Hugh Hewitt to Host Show on MSNBC

[JaneQPublic]

#$*@

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/hugh-hewitt-to-host-show-on-msnbc/332971

MSNBC is expanding weekend news with live programming until 9 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday nights, TVNewser has learned.

As part of the expansion, conservative radio talk show host and MSNBC contributor Hugh Hewitt is getting a half hour show, airing Saturdays at 8 a.m. ET. In addition, Thomas Roberts will anchor two hours in the evening both weekend nights.

Hewitt’s first show, which will air live, is this Saturday morning. Expanding news programming has long been the goal of NBC News chairman Andy Lack, who created MSNBC 21 years ago. But with intensive coverage of the Trump White House, which has led to ratings gains across MSNBC, it only makes sense to add live hours where it can. For the last several weeks, MSNBC has re-aired episodes of Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell in the early evenings. Extended programming also includes anchors Alex Witt and Richard Lui.

[Little Star]

1. Yuck!

[JaneQPublic]

2. I second that emotion. (nt)

[northoftheborder]

26. Third the motion - triple yuck.

[madaboutharry]

3. I hope his ratings are as good as Greta's ratings.

The same 3 people will be watching.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Hey-soos a kreesto, why?

[JaneQPublic]

12. My only guess:

It's to get liberals up and off the couch on Saturday mornings so they can do some productive Resistance work.

Apart from that, it's the most idiotic move in TV programming ever.

[Wounded Bear]

13. That Lack guy...

apparently wants to set up another Fox Noise clone of some kind.

[JaneQPublic]

15. Apparently he hasn't noticed...

...that's it's his Liberal hosts with the high ratings, not his Teabagger friends.

[MineralMan]

5. I cannot watch that guy.

Gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[Paladin]

6. Hewitt looks like a guy who hangs around elementary school playgrounds.

Fuck MSNBC for giving this right-wing douchebag any additional air time.

[OnDoutside]

35. Hi children, I'm Mr. Creepy.....

[spanone]

7. more reason to turn them off...

[Blue_Adept]

8. oh for a la carte cable packages so I could eliminate this station

[leftynyc]

22. Just don't watch Hewitt

There are several excellent shows on MSNBC that I would miss very much if my cable didn't carry the network.

[Blue_Adept]

30. I'd drop all of the cable news channels, quite honestly

I have no use for any of them.

[FarPoint]

9. MSNBC does not expect us to watch...

They apparently want to suck in Republicans tRumpsters for ratings... Content not a concern.

[ButSeeYa]

10. Is MSNBC morphing into Fox News Lite?

[onecaliberal]

18. Yes

[JHan]

11. dude looks like a lipless creep.

[oasis]

19. "A perfect face for radio"

[JHan]

21. lol lol lol lol lol

even his voice creeps me out. Jaysus.

[katmondoo]

14. I won't be watching that creep

[Eyeball_Kid]

16. JUST DON'T WATCH HEWITT.

Make MSNBC pay for their idiocy.

Like hiring Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Whatever, this is another craven reach for ratings by hiring fascist hacks. If no one watches, they're programming will die. I'd rather know that there are endless prison programs on MSNBC than Koch and Mercer lackies.

[BeyondGeography]

17. Couldn't they find a real funeral home director?

[CanonRay]

20. Compared to Hewitt, Lock Up was great TV!

[BSdetect]

23. Oh, for fuck's sake. He's a total idiot.

[BannonsLiver]

24. Can't wait to miss it. Every week.

[asuhornets]

25. I will not be watching...n/t

[bettyellen]

27. Who is Thomas Roberts? They also failed to mention Joy Reid reruns, which I love.

[Greybnk48]

32. I like Thomas Roberts. He was on afternoons for quite a while

but lost his show, not sure why. Alex Witt seemed to lean right for a while there, seemed to be a fan of Dubya. But I haven't seen her in years.

[The River]

28. 8 AM Eastern Time?

That would be 5 AM on the west coast.
I'll have to buy a broken alarm clock to make sure
I never not miss it.

[Ccarmona]

34. No Problem Missing Him in Hawaii

Since the program starts at 2a.

[OneBlueDotBama]

29. We always expect hewitt...

to break in and quietly suggest that we don't want our loved one spending eternity in such a cheap casket...over here we have this model, only $5999.99 plus some small fees...

[JaneQPublic]

43. Ha! I can just picture it! (nt)

[spiderpig]

31. Not that I'll watch him (creepy) but is he bumping another host?

If he's reducing broadcasts of Lockup I'm meh about the whole idea.

[JaneQPublic]

36. I believe Thomas Roberts usually covered the hour or two before Joy.

However, the article says Thomas is getting 2-hour spots on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

[bullwinkle428]

33. Jesus H. Christ. When does Alex Jones get his own show?

[Gothmog]

37. I will not be watching this show

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

38. WOW, Hugh gets a whole half hour!

Sorry Hugh, but even Lack can't take an hour of you.

[TeamPooka]

41. lot of confidence being shown there for him. not nt

[Chiyo-chichi]

39. I'll take a pass on that. A hard pass.

[DesertRat]

40. This is just maddening.

What is MSNBC thinking?

[Cha]

42. Anybody going to complain to m$nbc that has

a tv and watches those cable shows?

I dropped mine in 2002.

[DefenseLawyer]

44. Will it get better ratings than creepy, prison voyeurism?

Do they still play that stuff on the weekends?

[DFW]

45. Does ANYONE watch news shows at 8 AM on Saturdays?

I wouldn't want that gig is I were a Republican conspiracy theorist offered that slot on Fox Noise.

[Stellar]

46. What time zone?

I watch AM Joy at 9am central time? I don't know what comes on before that.

[DFW]

47. My time zone is CET, so it's all theoretical for me.

I don't get U.S. TV here.