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9. Jon Stewart should have taken them up on it.

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Wed Oct 8, 2014, 05:07 PM

Oct 2014

It would have changed the way that news was discussed.

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NBC Wanted Jon Stewart for "Meet the Press" [View all] wyldwolf Oct 2014 OP

with todd's numbers tumbling, perhaps they will go after jon again??? spanone Oct 2014 #1

*gasp* That would have been so awesome. tanyev Oct 2014 #2

Jon Stewart would be excellent for the show but... Spazito Oct 2014 #3

I had heard that Jon Stewart was leaving Comedy Central in 2015 Politicalboi Oct 2014 #4

Interesting wheniwasincongress Oct 2014 #26

I looked it up and his contract expires in 2015 Bjorn Against Oct 2014 #29

Perhaps he'll run for political office ? :) Helen Borg Oct 2014 #49

That would make it a prime time show. Hoyt Oct 2014 #5

They know what it is that Jon Stewart does, right? MohRokTah Oct 2014 #6

See if you can find his appearance on Crossfire. jeff47 Oct 2014 #11

Here it is, starts at One Minute mrdmk Oct 2014 #38

That's exactly what came to my mind when I read the thread title Jack Rabbit Oct 2014 #46

Al Franken started off as a comedian CatWoman Oct 2014 #12

and he was great on air america. mopinko Oct 2014 #30

I thought he was CatWoman Oct 2014 #40

They wanted him to ANCHOR their SINKING SHIP. Nyuck nyuck. immoderate Oct 2014 #15

And it'd be the best show MTP has done in years. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #60

Jon would have been a great choice Gothmog Oct 2014 #7

OMG how awesome would that be? Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #8

Jon Stewart should have taken them up on it. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #9

did they ask Phil Donahue? nt grasswire Oct 2014 #10

I'll call my contacts at NBC and ask. :) wyldwolf Oct 2014 #14

Ever host MTP... on WEED? Blue Owl Oct 2014 #13

Maybe they could ask Fugelsang rurallib Oct 2014 #16

Jon Steward was very smart to reject it. sadoldgirl Oct 2014 #17

I'm curious to know why wyldwolf Oct 2014 #20

A lower status job with a paycut would be my guess. TeamPooka Oct 2014 #21

Too much control by corporations sadoldgirl Oct 2014 #23

That would be my guess, too. surrealAmerican Oct 2014 #25

He'd have to miss church. alfredo Oct 2014 #36

Mr. Liebowitz? kwassa Oct 2014 #37

Yup. His middle name is Zelig alfredo Oct 2014 #45

For the same reason he gave Bow Tie Boy.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #53

bull shit mahannah Oct 2014 #18

ah, an NBC or Stewart official is with us. wyldwolf Oct 2014 #19

How bout Tom Hartmann or Cenk? grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #22

They wanted Jon Stewart and settled for Chuck Todd? TheDebbieDee Oct 2014 #24

Hi dunno. Stewart may have been the "wish for the moon" hope... JHB Oct 2014 #33

Yeah, seems like they skipped a couple or a thousand steps there. Iggo Oct 2014 #39

This is a Red Herring; they never wanted him! HenryWallace Oct 2014 #52

While he would improve that show a thousand times over... Bjorn Against Oct 2014 #27

Agreed. He would have been good, but it's not what he wants to be doing. Comedy is his thing. stevenleser Oct 2014 #42

They must have read my mind KamaAina Oct 2014 #28

Not A Good Fit erpowers Oct 2014 #31

Jon's a 180 from ChuckyT.. This surprises me that Deborah Turness would be that Cha Oct 2014 #32

Ouch! delete_bush Oct 2014 #34

Except control over the program hootinholler Oct 2014 #35

Further proof that they haven't a clue what the fuck they are doing. 6000eliot Oct 2014 #41

I can think of one huge main reason why Jon Stewart would turn that gig down DFW Oct 2014 #43

If Jon Stewart went to Meet the Press, none of the crazy right wingers who do Sunday AM politics Erose999 Oct 2014 #44

Bingo LiberalLovinLug Oct 2014 #51

THAT would have gotten me to start watching tv again. MynameisBlarney Oct 2014 #47

"Virtually anything"? How about a billion dollars? :) Helen Borg Oct 2014 #48

Ohh I would watch it then for sure!!! onecent Oct 2014 #50

He would have been too liberal for them. n/t whathehell Oct 2014 #54

Lies. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #55

I have the perfect host for Meet the Press: Doc_Technical Oct 2014 #56

there are others - maybe not as good as Jon - but who samsingh Oct 2014 #57

Don't think Stewart wants to damage his brand. Old and In the Way Oct 2014 #58

I want proof. Not saying this story is false, just saying merrily Oct 2014 #59

NBC would never give Stewart the ability to say 'Are you F**king Kidding me??' to a guest LynneSin Oct 2014 #61