Thu Feb 28, 2019, 09:44 PM

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Brian Williams Could Replace Chris Matthews on MSNBC: Report

According to a new report from Page Six, Brian Williams could be up for a big promotion at MSNBC in the near future. The former NBC Nightly News anchor, who was removed from that position following a scandal surrounding his exaggerated memories of experiencing combat in Iraq, has spent the past few years hosting 11th Hour with Brian Williams. In that late-night time slot, he consistently gets more viewers than both Fox News and CNN. That ratings success has led to new talk that Williams could end up replacing veteran host Chris Matthews in the 7 p.m. hour on MSNBC.

This February, Matthews’ Hardball rated last in the coveted 25-54 news demo behind Fox and CNN. Along with Rachel Maddow, Williams is expected to lead the network’s 2020 coverage, as he did on Election Night in 2016 and 2018.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/brian-williams-could-replace-chris-matthews-on-msnbc-report

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another IS CHRIS MATTHEWS ILL ..... leaving msnbc ?? WHAT IS GOING ON (Original post)	trueblue2007	Feb 2019	OP
????	hlthe2b	Feb 2019	#1
Good. And let him take is Hillary Clinton hating wife with him out the door.	ffr	Feb 2019	#2
His wife had a good relationship with HRC	blm	Feb 2019	#10
You are correct. I was wrong.	ffr	Feb 2019	#59
Her husband is Allen Greenspan Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987 to 2006)	YOHABLO	Feb 2019	#65
So glad I didn't retain or tell someone that Chris's wife hated Hillary. But, no biggie, understood.	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#70
Good god you were really off base!	maxsolomon	Mar 2019	#128
Expand the base !	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#66
Sounds like his ratings are ill	BeyondGeography	Feb 2019	#3
I won't watch him.	Different Drummer	Feb 2019	#6
Ari blows him away	BeyondGeography	Feb 2019	#7
agree, i really like Ari - very factual and insightful	onetexan	Feb 2019	#19
Ari's schtick is getting as bad as Matthews'	DeminPennswoods	Feb 2019	#56
i don't think so. Matthews is like a grumpy uncle.	onetexan	Mar 2019	#77
and he interrupts, too nt	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#94
Ay! Does he interrupt!	Eyeball_Kid	Mar 2019	#106
ugh. Ari is lightweight in comparison. IMHO. Let's make a bet. If they boot	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#64
Depends on the topic	BeyondGeography	Mar 2019	#91
+1,000	malaise	Mar 2019	#111
Matthews content is as good as anyone's	whathehell	Mar 2019	#103
Agree. Matthews worked in the Dem. Party and is very knowledgeable.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2019	#133
I'm glad to hear you say that.	whathehell	Mar 2019	#139
J	FloridaBlues	Feb 2019	#4
Oooh. I would watch her every night.	Glimmer of Hope	Feb 2019	#13
Don't care for Joy.	Irishxs	Feb 2019	#28
Why do people always say that about a woman, never a man?	Blue_true	Feb 2019	#45
Several posters said the same thing in this thread about Matthews.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2019	#135
enjoy your time in my ignore list for that classic	TeamPooka	Feb 2019	#53
Me Either--That Would Be a Sure Skip In My House!	DoctorJoJo	Feb 2019	#62
Same here	Raine	Mar 2019	#109
I don't care much for Irishxs...	LanternWaste	Mar 2019	#123
She--Not "he"	Irishxs	Mar 2019	#129
Same here. I click it off, when I happen upon her show.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2019	#134
Same here. I went from crazy for her to tired of her	elfin	Mar 2019	#137
Same here.	Duppers	Mar 2019	#81
Joy would be an awesome choice	jcgoldie	Feb 2019	#35
I won't watch lyin Brian n/t	malaise	Feb 2019	#5
Late night (when I am occasionally awake), I can stand him... Prime time, I don't think so.	hlthe2b	Feb 2019	#8
I'm sleeping by then	malaise	Feb 2019	#11
I'm with you on that malaise...	Marie Marie	Feb 2019	#22
True	malaise	Mar 2019	#131
I'm	bdamomma	Feb 2019	#25
Never appreciated his attempts at humor	hibbing	Feb 2019	#61
You nailed it	malaise	Mar 2019	#138
Same here. nt	Honeycombe8	Mar 2019	#136
I thought Mathews might retire soon because	Ilsa	Feb 2019	#9
wow, I am a huge fan, did not know he had diabetes. :( Oh...see you didn't like	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#32
I used to like him, but	Ilsa	Feb 2019	#36
I like him too. He's one of the old Democrats going back to Carter, Muskie, etc. Served in	Hoyt	Feb 2019	#40
Yes ! I've been thinking that we need to be less harsh and less	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#41
Bingo. nt	Blue_true	Feb 2019	#46
What you said	Hekate	Mar 2019	#90
I think that's smart. Intolerance isolates and divides us.	nolabear	Mar 2019	#104
I respect CM very much. I just don't enjoy watching him	Ilsa	Mar 2019	#112
Too often he speaks as if he's yelling	Duppers	Mar 2019	#84
and his old recurring malaria..	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#95
I hope he enjoys a long retirement away from all networks	Blecht	Feb 2019	#12
He is NOT a tool	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#33
He's getting old like the rest of us.	RandySF	Feb 2019	#14
Oh man, that makes me so sad	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#34
Living forever is not part of the package for humans.	Blue_true	Feb 2019	#49
You made me flash back to my professor in college	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#55
Unfortunately, I have seen lots of death.	Blue_true	Mar 2019	#125
Laura, I am sending you a big hug!	FM123	Mar 2019	#127
I like Williams show. He has good panels. Matthews i can't watch.	dem4decades	Feb 2019	#15
He was doing a lot of coughing lately.	rickford66	Feb 2019	#16
