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NBCs Meet the Press Shakeup Puts Chuck Todd in Jeopardy
In this weeks edition of Confider, we look at how a major change in the marquee politics shows staff has raised questions about the future of its host.
Lachlan Cartwright
Editor at Large
Updated Aug. 29, 2022 7:37PM ET / Published Aug. 29, 2022 7:30PM ET
The executive producer of Meet the Press, who NBC announced last week is shifting over to the streaming side, was pushed out amid the Sunday politics shows ratings woes, two people familiar with the matter told Confider.
John Reiss, who had been EP for the last eight years, was officially punted over to the NBC News Now streaming service, and David P. Gelles, a long-time CNN producer who helped develop the now-defunct CNN+ streamer, was parachuted in to help fix the sinking show, which is down 21 percent in total viewership and 24 percent in the key advertising demographic compared to last yearmore than any of the other Sunday politics shows.
Gelles first order of business, multiple sources said, is deciding what to do about Chuck Todd, who despite recently signing a two-year extension, as Confider has learned, has baffled many at NBC with how long hes remained atop the struggling show.
NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker is being groomed to replace Todd, multiple insiders with knowledge of the matter said, and is expected to take on more hosting duties as the midterm elections approach.
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PJMcK
(22,056 posts)Bye bye, Chuck.
Woot woot!
BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)I never could stand him.
TheBlackAdder
(28,227 posts)Faux pas
(14,696 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,264 posts)librechik
(30,677 posts)hlthe2b
(102,414 posts)and engaging in the worst form of "bothsiderism."
She is far less arrogant than Todd, certainly, but scarcely more honest. I won't watch her.
ZonkerHarris
(24,264 posts)rubbersole
(6,737 posts)Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)and who wrote for right wing Murdoch-own rags on both sides of the Atlantic, is in serious doubt.
2naSalit
(86,832 posts)PCIntern
(25,601 posts)Ill take Assholes on Teevee for 800, Ken .
aeromanKC
(3,328 posts)Nictuku
(3,617 posts)I remember when he was a moderator on Washington Journal. Around the time that I discovered it.
I find myself watching it less and less these days (Washington Journal). What can I say, I wake up early. I used to enjoy hearing what people across the country are saying, but the sheer willful ignorance of the republican callers is hard to take.
Meadowoak
(5,562 posts)Rebl2
(13,572 posts)Way past time for both of them to go. Not sure about Welker though. Wish it was Rachel.
MontanaMama
(23,351 posts)Not being ageist but Andrea is soooooo hard to watch.
GP6971
(31,225 posts)Shows how much follow their morning lineup.
Cha
(297,794 posts)Get a Clue.. chuck Todd is an Enemy of the State!
MontanaMama
(23,351 posts)Ten bucks says Toad ends up at faux.
Cha
(297,794 posts)Ol Chuckie has had quite the path to the Abyss..
I remember him when I used to like him on C-Span.. he was the one who didn't seem to be snarky and just reported facts.
Then cable got a hold of him and he succumbed to the almighty $$$$$$$$$$
UpInArms
(51,285 posts)With his botherism bullshit
Celerity
(43,584 posts)global1
(25,285 posts)He's one of the best that they have at MSNBC.
ancianita
(36,153 posts)pwb
(11,294 posts)The opinions of the same people get boring.
EYESORE 9001
(25,999 posts)but its good to heat that Choad is on the way out.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Good God, she's no better than Todd. How about someone who could really give us a good show?
Bristlecone
(10,135 posts)Chuck Todd us unwatchable.
MontanaMama
(23,351 posts)Indeed.
spanone
(135,898 posts)...your time for a comb is over
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)There must be zero good people graduating and serving in journalism?
Hell, get a great newspaper reporter? Actually don't care if they are TV smooth.. just that they are intelligent and informed.
