If you ran MSNBC

[SoCalDem]

what would your daily line-up be?

mine: EDITED, AFTER I READ OTHER SUGGESTIONS BELOW

6-8 am........ Morning Rachel
8-9.............. Lawrence O'Donnell
9-11 ........... Dylan can stay..as long as he co-hosts with Toure' & Switzer
11-1 .......... Glenn Greenwald
1-2.............. Phil Donahue
2-3 ............ Michael Moore
3-4.............. Ed Schultz
4-5.............. Ron Reagan
5-6.............. David Schuster & Tamron Hall
6-7...............Stephanie Miller
7-9.............. Keith (minus the silly stuff, please)
9-10............ Chris Matthews
10-11.......... Contessa Brewer & Mika (just because it would be fun to watch)

[NightWatcher]

1. who does run/own M$NBC?

oh yes General Electric

[tularetom]

2. I'd switch Matthews and Rachel

plus I'd run this in a loop for at least 1.2 hr every day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYZre8kEsuw

[Curtland1015]

3. Why, 24 straight hours of cheesy "prison" stories all weekend long!

Of course!

:P

[gateley]

4. I'd give Lawrence O'Donnell his own show, and yank totally.

Maybe even give David Shuster his own show -- I like him a lot

[grasswire]

5. How about Ron Reagan?

I'd like to see him in the mornings. He could bring in people like Phil Donahue, fer god's sake, and Stephanie Miller.

At night I'd like to see Keith twice, Tweety once, David Schuster, Rachel, and maybe O'Donnell. I don't know if O'Donnell could carry a whole show every day though.

[mascarax]

6. Agree w/Ron & I propose a weekly (Sat.?) show for O'Donnell

I just think he'd do an awesome weekly show & MSNBC needs something on the weekends.

And I'd like to see Ed a bit later...his time slot seems too early.

[SoCalDem]

8. Back to the drawing board..

6-8 am........ Morning Rachel
8-9.............. Lawrence O'Donnell
9-11 ........... Dylan can stay..as long as he co-hosts with Toure' & Switzer
11-1 .......... Glenn Greenwald
1-2.............. Phil Donahue
2-3 ............ Michael Moore
3-4.............. Ed Schultz
4-5.............. Ron Reagan
5-6.............. David Schuster & Tamron Hall
6-7...............Stephanie Miller
7-9.............. Keith (minus the silly stuff, please)
9-10............ Chris Matthews
10-11.......... Contessa Brewer & Mika (just because it would be fun to watch)

[Buzz Clik]

26. Okay. Replace Moore or Miller with Alison Stewart, and I promise to watch.

[baldguy]

7. No Republican guests.

11-12 Simulcast the third hour of Mike Malloy.

[SoCalDem]

10. A-MEN!! No republicans..ever.. they can hang out at Fox

:)

[Buzz Clik]

14. Well, so much for the balanced perspective.

Your concept of MSNBC would go the way of Air America.

[SoCalDem]

16. "Faux-balance" needs to go.

Flat-earth v round earth is no "balance..

[Buzz Clik]

19. You're not going to want to hear this, but not all Republicans believe the earth is flat.

An intelligent perspective from the right can be pretty interesting.

[SoCalDem]

21. and that's why God created FoxNewsNetwork

:)

[Buzz Clik]

25. Here's your challenge: name two talking heads on Fox with a double digit IQ.

I'll give you one -- Cavuto.

You give me another, and I'll concede.

There's no intelligence to be found there.

[Sebastian Doyle]

34. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as "an intelligent perspective from the right"

....probably hasn't been one since Eisenhower.

[Buzz Clik]

42. That underestimation of the opposition is exactly why the right runs rings around us ...

... even when their aproval ratings is in the 20s. I guarantee that none of them will ever take the time to smarten you up.

[Sebastian Doyle]

43. But that has nothing to do with intelligent perspectives

It has to do with manipulating that terminally stupid 20% of the country that's still mentally stuck in the 1860's.

(and for the record, that's not a geographically-centered slam. Though it's true that many such people do live below the Mason Dixon line, they're also as far north as Idaho, and even the eastern half of Washington State)

[baldguy]

23. Lies don't add balance, they take it away.

Until the GOP stops being a lie factory, there's no point in talking to them.

[Doremus]

9. Howard Dean and Lawrence O'Donnell!!!

[bullimiami]

11. i would never have canned donahue for starters.

[Buzz Clik]

13. Dear gawd. Donahue was pure poison. MSNBC would be showing cartoons by now.

[SoCalDem]

18. are you lost?

:rofl:

[Buzz Clik]

22. Come on. Even Tweety didn't like Donahue.

Remember when Phil had Tweety on his show as a rescue attempt, and Tweety put the final torpedo in Donahue's hull? It wasn't pretty.