That is what I feel.	Blue_true	Feb 2019	#51
I really enjoy Brian Williams. He is quirky and witty - it's fun and a little lighter for late night	EveHammond13	Feb 2019	#17
Love Brian Williams in the 11th hour slot.	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#82
I like him , too. He has a very dry sense of humor	octoberlib	Mar 2019	#114
yes, exactly	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#121
as much as Matthews occasionally really annoys me - I certainly hope it's not a health issue.	EveHammond13	Feb 2019	#18
Forgot...	Irishxs	Feb 2019	#26
Oh, I hope it isn't his health too	PatSeg	Feb 2019	#29
Oh, that would great	PatSeg	Feb 2019	#20
I like Ali Velshi	Florida Bull	Feb 2019	#21
I agree with your line up. Ali at 6 - Ari at 7.	Marie Marie	Feb 2019	#23
Ugh, no. Ali spends every show he does with the volume set at 9/10.	Maru Kitteh	Feb 2019	#38
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Was hoping he was on vacation. NOOO	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#24
His knowledge of history is deep, wide, and personal.	Maru Kitteh	Feb 2019	#39
Me too. There is no one like that on any network. I ALWAYS like to listen to	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#42
Maybe he's retiring?	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#57
:) serious now - who else knows history? MAY-be Brian Williams?	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#69
Rachel knows a lot of history	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#73
Hmmmmmm. Maybe I should try and give them a chance. Til now, just haven't been	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#76
I'm not a big fan of Lawrence	radical noodle	Mar 2019	#83
What are BoB's ?	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#101
BoB's?	radical noodle	Mar 2019	#102
I read your journal. Didn't know what BoB was. nt	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#118
I had no idea until I looked	radical noodle	Mar 2019	#120
Hope Tweety's leavin... he's hardly a friend to Democrats and sabotaged Hillary.	InAbLuEsTaTe	Feb 2019	#27
Every single person on every news channel sabotaged Hillary. To pick him out is	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#37
No, but he's the one	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#60
hell, that's probably true ! it's not like we've had female presidents, now, is it.	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#67
She was a senator	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#72
what about Joy Reid??	bigtree	Feb 2019	#30
Or Nicole Wallace?	Irishxs	Feb 2019	#31
You mean Joy Reid?	stopbush	Mar 2019	#107
lol	bigtree	Mar 2019	#115
Answer: I don't care	brooklynite	Feb 2019	#43
I care about him	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2019	#63
You just know Kornacki wants that spot..n/t	monmouth4	Feb 2019	#44
Kornacki would get the 11PM slot probably	JCMach1	Feb 2019	#47
That would get me to go to bed earlier	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#74
I can't take Kornacki, he's too both-siderist	radius777	Mar 2019	#99
that's one of the reasons I like him!	floppyboo	Mar 2019	#122
I sometimes like his analysis, but I don't appreciate the both sides BS either	JCMach1	Mar 2019	#124
Chris is ok but I hate when he ask a question to his guest and then interrupts them before	saljr1	Feb 2019	#48
Yup. He missed the class about question marks.	rickford66	Feb 2019	#71
I for one would vastly prefer Ari over Kornacki if the 11pm	NoMoreRepugs	Feb 2019	#50
Oh please, not Kornacki!	Stonepounder	Mar 2019	#80
Sorry, but it's really hard to watch him talking over...	B Stieg	Feb 2019	#52
Yep. 👍 nt	Duppers	Mar 2019	#87
Brian Williams is far better	radical noodle	Feb 2019	#54
Are you Brian Williams in real life??	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#79
I wish	radical noodle	Mar 2019	#85
LoL	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#100
I Could Never Stand Matthews, Glad to See Him Go. Steve Has Been Great This Week.	DoctorJoJo	Feb 2019	#58
When I read that Mathews was instrumental in Phil Donahue's departure I soured on him.	YOHABLO	Feb 2019	#68
a dismal episode, wasn't it?	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#89
Aaron was a huge presence here in Seattle before CNN destroyed him.	nolabear	Mar 2019	#105
He's on vacation	Ananda62	Feb 2019	#75
I love you. Wonder if I can get the last hour of my life back. :)	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#78
Laura, I sincerely wish that they would bring a co-host for Tweety.	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#92
Wow..did not know he had malaria. I won't ever call	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2019	#98
Good I'm glad he's coming back	samplegirl	Mar 2019	#96
Katy Tur deserves a shot. She is smart and tough.	Pepsidog	Mar 2019	#86
Nooooo! She misspeaks more than anyone else on that channel. And many of her supposed jokes are	unitedwethrive	Mar 2019	#108
me too	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#110
I guess we all have our preferences. Brian Williams is a nice guy an got a bad deal when he lost the	Pepsidog	Mar 2019	#119
I'm a fan of both Matthews and Williams.	radius777	Mar 2019	#88
agree with everything you say.	Grasswire2	Mar 2019	#93
Nicolle's show is excellent. /nt	radius777	Mar 2019	#97
Agree! nt	UniteFightBack	Mar 2019	#116
Haven't watched that turd since he helped bush in 2000	RandiFan1290	Mar 2019	#113
I've said for months that Matthews looks and sounds like he's failing.	Paladin	Mar 2019	#117
Could be because he sucks as a news talker.	pwb	Mar 2019	#126
Matthews will be BACK on Monday	Raine	Mar 2019	#130
MATTHEWS IS ON VACATION! He'll be back Monday.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2019	#132