Galraedia
(5,027 posts)They should've canned him years ago. A comatose monkey would've made a better host than Chuckles.
ffr
(22,674 posts)His MTP show isn't worth tuning in for. MSNBC can replace Toad, but the damage has already been done. They need to stick to fact seeking journalism without FEAR or FAVOR.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)It's the only explanation.
onecaliberal
(32,920 posts)Takket
(21,640 posts)NBC is flushing money down the toilet every minute they let that jackass run the show
hibbing
(10,110 posts)Botany
(70,610 posts)Well, I guess we will just have to leave it there.
hibbing
(10,110 posts)Botany
(70,610 posts)Neither do I. Todd when asked why he doesn't do "follow up" questions to
republicans said something like he needs to keep access to republicans.
Meadowoak
(5,562 posts)MontanaMama
(23,351 posts)but Welker isnt that woman, unfortunately. Shes a tool, same as Toad.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)DFW
(54,447 posts)He should be in the unemployment line.
He should have been out after his first MTP show:
http://legacy.buzzflash.com/videos/video/letterman-needles-chuck-todd-for-bad-mtp-obama-interview
Though I know Dave Gelles, I haven't seen him since Covid began, and had no idea he was involved in trying to save MTP. Maybe I should send him a note pleading to bring the show back to the successful format it used to become a household institution in the first place: a forum with a revolving three journalist panel, selected for their being correspondents covering areas pertinent to the guest. My dad was on MTP various times when the guest was, for example the governor of New York because he beat was Washington happenings that affected upstate NY and the Great Lakes. The moment it turned into a grandstanding platform for the host (i.e. Tim Russert), it started to lose relevance precisely because the audience did NOT "meet the press," and neither did the guest. "Meet Tim Russert" was never a good reason to turn on the TV on a Sunday morning, and "Meet Chuck Todd" is an even worse one.
Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,654 posts)But ya'll forgot who came IN BETWEEN "Meet the Tim Russert" and "Meet the Schmuck Toad", and that was "Meet the knuckle-dragger David Gregory".
DFW
(54,447 posts)I just thought he was so awful and so briefly there that he didnt even deserve dishonorable mention.
(although his 6 years there were 6 years too long )
DFW
(54,447 posts)Shows how much I followed the show from over here (i.e. not at all). If you had told me it was six months, I would not only have believed you, I would have said it was STILL too long.
BumRushDaShow
(129,654 posts)It was horrifying - and moreso for someone like me with gardening as a hobby who listened to WOR's "Garden Hotline" to hear horticulturist and talk host Ralph Snodsmith for 30 years. When Snodsmith was having health issues and had subs to do his show, it was right around when WOR allowed NBC to take over an hour of the show to simulcast Gregory's bullshit every Sunday, right in the middle of what was an 8 - 11 am/3 hour slot.
They eventually dropped the last hour of that garden show.
Gregory was host from 2008 - 2014 and WOR started doing that simulcast around 2009 - 2010 and kept it in place until he was gone in 2014 (eventually cancelling the "Garden Hotline" show not long after Snodsmith died in 2010).
hlthe2b
(102,414 posts)it as it seemed Chuck Todd's backstabbing was quick and decisive in turning out Gregory. I guess it unfolded considerably more slowly than I remember.
BumRushDaShow
(129,654 posts)But in this case, since Schmuck had multiple "roles" - both on NBC and MSNBC, his bullshit was more spread out, going across 2 networks, so he could amplify and double-down on himself, but would spare people who didn't watch all of the programs he appeared on.
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)Todd's main job?
DFW
(54,447 posts)Its like assigning the job of conducting a symphony orchestra to a gerbil.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)Brianna Keilar is one of my favorites whenever I can get around to watching her. Oh she's CNN, shocking they let her stay on.
hlthe2b
(102,414 posts)Vinca
(50,318 posts)If they were smart they'd try to get Rachel to take it.
DFW
(54,447 posts)If people want Fox Noise, they have only to click on Fox Noise. Fox Light isn't going to appeal to much of anyone who can just as easily get the real thing, and the numbers are showing it.Why should anyone tune in Stupidity Light when they can turn on Fox and Frauds and get full-blown George of the Jungle.