Buh Bye Tucker! MSNBC Cancels Carlson's Show
By Logan Murphy Saturday Mar 08, 2008 9:02pm
Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election. The official announcement, expected tomorrow, will include details about who will replace Tucker at 6pmET as well as other political programming additions. Sources say the network is going to beef up its schedule with more NBC News talent.
In recent days, Jossip, as well as other blogs, ratcheted up the talk that Tucker would be replaced "for a new project." In its 33-month run, Carlson's show has had two names, four time slots and multiple formats. At 6pmET, it builds on its Harbdall lead-in on some days, but loses audience on others.
Carlson is expected to host the show through next week, with his new role and title to take effect March 17. We're told he'll also be reporting from the campaign trail. Read on...
Finally! We have documented many of Tucker's atrocities during his time at MSNBC and have been asking for this for years. Carlson will remain at MSNBC as a contributor for the time being, but at last, there's a chance we'll see a reality based, progressive show in that time slot. Rumor has it Air America Radio's Rachel Maddow is working on a show for the network -- we can only hope she gets her shot. She's earned it.
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Good riddance to a smug, pasty-faced little bitch.
I love Rachel Madow. So much I have considered becoming a lesbian, but my wife won't let me.
The spoiled man-child wingnut is out of another job. Hurray!
I doubt they'll replace Tucker with Maddow. They'll either find another right wing crank or some no-name
Liberalcorporate sock puppet who is a weak cartoon figure of a Liberal.It now clearly appears that the blow back of the Fed’s failure to defend the US Dollar is having serious consequences and has hit critical mass.
Good riddance. He is sooo annoying.
L.A. Confidential @ 5:
? The futures don't look any more horrible than usual. What's up?
Oh, and so long Tucker. One less anchor to make me wince in embarrassment for the state of our media.
19 per cent @ 2:
Yes, I too would become a lesbian if I could. Rachel rocks! And I think Mr. Carlson's first name must be misspelled - surely it starts with the letter "F"?
more at my blog...
Rumor has it, as of about 6 mos. ago, that Rachel Maddow is getting her own show to replace Tucker.
Anonymous Hussein @ 7:
I was talking about Tuckers layoff. Have to cut costs.
Git 'em Rachel. We love ya! You were one of the first to engage Tuckie-pie in a way that revealed what he really was.
There should be a sign in front of NBC with a skull and crossbones that says "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter"
L.A. Confidential @ 10:
Ah, got ya. Merci.
Marcus Aurelius @ 1:
I don't think this can be said enough.
ABOUT FUCKING TIME....
I too greatly admire Rachel Maddow's intellect and comportment. I couldn't care less about her personal proclivities.
She would be a great host. I somehow doubt that they will do it.
He only had this show because he has friends at MSNBC.
Im sure FauxNews will find him a spot to entertaine the ignorant right wing.
I guess it's good to finally see a conservative show do poorly, but, all in all Tucker was one of the less offensive of the media conservatives. I think his problem is he's a little too highbrow for the target demographic.
Limbaugh, Coulter, Kristol is who I'd like to see go down in flames.
The Rachel Maddow Show ; has a nice ring to it.............With her co-host , Stephanie Miller.............
Please, Bowtie, begone!
From what I've read he doesn't need the money.
19 per cent @ 2:
Hahaha! I have been working on mine too. My latest attempt is "Three's Company". I will let you know how that works. I was half-way through the story when I began to wonder if Rachel might be the target. She and Keith are very close and share a mutual respect. How fun would it be watching Tweety trying to spread his venom with those two there? He would go up in flames like a christmas tree in July.
John McCain's prostate @ 14:
To repeat..
MCMetal @ 19:
Stephanie Miller is great too and I don't even have to be a lesbian, but my wife still won't let me.
She should have gotten the morning show instead of that ass Scarbag.
I don't think Rachel is pro hillary enough to get the job. This is apparently required to be on TV lately.
MSNBCia
Announcement:
The Tucker Carlson Fan Club will meet in booth # 6 at the Chattanooga McDonald's on Browns Ferry Road to mourn our indescribable loss.
memyself @ 27:
PS - Bring 3 dollars for dinner
Greg @ 25:
They'll probably lower the standard to keep up with the economy.
