Allison Stewart gets her own show on MSNBC

[Stinky The Clown]

http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2006/04/21/alison-stewart-to-host-new-msnbc-daytime-series/



I see this as a good thing. She's sharp and her sensibilties are right there with Olberman, for whom she's often substituted. I also recall her anchoring when that plan with the stuck nose gear was circling LAX a while back. She was calm and inciteful and handled a break news story with real skill.

I think she's a rising start and her being given her own show may be more of what the media needs .... a counter to the normal RW spew.

[grasswire]

1. I'm surprised that Chris Jansing ...

....never got a bigger role on MSNBC. She, too, is smart and professional.

[AtomicKitten]

3. and extremely conservative

[grasswire]

5. what's your evidence for that?

I've never seen her be anything but middle of the road.

[AtomicKitten]

7. when the pope died

she covered the event and waxed on and on about her Catholicism and conservative values

[LoKnLoD]

2. She's the only one

who subs for Keith that I really like. She funny and has a good delivery. I will give her show a shot.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. The show starts at 3 today ....

I just saw the promo for it

[AtomicKitten]

8. me too

[Pirate Smile]

6. I posted a thread on it in the Media forum.

What's "The Most?"

On "The Most," premiering today at 3 p.m. on MSNBC, Alison Stewart will "discuss the most viewed stories, the most e-mailed stories or photo images, the most downloaded music or blogged-about subject matter, and the most viewed television programs or movies," USAT's Peter Johnson reveals.

The show uses the Internet to find out what people want to watch. "It's a show about what a critical mass of people are saying they're interested in. It's about the subject matter. The Internet is our vehicle to get there," Stewart says...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/whats_the_mos...

'The Most' on the Web

Invariably before a staff meeting, MSNBC's Alison Stewart checks out what topics are hot on websites such as Yahoo, Google, CNN and MSNBC.com.

That got her to thinking: Why not air a daily program that would focus on just that?

"My theory was, if this many people find a certain story interesting on the Web, why wouldn't other people? They might say, 'Oh, I didn't know that was happening.' "

Starting today at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT, Stewart will host The Most, a program in which she and others discuss the most viewed stories, the most e-mailed stories or photo images, the most downloaded music or blogged-about subject matter, and the most viewed television programs or movies.

Last week, after he was named White House press secretary, Tony Snow was a hot Web topic. The Most would have addressed that by interviewing people who know Snow and talking about facets of his life that interest people on the Web, such as his bout with colon cancer or that he was in a rock band.

Stewart stresses that this is not a show about the Internet: "It's a show about what a critical mass of people are saying they're interested in. It's about the subject matter. The Internet is our vehicle to get there."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-04...

Well, we can certainly have an impact on what is the most e-mailed, viewed, blogged, etc. stories of the day.

This kind of show could have helped get the Downing Street Minutes more Corp. media coverage quicker since it was huge on the Internet but there wasn't even a peep about it on news channels for a long time.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=109&topic_id=25752&mesg_id=25752

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Oh man ... what an opportunity!

How long will they allow this to continue, I wonder?

Imagine ...... we can have an actual catapult!

[Pirate Smile]

10. Yeah, it sounds pretty good. I hope they let her do with it what

Keith did with his show - putting some of her personality and her take on the news into the stories.

I'm hoping they have learned something from the success of Keith's show.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. As soon as I heard about the show (which was today) ....

"putting some of her personality and her take on the news into the stories."

.... is exactly what I thought!