This one move could save MSNBC

[Yavin4]

Bring back Keith Olbermann. Get rid of Ari Melber. Move Chris and Joy up an hour each. Put Keith in at the 8:00 PM slot. Do that and the audience will come back.

[hlthe2b]

1. and let him fire Joe & Mika on live "pay per view?" LOL

[BannonsLiver]

3. lol I would definitely watch that

[SheltieLover]

9. YES!!!!!

[oregonjen]

2. Keith has talked negatively about Rachel and Lawrence on his podcast

Not sure how well his hiring would go over with them. I adore Keith, but I don’t see it happening.

[GoreWon2000]

6. Keith behaved terribly when Al Gore hired him at Current

Sorry but Keith has a very inflated, out of control ego much like what will be in the White House on Monday afternoon..

[berksdem]

39. Could not agree more...

his ego is enough for me to tune him out.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Rachel will leave if KO returns.

[Jacson6]

4. MSNBC is going to be sold and probably morph into another type of network.

When they are sold by Comcast then all of the cable & streaming services are not going to pay for it. The NBC TV networks are part of a package deal, so the cable or streaming provider pays one price for all of the networks. The same thing will happen to CNBC.

[LiberalArkie]

18. All the the satellite services I have been on MSNBC was not on regular tier with Fox and CNN. Had to pay extra

[Ocelot II]

5. Olbermann is said to be a prima donna who's very hard to work with.

I wouldn't expect him to return. He burned a lot of bridges.

[hlthe2b]

7. I don't think that would come as a surprise to any who watched him (or listen to his podcasts)...

I do think he has a lot of respect for Rachel, though. Most of his other colleagues? Not so much...

[Wiz Imp]

22. He seems to have a complicated relationship with Rachel

I think you are correct that he has (or had) respect for her, but I also think he credits himself with her success. He also recently said: “She just re-signed for $25 million. If you think she’d do anything for principle, I’ll light a candle for you.” I honestly think he's jealous of her success with MSNBC.

I like Keith, but his narcissism, while not quite on the level of Trump, is still super high.

[brush]

26. Didn't he also once have a relationship with the abominable Katy Tur...

and she used him to help her career then ditched him?

[Wiz Imp]

36. Yes. They apparently dated/lived together for like 3 years

He also remained friends with her for some time after that. But at some point she did some things that pissed him off enough to make him start trashing her for various misdeeds. When he has talked about her, it's always felt like he was exaggerating some things, and like with Maddow, I think he credits himself for her success in her career. However, I have to believe it is mostly true and accurate or else he would be open to a defamation suit from her.

[milestogo]

10. No it wouldn't.

Not all of us can tolerate his ego. I certainly can't.

[gab13by13]

11. Olbermann claimed about a year ago

That msnbc was going to bring him back but Rachel vetoed it. I believe he said it on a pod cast.

[Intractable]

13. It was said multiple times across multiple podcast episodes.

KO is tainted goods. They will never have him back.

[Intractable]

12. They are not going to do anything that we would want them to.

Get rid of Andrea Mitchel? Never.

Get rid of Joe Scar? Never.

They could lose everything before 4:00PM and I'd be fine with it.

[Greybnk48]

15. Andrea Mitchell is leaving if I'm not mistaken.

She announced that she was going back to foreign correspondence or something like that back in November or early December.

[Intractable]

17. According to Google ...

Why is Andrea Mitchell leaving?
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell said Tuesday that she plans to end her weekday MSNBC show after the inauguration of a new president and switch back to a reporting role.Oct 29, 2024

Sounds like she'll still be around.

[milestogo]

19. Maybe she'll go to the White House and schmooze with her own kind.

[Intractable]

20. Presumably, she'd still be on MSNBC.

[JoseBalow]

43. Hopefully there's a panda giving birth somewhere

(0:32)

[totodeinhere]

23. Andrea Mitchell is retiring from her show this year. n/t

[Intractable]

24. According to Google ...

Why is Andrea Mitchell leaving?
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell said Tuesday that she plans to end her weekday MSNBC show after the inauguration of a new president and switch back to a reporting role.Oct 29, 2024

Sounds like she'll still be around -- on MSNBC.

