Some unalloyed good news

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MSNBC is moving Chuck Todd to streaming and ending his 1pm show.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/msnbc-boots-chuck-todds-weekday-show-to-streaming-service?via=twitter_page

Chuck Todd continues to get shuffled down the line at MSNBC. Less than two years after his daily version of Meet the Press was moved from 5 p.m. ET to the early afternoon, the network announced that MTP Daily is moving to NBC News’ streaming service and will now be called Meet the Press NOW. “NBC News is the leader in streaming news. Since our launch, we’ve been committed to delivering the best of NBC News’ journalism, free, to streaming audiences everywhere,” NBC News President Noah Oppenheim said in a Friday morning statement. “Chuck was one of the first broadcast anchors to see the massive potential of streaming and bringing Meet the Press’s daily franchise to NBC News NOW reinforces the platform’s status as the destination for news on streaming.” Todd’s new online program will debut in June and stream live at 4 p.m. ET. Longtime NBC News anchor Chris Jansing will take over Todd’s 1 p.m. ET time slot on MSNBC. This latest programming shift comes shortly after White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who is reportedly seeking a gig with MSNBC, officially announced she was leaving the Biden administration.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Too bad they didn't move him to CNN+

[Carlitos Brigante]

7. .

[Ray Bruns]

8. Too bad they didn't move him to the basement like Milton in Office Space.

[onetexan]

17. i'm sure Faux News wld be happy to pick him up

[LymphocyteLover]

20. LOL, exactly

[spooky3]

2. Yay! I wonder if Psaki will move into that slot

Or host MSNBC prime once she learns the ropes.

[Scrivener7]

3. Oh, that IS good. I wonder how much of it has to do with the roasting he got

at the correspondents dinner.

[msfiddlestix]

6. did that happen? damn it I missed it!

Do you know if it's available on youube?

[Scrivener7]

13. THere was a joke where Trevor Noah said, "How are you Chuck? I

won't ask you a followup question because obviously you don't know what those are."

[KPN]

14. That's a nice thought. It certainly didn't help him or the reputation

of news journalists in general, MSNBC in particular.

[Novara]

4. Made my fuckin' day!

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Now, just get him off the Sunday MTP...

Give Psaki a few months to settle in, then give Chuck the boot.

[msfiddlestix]

9. Is Chris Jansing a competent anchor? is anyone familiar?

wondering if the "talent" is being upgraded or sinking below Chucky Cheesey?

[pwb]

11. He is one of the reasons I stopped watching any cable news.

He has no street smarts and comes across as privileged to me. He always looks up as to remember what he was suppose to say. Not a heavy thinker is how I pegged him. I like myself without cable news so it will still be off. Thoughts, opinion and silence on issues is not news. Hope Jen can fight off the wealth media owners and be herself, we need somebody.

[calimary]

19. He strikes me as smug. I see smug every time I see him on camera.

Wish I was running the joint. I would have taken care of “the Chuck Todd problem” AND “the Andrea Mitchell problem” immediately afterwards.

They’d both be taken off the schedule.

[mopinko]

12. that's some irish diplomacy there.

irish diplomacy- the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

[FakeNoose]

15. Unfortunately he's still moderating the Sunday MTP show

... and that gets most of his viewership. The M-F show was an add-on that never had the same cache.

Why can't Rachel do the Sunday MTP show? It's really the flagship for NBC News.

[Traildogbob]

16. Did Chuckie

Ask MSNBC execs a Follow Up Question when they told him to move to the basement?

[LymphocyteLover]

21. Oy, I thought they were moving that. Bummer.

[Hekate]

18. Hallelujah!

[Mr.Bill]

22. Chuck is probably stupid enough

to think he's being promoted.

[Duppers]

24. YAY!

Have never liked him.

[Hortensis]

25. Good, but not quite unalloyed. The streaming wars are on for

that growing audience, especially young people learning to identify themselves politically. Most who've taken to streaming get effectively all their news that way.

Variety: '“Chuck was one of the first broadcast anchors to see the massive potential of streaming and bringing ‘Meet the Press’s’ daily franchise to NBC News Now reinforces the platform’s status as the destination for news on streaming,” said Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News, in a prepared statement. Todd has embraced digital opportunities for several years now, including co-anchoring newscasts about recent midterm elections for NBC News’ streaming outlets.'