Tucker has never recovered from the verbal smackdown Jon Stewart gave him a couple years back.
About time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Joe Scarborough is next.
This is MNBC we're talking about here. I wouldn't be surprised if the gave Ann Coulter the spot. It's not as if they don't give her so much air time already that she couldn't be considered a regular host.
Oooh, quite a blow to the high standards of Beltway journalism.
Snowball @ 32:
Maybe Malkin will finally get her dream gig. WOW I GOT MY OWN TEEVEE SHOW!
FeRReT @ 30:
I believe that was Crossfire and that show folded up in a very short period of time after that smackdown. It was quite something and they were not expecting it at all.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Bye, bye, bye bitch.
Is there any doubt that MSNBC is now a arm of the Democratic Party?? Rachael Maddow? I mean come on, they can't do any better than that, WOW!
Blue Lensman @ 28:
Yeah, a 3 dollar bill...
And let yourself and that absolutely ridiculous looking bow-tie of yours hit the fucking road you pathetic fucking geek. Only your mother, who obviously dresses your stupid ass, will miss you.
Rejoice!! Tuck Fucker! Hahahaha! Good riddance to that spoiled rich little bitch.
First Dancing with the Stars, and now this?
hmmm. Mike Malloy or bartcop. Those are my replacement choices.
"In its 33-month run, Carlson’s show has had two names, four time slots and multiple formats. At 6pmET, it builds on its Harbdall lead-in on some days, but loses audience on others."
Doesn't matter how nicely you package a turd. It's still a turd.
Tucker, we hardly watched ye.
Oh Please, Oh please, Oh please, let Rachel have a show!!
chris @ 38:
Tell me exactly what the financial motivation of a giant corporation such as MSNBC (or any other Corporate Media outlet) with a vested interest the deregulatory ideology of the Republican party and business in front of the FCC, would be to make them have a Liberal bias.
You had to have the remote in your hand watching Tucker so you could quickly change channels to avoid aggravation. Of his many annoying habits was listening to how fair and balanced he thinks he is, how he believes he calls 'em as he sees 'em and his faux outrage at anything progressive. He thinks because he believes Al Sharpton is a good guy, it gives him a free pass to say anything about race that pops in his mind.
I think they should give the slot to Tucker's Dog!
Yay! Bring on Maddow!
chris @ 38:
Tucker better than Maddow? Come on Chris. Don't you have better things to do? Like contacting teenagers on online? I hope that you consider yourself comic relief.
They feature Rachel with Pat Buchanan frequently. I wouldn't be surprised if MSNBC was thinking of a Crossfire revival. I could even settle for that. Better than Tucker anyway.
Couldn't happen to a bigger dick!
with or without the bow tie his show sucked. possibly the most un-watchable program on msnbc. now if only morning joe could go.
Will Rachel be hired to win back some of the female viewers that have been offended by MSNBC???If so, I hope she does not turn into an ass like Keith and Chris.
My guess is they will try to get a household name-brand in to boost ratings.
Blue Lensman @ 28:
In attendance will be you, Bubba the love Sponge, and who else?
Oh, and if they are serious about replacing him with some real NBC news talent, I got news for them both Huntley and Brinkley are dead. Why not ask Uncle Walter Cronkite back?
Rachel Maddow replacing Tucker Carlson? –Fucking pinch me!
Rachel would be so great!!!!!!!!!!
chris @ 38:
Is there any doubt that MSNBC is now a arm of the Democratic Party??
yes there is serious doubt. mathews and morning joe are far from any democratic body part. but i do think morning joe is a republican ass. time and again matthews is just a dick. so chris@38 please put down the koolaid and stop listening to you a.m. radio shows. it will be ok and you will fell more like a human being again.
What a tragedy! Another dynamic voice of enlightenment lost to the "liberal media" bias.
Come on, I could predict almost everything this guy was going to say. He's just a hack. That doesn't play well to a channel that has a very large "progressive" audience.
