why is chris matthews nattering on about his show only being on at 7 pm eastern?

[CTyankee]

Announce it, fine. but his song and dance just now seemed like he was begging people to kinda "keep the faith" with him, or something...so what if he's only on once a night?

[liberal_at_heart]

1. I always wondered why his show came on twice a day.

[Brigid]

3. Lots of us have been wondering that for years.

As for me, I am looking forward to Big Ed's return to weeknights.

[dionysus]

2. maybe he got extra dough for the rebroadcasts or something....

[MissMarple]

4. He did this yesterday. He is concerned about losing his east coast audience.

I TIVO his show and watch it around 5 mountain time. So it's not a problem for me. It comes on at five here also, but I am a bit spoiled with skipping through the commercials. In fact, I like this better. This way the 5 pm show is all fresh and, shall we say, current.

[CTyankee]

12. If you are leaving work at 5 you probably wouldn't make it home till his show was half over.

I would think that the 7 pm is far more preferable. Lots of people have dinner around 6, so 7 sounds like a good time to settle in and watch his show. I would think 5 pm is a bit early...not for me cuz I'm retired...

[Tx4obama]

5. On my cable he is on THREE times a day: 4pm CT, 6pm CT, 1am CT

I think MSNBC should have given Ed the later time-slot (7pm ET) and left Hardball in the earlier one (5pm ET).

Chris Mathews, yesterday and today, sounds like someone going thru withdrawal.

More comments on the same issue on the DU thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023499775

[KamaAina]

6. He's peeved that he lost the 5 PM slot to Ed

so he's throwing a hissy fit on-air.

[CTyankee]

7. That's what it sounds like to me...

I don't knowwhy he cares so much. What's wrong with his 7 pm slot?

[SoCalDem]

8. The "second hour" he had was a bleeping RE-RUN

except for the rare occasion when he claimed it live if something big was happening..and without any warning, probably most people had changed the channel already and never saw it anyway.


MSNBC is notorious for NOT covering things live that should be covered..especially if it intrudes on Prison-Porn or spliced together NBC snippets of crimes solved 25 years ago...

[CTyankee]

9. It's really bad form for him to pull a "dog in the manger" routine...

unsportsmanlike conduct, Chris...

[senseandsensibility]

10. He did it again today?

It was bad enough when he did it yesterday. What a drama king.

[hrmjustin]

11. He does not want to get cancelled.