Ed Schultz gets a new show on MSNBC: "The Ed Show"
Keith Olbermann just announced on Countdown that Ed Schultz has a new show on MSNBC. It starts Monday at 6PM EST and it's called "The Ed Show"
UPDATE: Here's some of the press release.
Veteran talk radio host Ed Schultz joins MSNBC as host of "The Ed Show," premiering on Monday, April 6. "The Ed Show" will air weekdays, 6-7 p.m. ET. The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President, MSNBC.
"I am thrilled to have Ed kicking-off our primetime lineup," said Griffin. "Ed's proven that he can connect with Americans and will be a perfect compliment to Chris, Keith, and Rachel. He's already made his mark on radio and I'm excited to see what he'll do with the 6 p.m. hour."
"I'm excited to have this opportunity with MSNBC," said Schultz. "I look forward to having a day to day discussion with fellow Americans on issues that really matter to all of us."
David Shuster, currently hosting "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" at 6 p.m. ET on MSNBC, will join Tamron Hall as host of a new 3-5 p.m. ET program on MSNBC. Shuster will also continue to anchor breaking news coverage during the day and serve as a regular substitute anchor for "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." Norah O'Donnell's hour will move to the morning. The exact hour will be announced at a later date.
It's good to see that David Shuster will still be part of their lineup.
Fox pundits heads explode. Competition sucks
is intended to be a factual statement
but I'm happy to see this, just to watch the head explosions.
Yeah! May not have the Faux ratings because of the sheer numbers of braindead in this country, but this MSNBC lineup is going to kick the living shit out of those Faux assholes whether they realize it or not.
We lost Ed Schultz here in Austin on the radio over a year ago when a San Antonio - owned radio group gave up on Air America... and started playing TEX-MEX music 24/7 on 1600am. That was a BUMMER... so I'm looking forward to locking in on Ed with the DVR-Thingy... for a daily FIX of his Mid-Western, PRO-UNION, Working-Man sensibilities. GOOD CHOICE, MSNBC!
one more thing...
You keep saying that you go back to FLORIDA to figure out what's going on IN THE HEARTLAND! I have some advice for you:
Tune in to Ed Schultz once in a while. He REALLY IS from the HEARTLAND... You might LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICA in the process.
Couldn't they have called it The Mr. Ed Show?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
The Big Ed Show - that's how he refers to himself!
I love the guy, as I did Thom Hartmann before him in the noon slot on Air America, as I did Al Franken before him!
Now if we could only get Sam Seder on a TV show!
Seder and Hartmann!! Oh Christ that would be too much to handle.
I'm glad for Ed. Sometimes he is a little weak but lately he has been full tilt against the health insurers. He is pro union and he has middle America's ear. I sure hope he starts reading C+L like the rest of MSNBC. He will learn a lot. He is not Mike Malloy but he is better than Scarbourough. By the way, HEY JOE, fuck you!!
Kudos to Big Eddie for the show, but I'm a bit disappointed that Shuster loses his show. Why not bump Shuster to 10pm in place of a replay of Countdown?
Or the replay of Rachel or the replay of Tweety?
It's just silly to have a rerun from 7-8PM.
Also I hope Shuster is happy. Maybehe will get a shot at a spot that Olbermann or Maddow or Tweety doubles up on. That would be maybe 5:00 PM or 7:00 PM Eastern
Wonderful news! I have been listening to Ed for ages, followed him around on the radio, always watched his guest panelist and substitute gigs on MSNBC, etc. I have always loved Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow and am ecstatic to see their tribe increase. Ed is another step on the stairway toward some semblance of sanity on cable news & talk programs. I hope he is super successful and that his program grows and flourishes and he continues to educate and help raise the consciousness of more and more of the masses.
Woody McBreairty
but if he's anything like Keith and Rachel, he's OK by me!
yikes... I'm not a fan of Schulz...