How could they???!!! Oh, yeah...
Maybe George Will.
So they can reuse the wardrobe.
Hey, Tucker, repeat after me for your new job-training,"Would you like fries with that?" Haven't been this happy since earlier in the week, when KSFO dumped Baloney Morgan.
MSNBC can always bring back their 1996 show The Contributors, a show that featured Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham.
LMAO
Good riddance of another apologist of the BIGGEST FUCKING CRIME ever committed by our government in my lifetime. What a smug, self righteous, self-assured little prick. Just like his daddies in the whitehouse.
I'd like to see the following hosts have their own show. Or be possibilities to fill the vacancy on MSNBC.
Phil Donahue.
Thom Hartmann
Rosie O'Donnell
I'd like to see what names others are putting forth as well.
If little Tuck should ever wonder what went wrong he should watch a week's worth of his own show. He might be charmed by by his smug attempt at being a modern day, aloof pundit, but he is condescending, without credentials.
as a libertarian, it sucks to see the only libertarian with his own show get axed. BUT, his show DID suck. so it is what it is.
the bow-ties surely did not help his cause.
Having spent a significant portion of my 20s on the unemployment line, my heart goes out to the behind-the-scenes folks on TUCKER -- the college interns working for nothing and the entry-level production assistants making less than nothing -- who are now busily updating their resumes. Joblessness is a bitch.
But I'm not going to miss the show one iota.
Maybe Carlson can get a job as O'Reilly's personal shopper.You know--loofahs,white sheets(for wearing),s&m magazines,etc.
How about a show with Chuck Todd and/or David Schuster?
way overdue
Mad-DOW! Mad-DOW! Mad-DOW!! If she gets a show I will start Tivoing MSNBC. I have not done so to this point, but for Dr. Maddow and Olbermann, the God of Commentary, I will definitely start.
Andrew @ 70:
The people that are behind the scenes work for MSNBC, not Tucker. MSNBC still has an our to fill.
Jeff @ 72:
would be FAR more informative and sensical, thats for sure.
Ryan From Portland @ 69:
Is a Libertarian a Republican apologist, and progressive antagonist? I didn't know.
Maddow has been groomed for awhile, I'm tired of all the hair and outfit style changes. Pity they can't let her dress in the first grade boy style that Rachel has stated she aspires to dress like. I share some of that fashion aesthetic. I do appreciate the degree to which she has to compromise to get a shot at TV.
She needs to be in command of a situation, as she is on the radio show, in that situation I think that she would be able to put together a hugely successful TV program. Still on the grooming stage, as a sidekick, she giggles too much with Keith, and she looses her cool with Uncle Pat, to a degree that gets in the way of instructing him on the error of his spin. Go all retro-cute girl on Pat and see what happens.
Maddow is the #1 reason I watch MSNBC's election coverage, as much as I appreciate Keith's stewardship and intelligence, it's Rachel's seeing through the spin that gets my attention.
I hope eventually radio's loss will be TV's gain.
Gregg
To be replaced by "Ann How!", the new 60 commentary and newslog hosted by Ann Coulter.
I was really impressed a few weeks back listening to Rachel's radio show commenting about Tucker. Apparently people had been emailing her about this very possibility and she gave Tucker all the credit for her being on TV. It was classy of her and I gained a smidge of respect for him. But just a smidge. Actually watching him would have erased it in under two minutes.
Love to see her on in his time slot but we can't have class like that on television for more than a couple minutes a night.
Ryan From Portland @ 69:
What about John Stossel? I don't think the Corporate Media feels in the least bit threatened by putting a Libertarian on. That's the only "alternative" political view point they'll tolerate, well, as long as they only talk about how bad government is and how great privatizing everything is and don't talk about drugs or foreign policy.
So how many shows does this make, Tucker? Your track record isn't very shiny.
BTW Tuck, nice job getting a head start on the next 63,000 lost jobs.
Lighten up on Tucker. He's one of the few right wingers who isn't a gay bashing religious nut. And he's smart enough to know that the failed war on drugs is not working.
chris @ 38:
you tool...
