More Thoughts on Megyn Kelly, After Show #2 - "FAIL: The Sequel"

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39. There was a REALLY astute comment from DUer procon on the other thread along these lines.

That post really nailed the wrong thinking of the NBC brass in general and NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack in particular. Nailed it to the freakin' floor: the misguided assumption that such audience loyalty is transferable.

"NBC and MSNBC opted to hire all those Fox News castoffs and Republican darlings, expecting to benefit from their media popularity and reap a similar ratings bonanza. What they didn't take into consideration was obvious to most of their progressive audience, these new hires were only popular at Fox because of their curated rightwing audience. Take those TV personalities out of Fox and their fabricated celebrity status quickly faded and we saw them as they them as they really were, mediocre Republican bent flacks who are not good at their jobs because that was never a requirement to work at Fox."

NAILED it. Really lazy and simplistic presumption here. She's famous, hard-charging, blonde, and photographs well. They LOVE her on Pox Noise. They're gonna LOVE her on NBC too. WRONG! Shows you how little Andy Lack understands the NBC News audience. And he sure as hell doesn't understand the MSNBC viewers, either. Trying to shove more CONS into full-time weekday hosting jobs thinking that'll somehow appeal to ardent liberal and progressive viewers just makes NO sense. NONE. Greta Van Susteren - Yuck! Nicolle Wallace - I'm sorry, no! Rumors they're in talks with Gretchen Carlson - WTF??? And then more rumors that Hugh Hewitt has been approached about a weekend gig - OhForCryingOUTLOUD!!!

Then, of course, there's our friend Megyn. Gets a Sunday night showcase AND an upcoming hour of the "Today" show morning block ALSO? Is this more of some "teacher's-pet-gets-two-shows" thing - which we're now seeing with the double exposure of Ali Velchi and Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC? Adding insult to injury. They're THAT hard-up for talent? Especially with Joy Reid still languishing on the weekends and being thrown crumbs when one of the full-timers is on vacation? Some of the aforementioned don't even deserve a single Monday-through-Friday show to begin with, at least in my opinion.

Or maybe the executive suites are leaning on Andy Lack because they're pro-trump and they want more GOPers on, in hopes of flattering his majesty and gaining some kind of favor from "On High"?

The thinking here is just ALL WRONG. Either way. All I know, as a (so far) still loyal viewer especially of MSNBC, is that I feel mighty disrespected. Andy Lack is repaying my loyalty by force-feeding me Pox Noise rejects every time an opening comes up in the lineup. That's no way to keep my loyalty. I've already got Greta on "must-skip TV" mode. And it's not just Pox Noise alums, either. I already go to CNN when Joe Scarborough is on in the early morning hours. I already note when Andrea Mitchell's hour starts, so I can avoid that - it's a great time to return phone calls, walk the dog, run the vacuum, hunker down on projects, etc. If I really wanted to watch or hear from CONs and other assorted GOPers, I'd go where they are, and watch Pox Noise. But I continue to have no interest in doing that. They don't speak for me or to me, any more than Mitch McConnell would represent my views if I lived in Kentucky.