jon_stewart_for_meet_the_press.html

Now that would have been a bold move...Probably would have worked...

[Warpy]

1. It would certainly have increased viewership

although I think Stewart wisely turned it down because of their long standing format of having 2 or more frothing wingnuts and one tepid liberal who always gets shouted down by the wingnuts.

[rock]

8. "Frothy?" I get you

Suck-ass repiggies.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Shows you how lost they are and how little they believe in their product

And I love John Stewart.

[immoderate]

3. Stewart didn't want to be the ANCHOR of a sinking ship?

--imm

[Gothmog]

4. Jon would have been a great choice

Jon would have been far better than Todd

[Arkana]

5. Jon would have laughed himself stupid, then hung up on them.

He's a comedian at heart, and Meet The Republicans is practically a corpse. It needs to die.

[Cosmocat]

10. Agreed

I think he is as sharp as they come, and would do a GREAT job with it.

But, he has his spot, where he can be HONEST and say that needs to be said.

No reason to put himself into a spot where can't speak truth to stupidity, and as noted, in a program going the way of the Edsel.

[femmocrat]

6. He would have been terrific.

He is a great interviewer. I don't think I have ever seen him lead a panel discussion, though.

[valerief]

7. He's already doing MTP's job on TDS!!!! nt

[Logical]

9. Why not Rachel Maddow? Nt