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TeamPooka

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Mon May 15, 2017, 11:59 PM May 2017

"NBC clearly views Kelly as a prominent new personality for its news division, as illustrated by her

joining some of their most prominent anchors on the upfronts stage — and, it must be said, not a single representative from MSNBC."

“There’s never been a more exciting time to be a journalist,” NBC News anchor Lester Holt declared to kick off the NBC News portion of the presentation, to some dry laughs. The ensuing sizzle reel — dramatically set to Sia’s “Breathe Me” — contained clips from throughout NBC’s 2016 election coverage, from Rachel Maddow making grim declarations on MSNBC to the Today show determinedly grinning and bearing the chaos. Holt was then joined onstage by Today hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie, who in turn introduced Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd, before finally Fox News expat Megyn Kelly strode onstage.
“I'm here,” she beamed to scattered applause. “I'm psyched."

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/15/15633328/nbc-fall-2017-schedule-this-is-us-upfronts

Just so you know where MSNBC and their audience rates with NBC overall.
At least Will & Grace is back....

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"NBC clearly views Kelly as a prominent new personality for its news division, as illustrated by her (Original Post) TeamPooka May 2017 OP
Megyn may be psyched but if the truth were known, many are not. democratisphere May 2017 #1
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