I tried to measure the irony of Bowtie Boy lecturing someone on journalistic integrity but the needles been stuck at infinity since Rove made those lovely comments about what an asset McCain's adopted daughter has been to his campaign.
chris @ 38:
Go home troll!
Can Jon Stewart give the eulogy for Tucker? It would be SO fitting.
pickles @ 36:
(Door hitting ass....)
MCMetal @ 19:
Back in the day, when the media was not so consolidated (say, 50 different companies down to 6) you might have been able to pull such a thing off and speak freely over the public airwaves. Could you imagine those two intelligent, articulate and brtually honest women on mainstream television (meaning a cable outlet) and NOT have to worry about the concern of alienating your employer? It would be a wonderful thing. Of course, in the mainstream flaovtor there is always a level of muzzling.
As far as The Tuckerster goes, this means this little pantywaist, the ultimate company man, will be popping up all over on other programs.
Hes not going anywhere, hes no longer confined to a playpen
am a bit surprised by this -- i didn't really mind Tucker's show -- I disagree with the guy a lot and think he's a bit arrogant, but don't really think he's a limbaugh, o'reilly, or hannity -- he's just a republican who i disagree with a lot. i don't find his interview style particularly unfair though.
so -- not so happy about this news personally.
Zytron @ 83:
I'm sure he has his positive points too, if you look hard enough
what about that fathead glen beck...he's far worse.
Gregg @ 78:
I agree. Let her be natural and she'd be much more watchable in my opinion.
posted at TP also:
well, as bad as the twerp is/was, there are others who deserve this
even more… but it’s a good start…
just, please don’t wish for rachel to leave AirAmericaRadio…
i am so selfish about that… but i gotta hear my rachel every evening…
i suppose i could sacrifice that for the extra exposure she would get
on cable… but it would only be worth it if they would let her do
HER SHOW… somehow i don’t think nbc could handle it…
whole lotta truthiness going on there…
the changes to AAR lately include giving her show a 3rd hour, taking calls, with david bender… starts this week… and on the days that she is scheduled to be on countdown, bender will take over… it was planned that way to keep her available for the “tv machine”…
go rachel!
oh… and, poor tucker…
carefulwiththatAXEeugene @ 92:
You read my mind.If only CNN would deep six his sorry bigoted ass.
Zytron @ 83:
Didn't that fake tough "sissy" once brag about beating up a gay person in a locker room?
Yeah....another one bites the dust!!! First we got rid of that skaggy bitch in SF, and now this little whiney wimp.
Good riddance. Two down and still too many to go!
All the laws or mischief the Republican Neo-Cons like Hannity and Newt keep avoiding and confuse the public is laughable. Looks like Abbot and Costello on frequent televised interviews. Showing old clips of Ronald Reagan over and over and over again, till one understands how they are trying with every effort to shift public sediment. But looks like a comedy show that needs the hook too. Perhaps to some extent it works a little but Reagan is gone and the Neo’s do not have anyone out there to raise their right arm and “Hail Height-gan”.
If anyone had the gravitas, Tucker did, for heavens sakes he was and is a black hole that attracted insane political stupidity. Almost every interview one could see the eyes roll. He finally got a hair cut, must be for job interviews. But, there should be a warning, Tuckers persona seems to be one that does not go down easy. There is such an ego about him he will try to take someone down with him. I don’t think he is alone. I still think Shuster got the axe too but still appears like Casper the friendly ghost. Though Shuster reminds of type like Truman Capote in wide brim hat and sun glasses for pimping cover up news and misinformation is his calling card.
Oh these guys I love them. Imagine if I ran the FCC, everyone on Fox, CNN, and MSNBC, they would all be making cookies with Martha Stewart.
carefulwiththatAXEeugene @ 92:
No kidding. They should can his sorry ass and "Mrs. Victim" Nancy Grace and "Fact Checker Not" Lou Dobbs.
In the frozen land of Nador they were forced to eat
Robin's minstrelsTucker. And there was much rejoicing.odanny @ 91:
If you give me a week, I might think of one. Thanks President Eisenhower.
