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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEd Shultz moving to weekdays at 5:00
Just saw a tweet saying that Ed Schultz is moving to weekdays at 5pm. Hardball at 7pm.
Found this link:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ed-schultz-moving-back-to-msnbc-weekdays_b192214
MSNBC is changing up its weekday lineup in a significant way, moving Ed Schultz from weekends back to weekdays.
Schultz will take over the 5 PM weekday slot starting next Monday, while Chris Matthews Hardball will now air only once per day at 7 PM. Before, Hardball aired at 5 PM, with a replay at 7 PM.
Chris and the Hardball team have been the cornerstone of our evening lineup, pulling double duty for us at both 5p and 7p for years, wrote MSNBC president Phil Griffin in a note to staff obtained by TVNewser. This move will help us enhance the flow of our weeknight programming and concentrate Chris audience to one key time period. And this allows us to bring Eds powerful voice back to the Monday-Friday schedule. Ed connects with our viewers and Im happy to have him back five nights a week. Ive been thinking about making this change for quite a while and I know now is the right time with the right shows.
Schultz will take over the 5 PM weekday slot starting next Monday, while Chris Matthews Hardball will now air only once per day at 7 PM. Before, Hardball aired at 5 PM, with a replay at 7 PM.
Chris and the Hardball team have been the cornerstone of our evening lineup, pulling double duty for us at both 5p and 7p for years, wrote MSNBC president Phil Griffin in a note to staff obtained by TVNewser. This move will help us enhance the flow of our weeknight programming and concentrate Chris audience to one key time period. And this allows us to bring Eds powerful voice back to the Monday-Friday schedule. Ed connects with our viewers and Im happy to have him back five nights a week. Ive been thinking about making this change for quite a while and I know now is the right time with the right shows.
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Ed Shultz moving to weekdays at 5:00 (Original Post)
Triana
Aug 2013
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,270 posts)1. Good! One showing of "Hairball" is more than enough,
glad to have Schulz back and no repeats of the increasingly tiresome Tweety show.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)2. Ah... so the ratings were suffering after moving
one of the few Democratic blue-collar-worker supporters off of weekdays, eh?
At least, that's the impression I get.
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)3. Good I really missed Ed
Chris was getting so tiresome. Always turned away at 5:00
Botany
(70,289 posts)4. Put him back on @ 8:00 PM
He is a solid voice for our side
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)5. Hardball will be on at 7:00 which is "dinner hour" for many. I'm liking this, bet Chris isn't...LOL
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)6. It's about time, for both Ed and Chris.
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)7. he's talking about it now on his radio show
I'm usually still out on week-ends when he's on and they don't replay it.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)9. Good news!
longship
(40,416 posts)10. Woo Hoo!
Now we need Cenk Uygur back on the MSNBC nightly lineup.
(Psst! MSNBC? Dump Tweety and you'll have room.)
I like Tweety (sometimes) but he's not what he used to be. His time has long passed.
I have missed Ed.