To me, he's sounds just like the right wing radio hosts except he changes up some of the conservative points and puts in liberal ones.
I listened to Ed for a long time and could never really say if he was a conservative or liberal. Only time will tell if he can live up to Olberman and Maddow.
I am going to miss Schuster. He had one really great feature--Hypocrisy Watch. Also, Schuster isn't afraid to tell his guests when they are wrong or fudging the truth. I hope he doesn't go the way of Dan Abrams, another good host.
I am not sure that Ed can really piss with the big dogs. Like another post pointed out,
when guesting for 1600 Pennsylvania, he let his neocon talking head guests get away with a lot of bull with no response. (TV does that to radio hosts)
Schuster has Cajones!! His chuckling at his Repuglican guest today while explaining the "budget presentation" was classic!
If MSNBC loses Schuster they will have screwed up big time.
From the land of 10,000 lakes
And do we really want an equivalent of Fox on the left? I don't, personally, think any station should go all one way or the other and it seems msnbc is really going for the "Fox for the Left" title...
I know nobody can ever really compare to FOX (they lie too much), but I don't like ideologies taking precedence
If you're on the side of what is RIGHT, WHY NOT stack the house with truth-telling liberals with common sense?
Facts have a liberal bias. Liberals inhabit the reality-based community.
We tell the truth. The other side doesn't. If they did, I'd respect them. They don't, so I despise them.
Full agree B.I.D.
The good thing about Ed is the he comes off as a good ole boy. Middle American old folks eat his shit up. Joe Sixpack loves him. Betty Winebox seems to relate to him. If can get these types to actually think about reality they will throw O'Dickbreath to the wolves. And Hannity will be right behind. I hope this works well.
Just keep in mind that the reason these low-information listeners like Ed is that he is a low-information personality.
He's gonna need relentless fact-checking before he spreads any more of his mis-information.
Great news, another fair, honest and progressive voice in the conservative dominated media.
This is great news. Ed is direct, will be a great voice for the EFCA and other middle class issues without the beltway bull from the engrained DC villagers that are totally out of touch with the country. Ed, Keith and Rachel. It just keeps getting better.
For details, see my comment below.
I like Ed Schultz on radio but the times he has guest hosted on MSNBC he sucked salty balls. And David Shuster has been doing some good work in that 6pm slot that I don't think Schultz will come close to replicating. This is a dumb ass move by MSNBC and I have a feeling that in the end they will lose Shuster and Schultz will be a bust ratings wise.
salty balls...mmmmm....
actually ed schultz will be a perfect fit. tho i would have liked to have seen a combo show w/sam seder & that young turks guy, i'll sure settle for ed.
I fully agree with you
And pretty much said the same thing.
Little conflicted here. Ed was pretty good as a guest host on 1600, and he's an absolutely fantastic radio host, but my biggest problem with him was that when his right-wing guests started spewing stuff that was blatantly false, Ed didn't take them to task and just let them speak. I hope that, if he allows people like Lars Larson on (a frequent guest when Ed guest-hosted 1600), he'll be a little bit better learned due to a crack research team.
Also, my blatant pro-Shuster bias is a little bit strong, so I am a little bit bitter about David losing the slot. I'm thrilled that he's working with Tamron, though, and hopefully, he and Tamron can rock the 3-5pm hour. I'm just hoping he keeps some of the segments he has/d on 1600, namely Mythbuster. Daniel Gross has been getting downright sassy on the show these past few weeks (for instance, when David informed him that 30 people signs onto Michele Bachmann's "no global currency" bill, he replied, "You mean there are 30 lunatics in Congress?"), and Mythbuster was a great way to tear through the talking points regarding the economy.
Overall... a little bit disappointed, but not disappointed enough to sour me to this news completely. I'm skeptical, but I'm wishing Ed, David, and Tamron all the best.
Isn't Tamron Hall one pretty woman? Not that it matters. Just sayin.
