Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread Kevin M.
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:51 AM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: But capitalism is not about making a profit, it is about continually increasing profits. A real news cable channel could make a small, stable profit, but not the kinds of margins the mega-corps demand for their shareholders.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread K.M. Richards
I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find you were right about that, Kevin. Yet NBCCastiversal (or whatever their corporate name is now) can't get their minds around the idea that a loose cannon can attract eyeballs if it goes off as expected. I phrase it that way because both in MSNBC's

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-25 Thread PGage
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:26 AM, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't be surprised in the least to find you were right about that, Kevin. Yet NBCCastiversal (or whatever their corporate name is now) can't get their minds around the idea that a loose cannon can attract

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-24 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: Great minds and all that ... I just made the suggestion about rehiring Olbermann on an industry message board. The phrase I used was he's always going to be the way he is, live with it and defend him instead of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-24 Thread Henry Fung
MSNBC is going to run into the problem that doomed it when it was America's NewsChannel: people in this country don't watch rolling news. They might get some more ratings for a short period of time but in a year, their ratings will be lower than when they were the liberal antidote to Fox News.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-24 Thread Kevin M.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Henry Fung calwa...@gmail.com wrote: MSNBC is going to run into the problem that doomed it when it was America's NewsChannel: people in this country don't watch rolling news. They might get some more ratings for a short period of time but in a year, their

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-24 Thread K.M. Richards
Great minds and all that ... I just made the suggestion about rehiring Olbermann on an industry message board. The phrase I used was he's always going to be the way he is, live with it and defend him instead of trying to keep him on a short leash. On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:53:57 AM

Re: [TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-23 Thread PGage
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: For a weekday effort, for which room is made in a reported purge of daytime to be unveiled today (23) to staff by Andy Lack, per Lisa D http://deadline.com/2015/07/chuck-todd-returning-msnbc-1201483822/ (link). Todd

[TV orNotTV] Chuck Todd reportedly back to MSNBC

2015-07-23 Thread Bob Jersey
For a weekday effort, for which room is made in a reported purge of daytime to be unveiled today (23) to staff by Andy Lack, per Lisa D http://deadline.com/2015/07/chuck-todd-returning-msnbc-1201483822/ (link). Todd would still host *Meet The Press*... much as Jake Tapper and George S. on