I finally made it happen!
You can all start thanking me now. I have been making the case for canceling this show for two years. Most recently, this very morning:
Tucker Carlson’s Ethics Education
And I produced slick presentations, with eye popping graphics describing why this show was bringing down the whole network:
Tucker Carlson: The Biggest Loser
And there was my signature pitch for Tucker's banishment from TV:
Tucker Carlson: A Ratings Black Hole
It was a long slog, but now I can say with confidence that it was all worth it.
Hallelujah!
Zytron @ 83:
Didn't see his response to Larry Craig's footsie game in the airport men's room, did ya?
They finally listened to me. All those emails have paid off. You can thank me now or later.
Bud Osama Bin Laden Hussein @ 84:
Chris@ 38 was hoping that MSNBC would rehire John Gibson.
pinkobait @ 95:
I got Tucker fired with my emails. I'll start working on Beck but I never even tune him in accidently. I think my TV would blow up.
Nobody likes you Tucker...Buh bye!!!
Mark @ News Corpse @ 101:
I didn't realize you were helping me.
I’ll bet his résumé is already on Roger’s desk over at FAUX “News”
Zytron @ 83:
If you believe Tucker's story, he is literally a gay basher.
I think he just made it up. In reality, he probably had to pay the guy to do him.
Ah, one of my favorite Keith quotes comes into play here:
"Any dance the man spends part of which in a chair is, by definition, a LAP DANCE! Lap Dancing with the Stars!"
TonyHussienInLA @ 42:
Oh please, oh please, oh please let it be Rachel!
Don't worry, he'll have 2 jobs in no time flat. Every time Tucker gets bounced from one TV job, his daddy finds him two more.
Captain Hussein Kangaroo @ 107:
I've been posting leaflets all over town that say
"Would you be more likely to watch Tucker Carlson if you knew he fathered an illegitimate black baby?"
So I think I should get some of the credit too.
ohhhhhhhhh yesssssssssss
Left&Left @ 96:
Yes he did! From mediamatters:
'On the August 28 edition of MSNBC Live, hosted by MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams, Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's Tucker, asserted, "Having sex in a public men's room is outrageous. It's also really common. I've been bothered in men's rooms." Carlson continued, "I've been bothered in Georgetown Park," in Washington, D.C., "when I was in high school." When Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," Carlson asserted, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head, actually." '
Buh-bye, asshole!
maxbaer (a replica only) @ 51:
Classic! The immortal offing of Crossfire's bullshit.
Jon Stewart on Crossfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE&feature=related
Orangutan. @ 93:
Well unfortunately this is TV and her current make up (and for TV she will always have make up) doesn't give her some diffinition that she needs (cheeks wash into throat) and a little more lip color . . . .he doesn't need much and it needs to be subtle but with the lights she will always need some.
clytemnestra @ 117:
SHE doesn't need much ... come on fingers stop failing me
Rachel Maddow is fantastic! She is extremely well informed, is great at framing an argument and always pleasant with people with whom she debates. She would definitely be the person closest to the progressive blogosphere on TV.
Matthews has a good show with ideas from both sides and he occasionally infuriates listeners from both sides. Olberman is definitely liberal and I'd like to see more diversity of opinion on his show not that I don't agree with him but I like to hear more reasoned debate. Even though he is decidedly liberal he is honest which can't be said of most of FOX. Rachel Maddow I listen to every day.
I would LOVE to see Rachel Maddow get her own show on MSNBC. She is sharp as a tack and can debate honestly against the best and worst the right has to throw at her.
it seems the blogosphere is creating a more competitive environment for journalist/columnists. Its a good thing.
John McCain's prostate @ 113:
And thank YOU Mr. Prostate for the help. It is truly amazing what three guys can accomplish when they put their minds to it.
Bye Bye Tucker
Team up with Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Beck!!!
GonzoD @ 86:
Sadly this is the kind of thread one's come to expect of the C&L gang, *sigh* lets just hope Hillary does not bow down to your version of America.....
PS. No more bitching about Fox been biased, from Air America to MSNBC says something.....