I wonder what the deal is with Shuster. He certainly "brings it." Maybe he comes off as too "young." I don't know but he does a great job and I don't know why they put Ed in his slot when they have so many reruns. Odd.
She's pretty, sure, but she's also pretty awesome. She's a great reporter, and during the inauguration, when the inaugural ball she was covering had finished up, she started throwing money at the camera. It was hilarious.
Shuster's ratings were fairly poor; he was just beating out Matthews's 5pm key demo ratings, and falling short in total viewers. 6pm is a bit of a death trap when it comes to the ratings, though. Everybody's ratings sag when they hit 6pm. I'm guessing that some people can't see Shuster beyond "that guy who said pimp" and refused to watch him because of that, but the timeslot was kind of a death wish, if you ask me. I think he'd have done much better at a different hour (even, say, Tweety's 7pm hour).
--hannity makes most of his 200MIL + from radio. the GOP knows where the propaganda starts.
as long as the GOP has a talk radio monopoly and 1000 stations the obstruction and compromise of obama will thrive- progressive radio must gain if we want a real responsive democracy not undercut with the daily blasting of GOP talking points. schultz was good competition for RW radio and would have done well with the expansion of progressive radio that HAS to happen.
but its' good MSNBC is making a statement. the stronger they get toward the left and truth the better for all TV news.
Come on, Matthews is the clear weakest link here, and among the stupidest men alive. Not even Scarborough is as stupid as Matthews.
I try, time and time again, to watch/listen to Chris Matthews but I can never make it more than a few minutes and neither can any of the other people in my office. Someone is always saying "turn him down"! No one ever says that about Schuster.
CM would be good if he would just learn to STFU once he's asked a question.
It was a pleasure to hear Schultz actually mention Fargo, North Dakota and the troubles there. I love MSNBC but too often they seem to think that there is nothing going on that isn't politics and isn't DC based.
If they had announced that he was replacing Chris. Hang in their Schuster
I'm happy about this news. I like Ed a lot. It's sad to see Shuster get the bump, though. I like him too. I just wish MSNBC would come up with a proper 10pm show.
.... is that the networks consider 3:00 "prime time." Yeah, 6:00 MIGHT be considered prime time on the east coast, but is the east coast "America" now?
No one seems to mention the west coast (or any other time zone.) Keith's and Rachel's shows are repeated several times after they air. Chris Matthews's -- once, an hour later. (Still at a time when working Californians are still at work.) Give Shuster that time slot!
I have TiVo -- I can tape them all -- but most Americans don't have TiVo.
Tweety is on THREE!! times. He is on at 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM pacific time.
I heard that Half the homes in America have DVR recorders. That figure surprised me and I don't believe it but I heard it.
I can listen to Ed again! I lost his show, among others, when the Air America station in my area went off the air. I'm really happy!
Ed is a really good/fair guy. He sets him self up as the voice of the working wo/man and does a good job. He will allow right-wing callers on his show and he he takes them to task for spewing talking points, but he's never mean or hateful.
For all of you who said you lost his radio program because of Air America going off the air in your area, you can listen to him online (at WBEZ Chicago or The Mic 92.1 in Madison, Wi, for instance).
I like Shuster he is good , he calls bullshit on bullshit and tells it like it is , pisses me off they are moving him to mid day , like someone else wrote , why not put Shuster a little later in place of either of the Olbermann or Maddow repeats ? I occasionally listen to Ed on the radio , sometimes he's alright but often his show is just weak and repetitive , too simplistic . I think MSNBC screwed up . My humble opinion .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
But the Ed Show could be misconstrued as the E.D. Show (erectile dysfunction).
"David Shuster, currently hosting "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" at 6 p.m. ET on MSNBC, will join Tamron Hall as host of a new 3-5 p.m. ET program on MSNBC. Shuster will also continue to anchor breaking news coverage during the day and serve as a regular substitute anchor for "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." Norah O'Donnell's hour will move to the morning. The exact hour will be announced at a later date."
