Carlson's PBS Show to End After a Year

[Newsjock]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/30/entertainment/e135427S22.DTL

New York (AP) -- The weekly PBS series "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered" will end its run after one year in June.

The conservative commentator's upcoming nightly series on MSNBC and his relocation to New York made it impossible to continue, officials at Washington's WETA-TV, which produces the series, said Wednesday.

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[wellst0nev0ter]

1. Great, Will NOW Return To The Hourly Format?

[AlCzervik]

11. i hope so.

[swag]

2. "The extremely low quality of the program and its host

did not factor into the cancellation."

[plcdude]

3. nobody was

watching eom

[buff2]

4. Why does this asswipe have to be on ANY show?

God,that little bowtied bastard and his screeching voice is like fingernails scraping a chalk board. :puke:

[EVDebs]

6. Why give these blowviating conservatives ANY platform to spew from ?

Their pious prattle gags me to no end. Bill Moyers always got great guys like Kevin Phillips to debunk the conservatives (Phillips was once 'one of them' during Nixon's reign).

We need more insiders to tell the truth on them.

[KamaAina]

5. Yes! Now I might consider donating to PBS after all

they do still have that Wall St. Journal editorial board show, though...

Note: you will no longer need a "bow tie" antenna to pick up your local PBS affiliate! :-)

[stevedeshazer]

24. It's gonna take a lot more than that n/t

[Fenris]

7. "Unfortunately, Mr. Carlson's fan base do not know which station PBS is on

since they spend most of their time watching quality programming on Fox."

[smoogatz]

8. I hate that smug little douchebag.

I was outraged when PBS gave him a show; even more appalled when both of our local affiliates picked it up.

[Zan_of_Texas]

19. Hah. I was going to be more polite and call him just a twerp.

He did bug me. Smug is a good word. He reminded me of one of those dogs in a confirmation ring, self-satisfied, fluffed up, easily can go around in circles. But not there because of brains.

[shrub chipper]

39. confOrmation, maybe

and a very inaccurate assessment as well

[neuvocat]

9. He's just a Dennis Miller wannabe

which pretty much says it all.

[VegasWolf]

16. I think he is far better than Dennis Miller. Miller is the worst piece

of crap that television has ever presented.

[chookie]

10. What WERE they thinking?

PBS might have chosen to choose an intelligent, articulate person to host a thoughtful show about current events.

But they had some crazy idea that a fuckwad dork was going to help them in reaching out to the Idiot constituency which usually doesn't concern itself with PBS.

Dumbest idea since The New Coke.

PBS should stick to what it (used to do)es best -- intelligent humanistic programming.

Anymore, it blows and blows.

Is Barnes and Noble one of their corporate sponsors these days? Because reading is preferable to watching the crap PBS puts on these days.

[Ratty]

12. It was boring

I find myself oddly drawn to some of the more outrageous conservative or fundamentalist TV shows. The onse I watch on a semi-regular basis, no matter how offensive the POV, aren't boring. You can say that much for them. Carlson's show was boring. I mean YAAAAAWN.

[Mojambo]

13. That's what happens when "You're a dick."

[Mend]

14. I didn't donate to PBS this year because

of their phony attempts at so-called balance.....I was upset to see Peter, Paul, and Mary on a fundraiser for them. They tried to bring out the old hippies but they didn't grab me, although I appreciate how much PPM did in the old days.

[LosinIt]

15. Why were you upset to see Peter, Paul, and Mary??

Are they somehow offensive to you?

[Mend]

20. I love Peter Paul and Mary

but I felt that during the fundraiser, the emcee tried to cut them off several times when they were getting political. I felt they were not being treated fairly but paraded out so people of my generation would give money, then we wouldn't see them or people like us again for another year.

[applegrove]

17. He started too young. He needs to take some time off and read.

[kaitykaity]

18. Good.

Lucky for us, Oregon Public Broadcasting didn't pick up the
show this year -- yay -- and believe me I haven't missed it.

[deadparrot]

21. Goodies.

More conservative trash on cable news.

I'm glad I don't watch anymore. :)

[zara]

22. bowtie boy goin down

[Bugaboo]

23. wooooooo hoooooooo

Be careful not to let the door whomp you on the ass on your way out!

[napi21]

25. Thank GOD! Even my Pub son thought he was an asshat! n/t

[CatholicEdHead]

26. What about Medved and Gigot?

Is PBS also dumping them?

http://www.current.org/cpb/cpb0410hosts.shtml

[Moderator]

27. Kick for combine

n/t

[Bozita]

28. TUCKER (Carlson) OUT AT PBS --- NY Post ---- Is K.O. out?

Hey, that's Keith Olbermann's hour!


http://nypost.com/entertainment/22832.htm

TUCKER OUT AT PBS


THE weekly PBS series "Tucker Carlson: Un filtered" will end its one-year run in June.

The conservative commentator's upcoming nightly series on MSNBC and his relocation to New York made it impossible to continue, officials at Washington's WETA-TV, which produces the series, said yesterday.

"Tucker's series on PBS is smart and stimulating," said Jacoba Atlas, senior vice president of PBS programming. "We will miss having him on our air."

Carlson, whose CNN show, "Crossfire," was canned last year, will host a show on MSNBC targeted for 8 p.m. — Post Wire Services

[GCP]

29. So Olberman's out?

Let's hope they give him a new slot maybe at 9.00 against Insannity and Colmes.

[Cooley Hurd]

30. MSNBC @ 8pm????? WTF!!!

:mad:

[Marnieworld]

31. Oh yah sure. No one ever had a TV show from NYC

I call bullshit. His relocation made it difficult is total BS.

[Roland99]

32. WTF???

[independentpiney]

33. WTF? That's Countdowns slot

Can they really be that stupid?

[Nothing Without Hope]

34. WHAT!!!!?? Keith Olbermann's show contract was renewed- WTF?

This is very concerning news. What are they doing??

[Connie_Corleone]

35. I'm sick of all these "conservative" idiots on TV!!!

Are they going to keep Olbermann??

[Toucano]

36. Will they let "Now" go back to being an hour long?

Tucker is a boob.

[RebelOne]

37. Why are they saying "Crossfire" was canned last year?

It is alive and well and I watch it every day.

[Sydnie]

40. They announced shortly after Jon Stewart was on last year that

they would not be renewing Carlson's contract. Don't know what their plans are for the other hosts however, but Carlson was out for sure. They are just running out the clock.

[adigal]

42. If Keith is out, we can have him on a progressive station

If we can ever get our rich folks to buy one.

GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[Sydnie]

38. I thought he was taking Norvilles slot at 9 PM

Not Keith's at 8! WTF!!! They finally have a show that is worth watching and the mess around with it? Just how stupid are they?

[katinmn]

41. Let's hope he's taking Scarborough's spot!

[crispini]

43. let's hope they leave KO where he is

and put Bowtie Boy in Scaryborough's spot. That would be an improvement, though not much.

Even better -- put Dan Abrams on after KO. I'm starting to like him.

[katinmn]

44. Me too. I watched Abrams last night

He seems fairly in the middle and lets his guests talk without screaming at them.

[crispini]

45. And in the end isn't that all we really want?

I mean, you summed it up right there. Moderate, and no screaming! How on earth did it come about that people can be routinely rude to each other on these damn talking heads shows? I hate it!