Tucker Canceled; Other Programming Changes Ahead

[DainBramaged]

Source: TVNewser

Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election. The official announcement, expected tomorrow, will include details about who will replace Tucker at 6pmET as well as other political programming additions. Sources say the network is going to beef up its schedule with more NBC News talent.

In recent days, Jossip, as well as other blogs, ratcheted up the talk that Tucker would be replaced "for a new project." In its 33-month run, Carlson's show has had two names, four time slots and multiple formats. At 6pmET, it builds on its Hardball lead-in on some days, but loses audience on others.

Carlson is expected to host the show through next week, with his new role and title to take effect March 17. We're told he'll also be reporting from the campaign trail.



Read more: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/tucker_canceled_other_programming_changes_ahead_79352.asp

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Fuck Tucker, time for Rachel Maddow.

http://www.rachelmaddow.com/

[graywarrior]

1. Bet FOX gets him

[DainBramaged]

4. Good, the little twit belongs there, fucking Reich wing spooner

Maybe I can think up some other expletives to describe him.

:rofl:

[Scairp]

88. That's great

Now it's waaaay past time to get rid of that misogynistic asshole, Chris Matthews. How they have had the audacity to keep that moronic prick on the air for so many years is beyond me.

[DainBramaged]

93. It's great to see a Yankee fan in California

:loveya:

[stratomagi]

12. No WAY

Fox wants their women to look feminine, not the men!

[frogcycle]

18. tacky

[stratomagi]

23. you obviously didn't see the clip where

the female FOX anchors were making fun of Hillary's pantsuits saying that at FOX they don't wear pantsuits cause they like to be feminine.

Hopefully that provides more context, I apoligize I thought it was universally known.

[frogcycle]

31. not a response

I realize you were making a joke at fox's expense but at the same time, you slammed tucker for his looks, specifically masculinity or lack thereof. I can't stand the guy, but basically calling him a "girly man" a la Schwarzenegger is tacky. I am sure there are those on this board who would be personally offended. Based on that, I am offended. Its tacky.

[stratomagi]

34. Look

and trust me when I say this, I'm a very girly looking guy, I'm just pointing out that he wouldn't fit in with FOX's quasi-Arian view of how people should look and act. I mean look at Hannity and Colmes.

[ooglymoogly]

75. Geese frogcycle give it a rest

Fucker Tucker does act and look effeminate. If he was not a gay basher this would mean nothing but he is.

[NBachers]

86. Tripwire

Man, some of you here are on a mousetrap fucking tripwire.

[ooglymoogly]

105. Guilty as charged....

With over a million dead Iraqi men women and children dead and more dying every day; With countless millions of men women and children maimed homeless and suffering, anyone who is not ready to explode all over these died in the wool hypocrite, pugs who support this president and his holocaust is not living in reality. I got the tripwire part of your post but did not get the mousetrap part. What is the trap set for us.

[Ken Burch]

62. So Tucker can go to Fox and start wearing a pantsuit, just to look butch.

n/t.

[Eric J in MN]

42. Pat Buchanan has stayed with MSNBC for years since his show with Bill Press was cancelled.

Maybe Tucker Carlson will stay with MSNBC for years to come, but not as a host.

[DainBramaged]

57. Pat PUKEchanan needs to go too

WAY TOO MANY Reich wing pundits on MSNBC. And they never got the Reich wig audience so they shit their best shot and blew it. Now they can start pandering to us.

[lpbk2713]

76. Buchanan obviously works cheap.

I can think of no other reason why they would keep him around. :shrug:

[DainBramaged]

92. PUKEchanan could have pictures of Tweety in some lewd act?

:shrug:

[xxqqqzme]

109. I do not get buchanan, hanging around

slobbering his opinion. He's just a big scared old white publican as far a I can tell. But then I don't understand how tweety keeps a show either. I can stand about 5 seconds of him, then it is the 'recall' button.

[Ian David]

2. YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!! YES!!!!!

SUCK IT, Tucker!

And maybe now we'll get to find out who the "ridiculously WASPED-Out" woman was who Tucker took to the videostore.