Good for Shuster-at least he will still be on the air. And I think it's a gamble with Ed Schultz, but he has the opportunity to rise to the occasion. Moving Norah O'Donnell to the morning is probably a good move too. Norah's nice to look at, but I think she is somewhat of an airhead.
Noron is an airhead?
THAT goes without sayin'
I like all of these guys and gals! Here's to good ratings!
Like some, I'm not a huge Ed Schultz fan, but he flops across the line onto the good side, so "Why not?"
I wish I could be more enthusiastic. Same college two of my four years around the same time Ed was a big football player. I assume he majored in phy ed, because what Schultz knows about history, political science or contemporary events, Al Franken could fit into his little finger. But I knew that "meat-eating, fishing, sports-talking, big ol' lefty" branding would be successful from the moment I heard it, so the guy's not that dumb and, a little like Jesse Ventura, he seems to learn from others and is becoming more informed as he goes along.
This is a blessing...period. Me, I'd rather see Mike Malloy ranting on cable giving old conservatives heart attacks daily. but that'll never happen.
This is a good start...give Schultz a chance.
...which she has apparently been banished.
She has had a long time disdain for Ed having implied that he swooped in on her hard work, or something along that line. She refuses to give details but makes no bones about having no love lost for Ed. Where, oh where, have you gone, self proclaimed "goddess?" (Truth be known, I'm tired of your schtick and am in WPB,FL market as well.)
I think Ed is GREAT! He will do well and good for him!
"Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying..."-------Roger Waters, "Comfortably Numb"
...flaming liberal and have a regular show on cable. Schultz is definitely pro-working man...he's everything that that lying pig Dobbs claims to be.
That's great for Ed. He's not a liberal, but he's a good man. I see where Randi Rhodes has her points about him, but its nice to see MSNBC not putting a corporatist or 'edgy libertarian' in that spot.
Now, SiriusXM...please put Thom Hartmann on from noon-3pm LIVE PLEASE!
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
But seeing him on Shusters show rip some right winger a new asshole...I gotta say...I like him, but I hate that I'm gonna miss the Shuster, I like that guy.
He needs his own show.
Ya hearin me MSNBC?
If Rachel is a policy wonk, Ed is the opposite. He is often policy ignorant and not only lets right-wingers get away without being challenged, but he often helps them with his policy gaffs.
Years back, he helped Alito through confirmation by asking his listeners to ask their Senators to vote against a filibuster. He claimed that the "nuclear option" would eliminate filibusters for upcoming legislative battles. Ed was dead wrong. The "nuclear option", if it even worked, would have affected only judicial confirmations, and Alito was the worst one in decades.
More recently, Ed stuck by the corporate-farming propaganda that corn ethenol production has absolutely no effect on corn commodity prices, and therefore, food prices. Even though I sent Ed the names and phone numbers of four grain mills within five miles of his studio who were willing to dispute his claim on his show, he refused to call any of them.
Ed does attract a new element of audience, and though they're mostly low-information listeners, it will be good to educate them. That's only gonna happen, though, if the blogosphere relentlessly fact-checks Ed and forces him to acknowledge his inevitable mistakes.
Then maybe MSNBC will replace this loser Schultz with Buchanan.
Give the guy a chance.
into the conversation.
Clearly, I don't think this is all bad. It just bears a close watch to nip Ed's occasional gaffes before they do the same kind of damage with low-information viewers as right-wing media do, which many of us spend a great amount of resources trying to undo.
Are you diametrically opposed to any form of criticism? Does being an Ed-head make any more sense than being a ditto-head?
Let's make the best of this. Welcome the new viewers Ed will bring, but keep a close watch on his factual accuracy so we're not constantly trying to undo the damage misinformation can do.
...negatively project. All I said was to give the man a chance and then you jump off into this unnecessary dittohead v edhead bullshit.