Response to trueblue2007 (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 09:48 PM

hlthe2b (83,369 posts)

1. ????

At least Williams was unsuccessful (if reports were at all accurate) in trying to bump Laurence a couple of years ago...

another IS CHRIS MATTHEWS ILL ..... leaving msnbc ?? WHAT IS GOING ON

1. ????

2. Good. And let him take is Hillary Clinton hating wife with him out the door.

10. His wife had a good relationship with HRC

59. You are correct. I was wrong.

65. Her husband is Allen Greenspan Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987 to 2006)

70. So glad I didn't retain or tell someone that Chris's wife hated Hillary. But, no biggie, understood.

128. Good god you were really off base!

66. Expand the base !

3. Sounds like his ratings are ill

6. I won't watch him.

7. Ari blows him away

19. agree, i really like Ari - very factual and insightful

56. Ari's schtick is getting as bad as Matthews'

77. i don't think so. Matthews is like a grumpy uncle.

94. and he interrupts, too nt

106. Ay! Does he interrupt!

64. ugh. Ari is lightweight in comparison. IMHO. Let's make a bet. If they boot

91. Depends on the topic

111. +1,000

103. Matthews content is as good as anyone's

133. Agree. Matthews worked in the Dem. Party and is very knowledgeable.

139. I'm glad to hear you say that.

4. J

13. Oooh. I would watch her every night.

28. Don't care for Joy.

45. Why do people always say that about a woman, never a man?

135. Several posters said the same thing in this thread about Matthews.

53. enjoy your time in my ignore list for that classic

62. Me Either--That Would Be a Sure Skip In My House!

109. Same here

123. I don't care much for Irishxs...

129. She--Not "he"

134. Same here. I click it off, when I happen upon her show.

137. Same here. I went from crazy for her to tired of her

81. Same here.

35. Joy would be an awesome choice

5. I won't watch lyin Brian n/t

8. Late night (when I am occasionally awake), I can stand him... Prime time, I don't think so.

11. I'm sleeping by then

22. I'm with you on that malaise...

131. True

25. I'm

61. Never appreciated his attempts at humor

138. You nailed it

136. Same here. nt

9. I thought Mathews might retire soon because

32. wow, I am a huge fan, did not know he had diabetes. :( Oh...see you didn't like

36. I used to like him, but

40. I like him too. He's one of the old Democrats going back to Carter, Muskie, etc. Served in

41. Yes ! I've been thinking that we need to be less harsh and less

46. Bingo. nt

90. What you said

104. I think that's smart. Intolerance isolates and divides us.

112. I respect CM very much. I just don't enjoy watching him

84. Too often he speaks as if he's yelling

95. and his old recurring malaria..

12. I hope he enjoys a long retirement away from all networks

33. He is NOT a tool

14. He's getting old like the rest of us.

34. Oh man, that makes me so sad

49. Living forever is not part of the package for humans.

55. You made me flash back to my professor in college

125. Unfortunately, I have seen lots of death.

127. Laura, I am sending you a big hug!

15. I like Williams show. He has good panels. Matthews i can't watch.

16. He was doing a lot of coughing lately.

51. That is what I feel.

17. I really enjoy Brian Williams. He is quirky and witty - it's fun and a little lighter for late night

82. Love Brian Williams in the 11th hour slot.

114. I like him , too. He has a very dry sense of humor

121. yes, exactly

18. as much as Matthews occasionally really annoys me - I certainly hope it's not a health issue.

26. Forgot...

29. Oh, I hope it isn't his health too

20. Oh, that would great

21. I like Ali Velshi

23. I agree with your line up. Ali at 6 - Ari at 7.

38. Ugh, no. Ali spends every show he does with the volume set at 9/10.

24. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Was hoping he was on vacation. NOOO