No more Tucker-Exclamationpoint-Jazzhands-Spiritfingers!

[TheDebbieDee]

3. I'm doing a happy dance here in Kansas City.......

Phucker is gone!

I really HATE that guy.........

[Ian David]

5. Tucker will probably console himself with a visit to his friends at Moonlight Bunny Ranch in Vegas.

[spag68]

6. tucker

good riddance to the bow tie asshole. This puts a dangerous man to the trash bin hooray

[Billy Burnett]

7. Story from Dec 11, 07: MSNBC tapes pilot for new show…starring Rachel Maddow!

MSNBC tapes pilot for new show…starring Rachel Maddow!
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/12/11/msnbc-tapes-pilot-for-new-showstarring-rachel-maddow/

[DesertFlower]

8. he was "tolerable" most of the time.

you know he was always against going into iraq.

[DainBramaged]

9. As tolerable as a rash in my crotch

I don't think so, I stopped watching over a year ago.

[DesertFlower]

10. thank you for making me laugh. nt

[DainBramaged]

11. You are welcome, and I poured myself a drink too

I don't drink, but I poured a shot of Prusser's Navy Rum to celebrate!!!

[spag68]

24. How could you

fall for that crap. Tuck was as transparent as air. Good by to him, as long as his replacement isn't Buchanan

[Eric J in MN]

43. Actually, it was shortly AFTER the invasion of Iraq that Tucker Carlson...

...decided it was a bad idea, and not before the invasion.

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson#Supporting.2C_then_opposing.2C_the_U.S._war_in_Iraq

Carlson initially supported the U.S. war with Iraq during its first year. After a year, he began criticizing the war, telling the New York Observer: "I think it’s a total nightmare and disaster, and I’m ashamed that I went against my own instincts in supporting it. It’s something I’ll never do again. Never. I got convinced by a friend of mine who’s smarter than I am, and I shouldn’t have done that. No. I want things to work out, but I’m enraged by it, actually."

[DesertFlower]

79. thanks for that info. nt

[calimary]

80. I'm not so sure about that. Mind you, I never did watch him regularly - I don't like

smart-ass snot-noses too much. Even when he did finally get rid of that stupid affectation of a bow tie.

I've seen him on the air sporadically for years and never once did I remember him talking, way back when, about how he was against the war.

[Kahuna]

13. Ah! So THAT's why he was looking so pissed on Saturday.

It's about time.

[L0oniX]

14. Happy happy happy joy joy

[CatholicEdHead]

15. Will Ed Schultz fill the timeslot?

He could do his show via satellite from Fargo on KVLY's feed.

[navarth]

16. Rachel oughta do very well

She's smart, good looking, and has an excellent bullshit detector. And they have been putting her in the game a lot lately. I'll keep my remote set to msnbc at that time slot, didn't before. Put Schuster on there too!! Yeah baby

[DainBramaged]

19. Sam Seder too at 7 instead of Tweety

Got to have a Progressive threesome in the evening!! http://samsedershow.com/

[navarth]

96. yeah Tweety is unhinged

Did anybody hear him last week when he was saying caring for kids etc. are 'conservative' values??? Thank the godz Katrina VandenHuevel (sp?) was there to slap that shit down. And slap it down she did. But man did that piss me off.

[DainBramaged]

17. Tweety and Scarborough need to go next, THEN it will become a watchable network again.

MSNoBodyCares

[frogcycle]

21. they could scrap that prison shit and do some actual news

besides politics like love canal story, etc. but I guess that costs too much

[Hekate]

71. Prisons & Pedophiles--reduce those to about 1% of their current times. They've turned documentaries

...into voyeuristic slop.

I'm quite happy about Tucker's demise as a host (he can keep a small slot, I'm not that cruel), but won't be holding my breath about the rest of it happening too soon.

Hekate

[Metta]

22. Mikka is a shallow twit and the other eye candies aren't far behind.

Precious few of them have a brain that's more than an inch deep.