My dear departed uncle Chester and I used to love to engage in what Irv Kupsinet used to refer to as, "the art of lively discussion". My wife (ex, now) once got very upset and told us to stop. Chet looked at her with disdain and said, "Do you mind? We're trying to have a nice argument here."
You see, there are people who can discuss without getting all upset, and those who cannot. I am one of the former, and you are obviously one of the latter.
Relax. Take a deep breath. Stress is bad.
It's clear from your comments that you have a problem with Schultz. It is also obvious that you while being thinned skinned to criticism, you're rather judgmental.
Jorog
You are correct on this. Ed needs to be watched and fact checked. There is no problem there. I'm sure we are up top the task and I'm sure the C+L staff will be there as well. Ed has a lot of learning to do so he needs to be closely monitored. Having said that, he is much better than... let's say Noron. If somebody like Noron got that spot it would have been really fucked. I'm sure she was on a short list someplace for that spot at one time. It's is a shame Shuster got booted from that spot. Maybe, just maybe they will put him into one of Tweety's spots (as I said he has three spots now).
and lately has been much better. I don't know how much teevee experience he has had so maybe he'll get better in rebutting R talking points.
Shuster has been really good recently since he has broken out of the stiff role he used to play. I hope he continues his "Hypocrisy Watch" segment.
Buh bye and good riddance to Norah.
He's simply the best. He deserves his own show. does this switch mean his days are numbered? Hopefully it means no more screetchy teresa brewer....David is so much more than a news reader.
I think he should get his own show also...he's smart, not condescending, but calls people out on their BS with an incredulous smile, which I think is funny as hell!
In fact...think I'm gonna email MSNBC right now.
I suggest other Shuster fans do the same.
Ed is much more moderate compared to people like Janeane Garofalo or Mike Malloy- and many on the extreme left hate Ed for this-
often calling him a closeted Republican- He was once Republican I think, but was just one of many people driven out of the Republican party....
I have noticed the extreme fringes of both the Republican and Democratic parties have one thing in common- the extreme fringes on both sides hate the moderates in their own party.
Too many liberal voices have shifted ultra left, and preach 9/11 Truther nonsense and are as loopy as the radical right- I'm glad we have Ed, who is centered and sane...
One thing Schulz will do is make it more comfortable for middle America (Joe Sixpack and Betty Winebox) to be liberals. If they think Ed is a liberal they will be happy. Maybe some of the O'Dickhead people will gravitate over and see that they can relate to people like "Big Eddy."
Right wing views are another. Furthermore, ideology that is "ultra left" to you, may simply seem "left" to someone else.
Being wishwashy, lacking in real conviction and just plain milquetoast is not moderate.
Some on the left feel one must be a hard left liberal, just as many on the right think people should be far right conservatives- But i suspect most people fall in the middle...
Liberal 9/11 conspiracy nuts and militant anarchists are the kind of ultra left wingers I detest.
Right wing gay bashers and Bible thumpers make me sick.
Believe me, I'm a Massachusetts liberal, but the fringes on both sides are crazy.
Ed's a moderate Democrat, which makes him appealing to a larger body of people than a radical left winger..
The Ed Show???? Who the hell came up with that one? I thought it was remake of the Truman Show. Best to leave it as The Ed Shultz's National Megaphone.
Seriously, I hope I'm wrong, but Radio doesn't always transfer to Television. And even though Ed Shultz says he's a Liberal, I'm not so sure. Ed does like to proclaim that he's the number one Liberal Radio host in America all the time. Even so, I'm not so sure of that either, since I can't always stomach him. I hope the producers at MSNBC can dress him up better, but to me, Ed Shutz is a cheap imitation of Randy Rhodes and nobody can lay it down with hutzpa like Randy.
I guess I'm more of the Rachel Maddow type, but I wouldn't totally throw Ed Shutz out the window. TV may polish his delivery. And besides, he's like the drunk uncle the family tolerates at parties -- we'll keep him for ourselves.