[eppur_se_muova]

29. She started out on NBC mainstream news, and I think that's where she'll have a continuing role.

She was never really MSNBC people, so I think that's a good decision.

[SocialDemocrat61]

14. Just curious

How many years of experience do you have managing a news gathering organization or programming a Television network? Also, what data is the conclusion based on? Audience research done by Nielsen or other experienced measurement firm? Or maybe focused groups conducted in various cities with former MSNBC viewers?

[lamp_shade]

16. Um... Olberman? No!

[Different Drummer]

21. Speaking only for myself...

I stopped watching news on November 6, 2024 because I don't want to hear G&G's* voice or see his face. As much as I'd like to have Keith back, it wouldn't make enough of a difference to me that I would start watching the news again.

*G&G is my new nickname for POTUS Elect. It stands for "Gas & Groceries", the respective current prices of which Michael Cohen has said were decisive in the outcome of the 2024 election.

[VBNMW]

25. Legacy media

Should rot on the vine. Majority of people don’t trust it and their opinions and hot takes are never right. There’s never a war or conflict that they can’t get behind.

We need an actual fourth estate that’s not owned by billionaires who profit from class warfare. How is ppl still care about what’s on the boob tube?

[FullySupportDems]

27. I doubt he'd go for it

He's said frequently on his YouTube channel he doesn't want to do more than a couple shows a week. Mondays and Thursdays, and Monday's shows are going to be live.

[spooky3]

28. Ari's ratings are good so they likely will keep him. Nt

[mahina]

30. That's five moves.

Two good ones.

[ZonkerHarris]

31. let it die. Just a big sham. Joe and Mika and how long Andrea and now Tur in the day and

a few hours for the "liberal" hosts at night.
MSNBC has the best of both worlds and its heads and owners are not our friends.

[live love laugh]

32. Not happening ... they don't need viewers when they stand to gain during Trump's reign.

[Sundance1220]

33. Uh - no

I still remember his rant about Hillary Clinton and him trashing her up one side and down the other. Which puts him in the same category as those Muslims who voted for donnie to punish the Democrats. Haven't watched/listened to him since and wont ever again.

[Politicub]

34. I really like Ari. He doesn't let people off the hook in interviews.

I turned off broadcast news like many others after the election. Before that, MSNBC was my go-to for broadcast news.

I’m ready to tune back in if they play an antagonistic role to the oligarchy. Ari is ideal for that moment. That is unless he changed in post election coverage. I haven’t watched more than 15 minutes of any news channel since then.

[Oopsie Daisy]

35. It seems highly unlikely this would happen. Even if it were to unfold, the outcomes you anticipate are also unlikely. *

While Olbermann enjoyed a successful show during his era, both he and the landscape of media have evolved significantly. I am skeptical that he could attract the same level of viewership as before. Furthermore, even in the event of a resurgence in viewership, the numbers he previously garnered might not suffice to revitalize the network.

The challenges facing MSNBC are complex, and there is no singular quick-fix solution that can ensure its recovery.

[Seeking Serenity]

37. Save MSNBC as a repository for EEOC complaints, sure

[themaguffin]

38. No, he's not coming back and he wouldn't save MSNBC.

[madinmaryland]

40. Ed Schultz has a better chance of being on before Olbermann

Yes. Schultz died years ago. Olbermann would never go back and msnbc would never offer him a position to come back.

[beaglelover]

41. That would certainly NOT bring me back.

[ThePartyThatListens]

42. A day late and a dollar short

They're too far gone.

And it's the ownership that's the problem here, like CNN, they're likely MAGATs themselves.

Let it die a natural death.