[Supersedeas]

95. Tweety should be next...period.

[JPZenger]

103. Actually, I like Scarborough

Scarborough's Morning Joe show is actually very good. They have a good dialogue with a wide range of views. His co-host, Mika Brezinski, is the daughter of one of Obama's advisors, who was Carter's National Security Advisor.

[Mudoria]

111. I agree with you

I usually watch "Morning Joe" if I have the chance in the morning. A wide variety of guests and opinions from every political angle. As you can see from most of the posts tho most people prefer to only hear opinions and views that basically feed their own viewpoint.

[Metta]

20. He unintentionally reveals the role of the American press.

Generally, fawning lap dogs. A great read.


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/08/carlson/

[krkaufman]

30. Yep, as I was reading that Greenwald piece earlier ...

... I was wondering if Tucker was going to experience any fallout. I gotta believe the two stories are linked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4993644&mesg_id=4995112

[goclark]

25. Let me guess who will be the winner ~

He be be on the trail for OBAMA!

I can just see it now/

Tucker is a sorry excuse for a pundit, in fact other than Keith, they are all sorry.

[jhain]

26. There IS A God.

And, We Thank Her.

[madaboutharry]

27. "The Rachel Maddow Show" or something else that

Rachel prefers sounds pretty good to me. Please!

[mcollier]

28. Tucker the F'kr

He'll be right at home with Brit Hume and the rest of the oxygen theives at fox news...

[annabanana]

90. Ironically, Rachel was introduced to MSNBC by Tucker...

She mentioned that on her show a week or two ago...

[David Zephyr]

29. Oh my goodness. What joy this gives to my old heart.

Thanks, DainBramaged for the delightful news.

[dweller]

32. new role and title to take effect March 17

i take it he'll be wearing his green bowtie, bowler and emerald green waistcoat for the occasion?

dp

[Doctor_J]

33. Must be going to replace him with an even wingier one for the campaign

Michael Weiner making a comeback?

[stillcool]

35. that didn't take long...

How long ago was it that he got canned from CNN?

[Bluebear]

36. Maybe hw can "Dance With The Stars" again....hahahahahahahaha

[swimmernsecretsea]

48. Oh, that long-distance lapdance?

Lazy dancer, lazy pundit. Get off yer ass, Phucker. It's called dancing cuz you move. Dumbass.

[Hieronymus]

37. There IS a God ... Buh bye, Tucker.

[Sam Ervin jret]

38. Excellent! That station needs more women of intellect and substance like Maddow and less

men in need of either time out for too much testosterone (tweety), or men who don't even have enough to offer to justify trying to train them with time outs(see above post.)

Good luck with that bunch Rachel. But if any one woman I've seen out there this season can handle them, you are the one.

Want a taser sis?

[rurallib]

39. Time to sign up for the Army, Tuck!

They will make a man of you while you support your convictions.

[LiberalFighter]

40. Hmmm March 17th? St Patrick's Day? Hmmm Does Carlson become a Leprechaun?

[DainBramaged]

64. No

[AnnieBW]

41. NBC-ya, Tucker!

Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya!

[Olney Blue]

44. McCain is looking for a running mate: McCain/McCarlson?

[Eric J in MN]

45. I'd like to see Kos of "The Daily Kos" host a show on MSNBC...

...Maybe with Ana Marie Cox as his co-host.


Or give Sam Seder a show on MSNBC.

[swimmernsecretsea]

46. Gotta say it...

Ha ha!

[Radio_Lady]

47. Rachel Maddow does a good job, but I really miss Alison Stewart on TV.

Thanks for posting, DB.

Back on the mainland on March 14.

Nice to see your posts!

[DainBramaged]

52. Me LOVES Allison Stewart, I enjoy when she fills in for KO

She is one of us. Unfortunately, MSNBC is realizing very late in the game we are a force to be reckoned with. The audience isn't just Reich wingers.:hi: :hug:

[Horse with no Name]

49. It's funny

They finally shitcan him when he seems to fit in better than he ever has.