[Cleita]

36. Tweety didn't like anyone left of center back then. He was too busy

sticking his head up George Bushes ass for job security.

[Buzz Clik]

12. I'd find a place for Alison Stewart somewhere. Anywhere.

I'd also keep Scarborough but get rid of Mika.

[SoCalDem]

15. nononononononono..Joe's gotta go !

he can go to Fox..it;s where he belongs..

I'm tired of the "gentle-infiltration" mode.

and he can tuck Pat Buchanan under one arm & Jack Welch under the other, before he leaves:)

[Buzz Clik]

17. Scarborough is a magnet. DUers love to hate him. I'm sure he draws knuckledraggers.

It's a business, after all.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. stick an hour of world news in there somewhere with

well-educated, cosmopolitan, professional reporters

[jotsy]

24. Its more for me, a matter of who is covering what.

If we're not stuck with existing staff?

Amy Goodman covers international affairs.

Bill Moyers on education and media accuracy.

Rachel, flanked by Thom Hartmann and Randi Rhodes to keep the DCers on their toes.

David Schuster should get his own round table every weekend with regulars like Bill Maher and Jon Stewart.

Keith would have to rule the evening roost in a anything goes catch all.

Big Eddie's absolutely for exposing corporate greed, which we all know is easy pickens, just cuz there's so much of it.

Ron Reagan to keep us to date as to the goings on for progressive causes and moderate over debates of philosophical considerations.

That's my list, loved Chris back in the day, but now I think his starry eyes belong to covering the Hollywood happenings. And I don't know about the babbling blonds at the bottom of your list, whether maybe?

Great question!

[Iggo]

27. So you'd expand Olberman's show to two hours...

...but take away half of his shtick?

ETA: I spel gud.

[SoCalDem]

28. I think, his "schtick" was imposed upon him, for the most part

2 hours would allow more in depth coverage. He's good at it, too...and there is ample political schtick to be covered :evilgrin:

[Political Heretic]

38. .

[dem629]

29. New MSNBC lineup coming soon

6-8 am........ Morning Predator w/Chris Hansen
8-9.............. Lawrence O'Donnell discusses previous night's LOCKUP documentary
9-11 ........... Predator
11-1 .......... Predator (unseen clips)
1-6.............. Mid-day LOCKUP doc block
6-7............... Dateline NBC special from 6 years ago about a murder no one has heard of
7-9.............. Olbermann and Maddow recap the Dateline special
9-10............ LOCKUP/Predator mash-up
10-overnight.... Test pattern (highest ratings)

[SoCalDem]

30. Where's Dateline Classic™ ?

You know the ones I mean.. the ones where they cobble together several stories from the '80s and cleverly crop out Jane Pauley :rofl:

[Cleita]

31. I would switch Rachel and Stephanie on your line up.

Sure keep Chris, Contessa and Mika to keep "fair and balanced". I like KO just like he is. However, I would hire Amy Goodman to run a hard news division, which should air at least twice a day and for small five minute updates every hour. Some of those hosts can be moved to the weekend, so that there actually can be 7 days coverage during the week. I would hire Ted Turner as a consultant to advise how to really run a 24/7 cable news network. Also, I would get my lawyers to work suing every cable and satellite provider who doesn't provide MSNBC as part of the cable basic package. My two cents.

[SoCalDem]

32. I'd put Rachel on early, so people going off to work

would leave with a nugget of truth in their peabrains:)

[Cleita]

35. The way Rachel researches and documents her issues should be in prime time.

Only Bill Moyers does as thorough a job. Also, it gives her the opportunity to keep current with what happened that day. She would be out of step if she had to wait until the following morning to comment on yesterday's news. Stephanie I think would be a bit wearing after a hard day's work when you are looking more for meat and potatoes than the morning wake up coffee that she provides.

[Political Heretic]

37. Prime time is prime time for a reason.

It's when most people watch.

I'd put Rachel in prime time.

[SoCalDem]

40. Okay, you two convinced me.. Rachel goes primetime:)

:)

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[Political Heretic]

39. My network would include actual journalists like Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers

...and thus my network would not last three days. :(

[KT2000]

41. Increase viewers

recently the DISH network added fox to their firt tier lineup. That means they instantly got more viewers.
MSNBC should also make sure they are on as many cable and satellite packages as possible.

[footinmouth]

44. The weekends are a total wasteland

So why not have a new show - the Batshit Crazy Hour, with rotating guest hosts such as Michelle Bachman, Marsha Blackburn, Sara Palin. Follow it up with an hour of call-ins, commenting on the Batshit Crazies. The entertainment value would be priceless.