Ah, where is Rachel tonight?? Chris is on for two hours??? What am I missing??

[a kennedy]

[Ocelot II]

1. Why is that a big deal?

[a kennedy]

2. It isn't, just wondering.......so......I'll go back to watching tennis. 😝

[Polly Hennessey]

11. Because he misses Rachel and that's okay.

[ShazzieB]

14. Yes, it is okay!

I miss her, too!

Furthermore, when watching a particular show is part of one's regular routine, and it's suddenly not there with no warning, it can throw a person off. Watching Rachel is part of my regular routine, I always miss her when she's not on, and when she's not on for more than a day or two, I miss her even more. Nothing wrong with that. She's a habit with me. Habits are hard to break, and nobody enjoys having their routine involuntarily changed on them.

I of course always adjust, because I'm an adult, not a toddler. Doesn't mean I have to enjoy it or that I can't be glad when she comes back.

[vanlassie]

16. But then you know her habit is to take Fridays off, also!

[hlthe2b]

3. I was a bit disappointed that Nicolle Wallace was off too. Of course they deserve time off...

I just had hoped to close out the week with both.

[Polly Hennessey]

12. More than disappointing. I saw Chris Jansing and

immediately changed channels.

[hlthe2b]

13. Yes. Admittedly so did I. But I did listen long enough for one of her guests to give her hell

for Afghanistan reporting (not just hers but most reporting). She got visibly upset.

[vanlassie]

18. I thought both of the men were entirely off base.

And kinda so was she.

[hlthe2b]

23. She's been horrible for a while. But the Afghani coverage has been horrendous. CNN & MSNBC

have been as bad as Fox on that score. Even-handed criticism of the Biden administration is fine, but they have gone over the line. Both of those guests were right on that score. I didn't watch the rest of the segment.

[vanlassie]

24. One of them whined that Biden "should have warned us"

that it was going to be chaotic. I mean seriously. And the other guy blathered something which would infer it to have been Biden’s fault that some people tried to cling to the outside of the plane. How careless of Joe not to have made a plan to make sure THAT never happened.

[CTyankee]

25. Yep. I am just amazed that it wasn't MORE chaotic than it was!

The sad truth is that it would be like this regardless of what Joe did as he stopped the action to get all those people out. It was a HUGE effort to begin with and Joe did the best we could imagine under the circumstances.

[hlthe2b]

26. I didn't hear that part. I agree with you.

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. I should've followed your lead. Jansing is a horrible replacement for Nicolle, as Chris is....

absolutely no replacement for Rachel. I don't know what they'll do with Rachel's nightly show when her new contract kicks in, but sounds like I'll be free at 9 p.m. whenever that happens.

[Me.]

19. Considering She Was Out For The Entirety Of Last Week

I thought she'd see this week out. And how many of them will even show up Monday. Joy on the hand is taking on Ari's show too.

[Deuxcents]

4. Joy was on for 2 hours

I enjoyed it even tho I like Ari..it a a holiday weekend ..

[msongs]

5. today was joy's democrats wake up show. I liked most of it nt

[Tomconroy]

6. It's the Friday before Labor Day. Gone fishing.

[Rebl2]

8. Bingo!

[a kennedy]

9. Right I did forget that. 😊

[FakeNoose]

7. Holiday Weekend - started a day early

She's entitled, let's hope she has a great weekend.

Happy Labor Day to Rachel and all of her fans!

[Raine]

10. Whoever can takes off for holiday weekends. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

15. It's been that way all summer. If you tune in, you never know who will be on

Though it's usually Ali Velshi, he's substituted for everyone. And he's always good, he deserves a raise.

[Bluepinky]

20. He's good. Chris Hayes fills in sometimes too, and I also like him.

But Rachel is my favorite, watching her show is my nightly habit.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. I often lost track of which show I was watching since the regular hosts weren't there

But I agree that Rachel is must-see. And Chris Hayes has really been stepping up to the plate as well as Lawrence O'Donnell who has the memory and the experience to put things in a historical context.

[sarcasmo]

17. Labor Day weekend I wouldn't expect Rachel back until Tuesday.