[DainBramaged]

53. He fits in like toenail fungus

[OwnedByFerrets]

50. I hope they dont make KO start using him...nt

[orleans]

51. good. hopefully we'll be watching rachel in the same timeslot!

wait...doesn't rachel do radio then?

[better tomorrow]

54. Hallelujah!!!!! FOX can have him!!!!!

Now, they need to replace Joe, too.......

[DainBramaged]

55. Joe

[better tomorrow]

59. gee, that was fast....

I just sent the whole link to Joe's email address. Did he sic you on me?????

HA HA HA HA HA I'm not afraid......

But, for those wanting to wish Tucker "congratulations", here you go:

[e-mail]

[MCMetal]

56. The Rachel Maddow Show

With her co-host ..................Stephanie Miller ..............

[lonestarnot]

58. Can we get rid of the prison shit while we're at it?

[better tomorrow]

60. Here, here.....

that stuff I just never understood why they keep it on. I switch to CNN every time at 10......and I keep telling them so, too....

[lonestarnot]

66. They must be making money off the private prison industry or the industrial prison complex

Everyone I know does the same thing we do. How do the sponsors make any money advertising for that bullshit. Then again I mute commercials too, no matter the station. :evilgrin:

[better tomorrow]

67. was the prison thing from Dan Abrams days as GM?

just sayin'......it all started with the Perveted Justice things first, ya know....hated them, too...Dan always seemed to get excited over all that stuff....

[Eric J in MN]

69. No, MSNBC has doing shows about prison for a long time.

It precedes Dan Abrams run as general manager of MSNBC.

[lonestarnot]

73. Maybe he likes crim. law?

:shrug:

[LostInAnomie]

61. The only thing I like about him...

... is that lately he has been doing a better job of telling Hillary's spokespeople that they are full of shit better than anyone else. He would do it right to their face also. Tweety an others would do it from the safety of a separate segment, and then fellate them when they are on the same air. Tucker would call them out from across a table.

[DemocratInSoCal]

63. I Want A Job Like That

I want a job where I can SUCK so badly, my show gets cancelled, yet I still get paid and am able to continue spewing CRAPOLA on a major network.

WHY CAN'T THESE FUCKING LOSERS JUST GO AWAY COMPLETELY???

If it were a Liberal, they would shitcan them, just like they did to Donahue. Conservatives, apparently get new assignments.

[Eric J in MN]

68. Good point. When they fired Phil Donahue,

...(who had a lot more viewers than Tucker Carlson,)

they didn't keep Donahue on the channel to regularly give his opinion during other shows.

[depakid]

81. Donahue was fired for his opinions -even though he had the top ratings

on the channel... which was otherwise dismal (and but for Olbermann, remains dismal).

[Pachamama]

65. The only other jerk more deserving on TV is Bill O'Leilly...Good Riddance...

:applause:

[KaryninMiami]

70. How exciting- and how deserving! Bye bye Tucker- we won't miss you .

I'm so proud of Rachel- having been a fan from the first time I heard her on Air America.

I've been hoping Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan would get a show together- it would be like Hannity and Colmes- but with brains.

[go west young man]

72. Goodfooking riddence! (Said with my best Scottish accent!)

Smarmy prick was given a show because his dad was someone in the Biz. Stewart schooled his ass many moons ago and that should have been a wakeup call for Dan Abrams. But Abrams is still running that repetitive prison bullshit so I guess he's not too bright himself. They should ditch Scarborough next. Then Tweety. Then Abrams. Give his job to Olberman who is the best of the bunch there. Then it would be a network worth a watching.

[stark6935]

74. I did my part

I never watched his show, and made sure to not sleep with the tv on if he was on. Only thing good about seeing Tucker's face on tv was it reminded me the Simpsons were on lol. Same with Dobbs, I can't stand him anymore. I mean Dobbs is smart in all, but Jesus he goes off in some crazy rants.

[go west young man]

77. Dobbs isn't too smart. He was one of the top cheerleaders

leading up to the Iraq War. He's as bad as any of em.