I've heard Ed Shultz give more than one fifteen minute segment of his radio show over to one of his sponsors, the guy who shills gold coins as an investment. Introduced him as an expert in investments and never once mentioned that that guy was a primary sponsor of the show.
Ed Shultz? This is what passes for a Liberal? What an embarrassment.
He's milquetoast, at least he was when I listened. Is he really someone to get excited about?
I've heard Ed Shultz give more than one fifteen minute segment of his radio show over to one of his sponsors, the guy who shills gold coins as an investment. Introduced him as an expert in investments and never once mentioned that that guy was a primary sponsor of the show.
Uhhh, no offense buddy but Thom Hartmann, Mike Malloy, Rachel and a few others do those commercials too.
What makes being a lefty fun is accepting that none of us walk in lock step with a party line. We have moderates, conservative types and liberals all in one big tent. The right WISHES they could be as diverse as our party is.
Hmmm...where do I begin? He's a good guy but a conservative Democrat and a Recovering Republican and can't help but have reservations about that with anyone, including Arianna and Cenk...just makes me wonder. I'm also not sure sure he has the intellectual depth to really delve deeply into a subject. He's too bombastic for my taste, reminds me of a centrist Rush. I also don't think they gave Shuster nearly enough time to revive 1600 from the dead; they really should be looking at grooming him for more than just an anchor desk - he's really smart, takes on Repub's and Dem's alike, and very, very well prepared and has intellectual curiosity. I like Ed, but LOVE Shuster...not even the same league, IMO.
Sorry, not even close to being a fan of this guy and I tried, I really did.
..."He's too bombastic for my taste, reminds me of a centrist Rush."
I'd PAY! for them to change their mind and choose THOM HARTMAN instead!
Thom for PREZ!
Cue the Kabuki....
Now that Ed Schultz is going to be on MSNBC, along with Keith and Maddow, you can literally start hearing the cries from the right about MSNBC being even more liberally biased. I say it's all counter-programming for Fixed Noise. Enough said. Good luck Ed.
MSNBC was a welcomed alternative to CNN. I had enough of CNN with its "definitely-shaded-to-the-right" politics. I found a new friend in MSNBC and rarely visited CNN. During the new "ED Show", I thought I had found a new friend (Ed) who spoke the truth about everything from Health Care to Education to Manufacturing. Wouldn't you just know it, up pops a scene of Larry Elder (adjusting his tie), the "Sage from South Central": the author of that piece of crap called "Stupid Black Men", and that know-nothing-about-Politics, or anything else in my opinon! Although the image lasted for less than a milli-second, I reached for the remote in anticipation of seeing his face and listening to some of the hate and division he stands for!
Please....Please....Please keep him off your show! If I am to listen to him, I might not find another show like MSNBC, when I grab my remote and switch channels. He seems to be drifting around looking for a niche. Please don't let it be MSNBC! Please allow him to keep drifting to a "Newt Gingrige show" or some other idiotic show! P.S. I love MSNBC with Madow, Keith and the others. Way to go, ED. You are right on target!
"Ed Heads" here. Maybe he could play some Dead...Dead meets Ed. Ratings certainly would go up in my household. The right will designate him as the new leader of the Democrat Party.
Glenn Beck is going to eat it.
According to TV by the Numbers, the numbers for Wednesday were as follows:
6PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report w/Bret Baier – 2,202,000 viewers (446,000) (956,000)
Situation Room—807,000 viewers (230,000) (323,000)
Ed Show —406,000 viewers (119,000) (189,000)
Mad Money—242,000 viewers (58,000) (122,000)
Prime News—480,000 viewers (208,000) (266,000)
Quite a drop off from Monday. In fact, those ratings are even lower than what Shuster's were. He was averaging about half a million a night. I don't think Shultz is off to a good start.
Source: http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/09/cable-ne...
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