I will miss his whiny voice and brilliant insight...yeah. Rachael Maddow, it couldn't be better.
Repubs should be glad they have one less effete limp-wristed pansy-boy representing them.
Excellent!!!
Regarding Rachel dealing with Pat Buchanan.
Gregg @ 78:
I can understand why somebody would lose their cool with Pat Buchanan. He is Lou Dobbs and Britney Hume wrapped up into one. He lucky she hasn't slapped him.
chris @ 124:
The difference is that our people tell the thruth. At least the ones we want on TV. That cannot be said about FAUX "News".
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Tucky. LOL.
FeRReT @ 30:
Agreed! I watched the Stewart/Carlson bout again last evening, and thoroughly enjoyed it - to the point of happily munching popcorn during the video.
Good riddance to the preppy "nancy boy".
Too bad it didn't happen sooner...
C-ya, Bow-Tie Boy!!
Rachel would be great, no doubt about that.
HOWEVER... had you been paying attention just this last week you would have noticed the announcement that Rachel's show on Air America is being extended to three (count 'em, THREE) hours.
She will be on from 4 till 7 eastern time Monday thru Friday.
How she does that AND a live show on MSNBC at exactly the same time is beyond me.
Yayyyyyyyy!!!! Goodbye Tucker ,hi ,ho the cherrio, we hate to say you go (not!)
YYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Greg @ 25:
Sorry but Rachel is Pro-Obama NOT Pro-Hillary.
I believe it was this exchange with The Scotsman journalist, Ms. Peev, that got Tucker in hot water: (She picked up "the Hillary's a monster" comment).
CARLSON: Right. But I mean, since journalistic standards in Great Britain are so much dramatically lower than they are here, it's a little much being lectured on journalistic ethics by a reporter from the "Scotsman," but I wonder if you could just explain what you think the effect is on the relationship between the press and the powerful. People don't talk to you when you go out of your way to hurt them as you did in this piece.
Don't you think that hurts the rest of us in our effort to get to the truth from the principals in these campaigns?
PEEV: If this is the first time that candid remarks have been published about what one campaign team thinks of the other candidate, then I would argue that your journalists aren't doing a very good job of getting to the truth.
Ok .. This skirmish is won... You will know we have the battle at hand and eradicated our media infestation of Tuckers when we don't see his little droppings anywhere for a few years...
Hey Tucker. Jon Stewart says HELLO.
Hawh-hawh
Woo Hoo, another talk show host given air time to bitch and whine about Hillary and shill for Obama. So unique, so refreshing, who came up with such a trailblazing idea....
PeeWee's big adventure is over? Where can daddy find a home for him now?
Great job Rachel! I hope you get the spot. and Great job MSNBC, thank you for getting rid of this knucklehead - Now all they have to do is replace Tweety and Russert and they would have a pretty good new channel.
My late partner loved Rachel Maddow and I still do. So JAR, if you can pull any strings from out there in the great after-life, see if you can get Rachel a show. Well if you've got that kind of pull, see if you can win me the lottery.
The strange part is that I subscribed to some VIP thing for Keith Olbermann and on 3/3/08 I got this request:
"Today's study is about shows you watch in the morning and should be particularly interesting for people who watch Morning Joe. As always, your answers will help assure that the programs you watch are meeting your needs.
Please click this link https://www.newsvips.com/[I cut this off] by the end of the week to complete this study.
Thanks for your time and being part of this important community.
See you soon,
The News VIPs Team"
I went to the specified site, and the first question was whether I watched Morning Joe, and I answered 'NO'. That was all they wanted.
RAY-CHEL! RAY-CHEL! RAY-CHEL! RAY-CHEL! RAY-CHEL! RAY-CHEL!
LVogt @ 119:
He's never infuriated me. You speak about being "liberal" as if its an impediment, and it might be, based on your interpretation of the word.
However, your interpretation would be wrong, as most so-called "liberal" journalists are, not conincendentally, also more honest than their less liberal counterparts.
Oops, I meant KO never infuriated me, not Tweety. My bad.
tucker will be back as a personal balls polisher for president john mcain ,
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