[rpannier]

78. No Tucker??? That's it... NO more MSNBC for me nt

[PittPoliSci]

82. George Carlin said it best.

"Fuck Tucker, Tucker sucks."

He wasn't referring to Carlson specifically, but I think the message rings out especially true in that particular case.

[Eric J in MN]

84. Was he referring to someone else named "Tucker"? NT

NT

[PittPoliSci]

85. he was referring to all people named tucker.

[Dukkha]

83. guess hell go back to being a bus boy at Bob Evans

probably too regional of a reference but trust me it's fitting

[DainBramaged]

91. Nope, It's fitting

[Political Heretic]

87. I think Rachel and Pat ought to have an MSBNC equivalent of Hannity and Colmes :)

That would be fun.

[NewJeffCT]

89. Which RWer will they bring on to replace him? Boortz or Savage?

Neil Boortz?
Michael Savage?
Laura Ingraham?

[Born_A_Truman]

104. David Gregory

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VAN7SO0&show_article=1

[DainBramaged]

106. Then we should bombard them wit letters of protest over Gregory

Rachel Maddow deserves the show, WE deserve a voice on the network.

[onehandle]

94. Damn! I'll miss Nazism with a brain...or at least a bowtie. nt

[snooper2]

97. Hey Fucker

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Yop should go back to the bow-tie gimmick


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[libodem]

98. little bow-tie motherfucker

[Claire Beth]

99. bye Tucker! GOOD RIDDANCE n/t

[DainBramaged]

100. TUCKER, if you are reading this, WE AREN'T FANS

don't let the door hit yu in the ass on the way out.


Douche bag.

[KamaAina]

101. Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey,

GOODBYE!!!!

[DebbieCDC]

102. This news made my day

I'll only be happier when this RW turd is out of a job altogether. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out Pucker.

[RamboLiberal]

107. New MSNBC Lineup

NEW YORK — March 10, 2008 — MSNBC, the Place for Politics, is expanding its already substantial political programming lineup next week as the 2008 presidential race continues to heat up. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory will anchor "Race for the White House," a fast-paced daily look at the latest election news, weekdays, 6-7 p.m. ET on MSNBC. "Race for the White House" premieres Monday, March 17, and will continue through the election and beyond as the nation's focus continues on the historic Presidential campaign. Also bolstering MSNBC's political coverage, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell will anchor MSNBC each weekday afternoon, 1-2 p.m. ET

MSNBC's top-rated "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" will now telecast twice in primetime, with a re-air weeknights at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. "Countdown" will also air weeknights at 11 p.m. PT/2 a.m. ET; the original telecast remains at 8 p.m. ET. MSNBC is also expanding the "doc block," which will now telecast weeknights, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET/8 p.m.-11 p.m. PT.

Also March 17, "Live with Dan Abrams" re-launches as "Verdict with Dan Abrams," an hour-long look at the day's news from a legal perspective, and expands to five nights a week. Each day "Verdict" will assess right from wrong and determine the winners and losers in politics, law and pop culture. In this political season, Abrams will continue to use his legal eye to stay "On Their Trail" separating fact from fiction, identifying and exposing the candidate's biggest misstatements, cheap shots and blunders, while continuing viewer-favorite segments "Beat the Press" and "Winners and Losers." "Verdict" will telecast weekdays, 9-10 p.m. ET.

"Race for the White House with David Gregory" will feature reports from MSNBC and NBC News correspondents around the country with the latest breaking political news and in-depth analysis of the campaigns. Tucker Carlson will remain with the network as MSNBC Senior Campaign Correspondent and will appear regularly throughout MSNBC's program lineup.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/double_duty_for_david_gregory_79390.asp#more

[DainBramaged]

108. And NO Rachel Maddow or Sam Sedar show, fuck MSNoBodyCares. I still won't watch other than KO.

[stanwyck]

112. A limerick for Tucker

There once was a pundit named Tucker
Given to bow ties and seersucker.
His snarky demeanor
Made his ratings much leaner
So they canned the little motherf**ker.

[scarface2004]

110. tucker the automaker?!?!

i thought he was dead.