Why is Chuck Todd now on with Katie Tur.

[madaboutharry]

It feels like she was given a demotion. His presence ruins it.

[lagomorph777]

1. 'cause he needs a babysitter?

[sfstaxprep]

2. They Gave Him Another Slot After Matthews Left nt

[unitedwethrive]

3. Let's see...they are each horrible anchors on their own, so together?

They might add up to an acceptable alternative?

[jayfish]

7. I Used To Enjoy Her.

Ever since distance reporting though she's been a walking disaster. She can't figure out, after months of doing this, how the delay works and the confusion seems to cause her to say really vacuous things. I hope she figures it out. Chode Toad? He can F right off. My new favorite thing with him is how he takes 15 minutes to hash through a question, in his own mind, to make it as milquetoast as possible. He's a real gem.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Well...

... maybe they are looking for a Republican-Democrat balance? Personally, I'd prefer Republicans like Nicole Wallace or Steve Schmidt.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Appears

Phill Griffin wants MSNBC to have Toad as their new face of Political affairs. Believe Andy Lack's last day is next week.

[chillfactor]

6. Never watch MSNBC

when Toady is on the air.

[R B Garr]

8. One thing I heard exchanged between one of the MSNBC teams was they were backup

in case something went wrong with an audio as has happened with them working remotely. I think it was Brian Williams said something to Katy Tur that indicated they were working together to keep continuity in case someone dropped or had audio problems.

[Wounded Bear]

9. With so many folks transmitting from home, having co-hosts provides back up...

if someone has issues with their feed.

[madaboutharry]

10. That is a very good point.

But why does he get to do the intro? It has been her time slot.

My complaint is that I just never thought very much of Chuck Todd.

[Wounded Bear]

11. Because Chuck is the senior correspondent, mostly...

It might suck, but it's true. Katy is a relative newcomer, who earned her stripes in '16 on the Trump campaign trail.

She's pretty good, TBS, but seniority matters.

[tishaLA]

12. They've been co-hosting for 2 hours for a couple weeks

Katie had been co-hosting with Brian Williams, but their chemistry was less than ideal (and i think Williams wanted to co-host with Nicolle Wallace)

[sarcasmo]

13. I can only watch MSNBC when Maddow is on.

[DeminPennswoods]

14. MSNBC has been doing a lot of tinkering since Matthews left,

Velshi took over Gura's spot as lead-in to Reid on the weekends and Ruhle went over to NBC full-time.

Deadline:WH seems to have expanded to 90 minutes, but is back to an hour this week as Wallace is off and Heilman is hosting.